The 2022 Eastern Washington Open was won by teenager Ben Patterson and Spokane veteran Dave Rowles, each of whom scored 4.0 to top the 20-player field. The two drew in their round four encounter, and then held serve by defeating higher seeds in the last round. Patterson’s performance was particularly strong as he beat both top-seeded Michael Cambareri and second-seeded Ryan Ackerman to raise his provisional rating to1705.
Ackerman (3.5) shared third place with Jack Johnson, who claimed the class C prize. The class B prize went to Dakota Wickel, while Tito Tinajero finished second in that class. Adam Porth (2.5) finished second in class C. The under 1400 prize went to Jordan Fischer (2.5), with Ben Shedlock and Buster Wagner, both 2.0, finishing second in that category. The biggest upset prize went to Karen Schmidt, who claimed a 773 point first round upset that helped raise her rating by 162 points! Congratulations to all of the winners!
The tournament was held September 24-25 at the West Central Abbey. The USCF cross table link can be found here: US Chess MSA – Cross Table for EWO 2022 (Event 202209255202)