The Bashkansky family Chess Travel blog


Bashkansky family's Chess Travel blog - parents Guy and Ludmila with children:
NM Ethan and WIM Naomi - World School Chess Champion (Girls Under 13)

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Washington State Chess Championship

The local battle
During the two first weekends of February 2016, on the dates of 6-7 and 13-15 (President's Day), the Washington State Chess Championship was gloriously held in Microsoft Building 99 (MS Research): http://nwchess.com/articles/events/2016/WAChamp.htm.  

Here is the Northwest Chess blog writeup: http://www.nwchess.com/blog/2016/02/2016-wa-state-championship/


In the Challengers Section, Naomi took second place, and Vikram Ramasamy took first: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201602155722.4

Feb 15: Naomi vs Vikram

2016-05-20 update -- from http://nwchess.com/articles/events/2016/WAChamp.htm:

Brilliancy prizes - Brilliancy prizes - Championship: Nick Raptis $100 for his win over Vik Pupols. Premier: David Bragg $100 for his win over Samuel He. Invitational: Neo Olin $100 for his win over Paul Bartron. Challengers: Naomi Bashkansky $100 for her win over Noah Yeo. Details will be published in the July NWC magazine.