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Inland Empire Open 5/17-18
join us for a 5 round Swiss in game 90. Registration is open.
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Clear your Calendars: 2025 Weekend Tournaments Scheduled
The Spokane Chess Club has scheduled its weekend schedules. Inland Empire Open: 5/17-18 Eastern Washington Open: 9/27-28
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March Events Feature Time Control Variety; Theme Opening
With our annual Taxing Quads just around the corner, players will have a chance to warm up with a variety of escalating time controls to prepare for the 3-week game 90 event in April (4/3-4/10-4/17). On 3/6, Club will feature a 1-week G/15 tournament (4-5 rounds depending on entries). On 3/13-3/20 Club will feature a…
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Class Championships
February 21-28 saw the Club experiment with a new two-round class-based championship format.. The first round put players in class pairings, and the second round advanced the top half of each group to a winner’s bracket. The first round featured a mini-swiss with some of the club’s A &.B players, with the exception of Asa…
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Wannamaker Wins Inland Classic II
Linus Wannamaker, a ninth grader, won the second Inland Classic with a score of 4.5. He also garnered the largest upset prize by defeating IM John Donaldson in round 3. Linus, Idaho’s representative to the Denker tournament of high school champions, was seeded 11th in the event!. Way to go!! Second place (4.0) was shared…
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Ted Baker (1950-2025)
Terrible news arrived the other night that Ted Baker had unexpectely passed away on Friday, February 7 at age 74. Ted showed up at club in November 2004, played in his first tournament, and then immediately became one of our indispensable members. He served as club Secretary for many years and was a TD or…
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Rowles Winter Champion! [Updated]
Thirty years after his last Winter Championship title in 1995 (but also having won the past two Fall Championships), Dave Rowles is again King of the cold weather chess season. Dave dispatched Ben Legard, who already had two Expert scalps this event, early in the final round to score 4.5 and finish a half game…
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Pullman H.S. wins Eastern Washington Championship; Cheney is GSL Team Champ
Pullman High School won the first Eastern Washington Championship tournament played at Cheney High School on January 25. 30 students took part in the high school section, which was won by Chewelah senior Ben Patterson. Cheney High finished second and qualified for the state team championship along with Pullman. Third place went to Odessa High…
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Returning Players Sparkled in Quick Chess
Club returned from its holiday break with a night of USCF-rated g/15 quick chess on Thursday, January 2, and a a few players returned to club after multiple year absences to shine in the tourney. Antonius Raelund, last seen locally at the 30th Collyer Memorial, returned after wandering the region for awhile. He had a…
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Ben Patterson wins Blitz
Eight of the eleven contestants at club on December 19 took part in a round robin blitz tournament that was won by Ben Patterson with a 6.5 score. Michael Cambareri finished second with 6.0.