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The very popular Turkey Quads are complete. Michael Cambareri and Ken Erickson tied in Quad A, Vibi Varghese won Quad B, Jonathan Rohrabeck won Quad C, and Devin Wolford won the six-player mini-Swiss. Congratulations to all of the winners! The USCF cross table link: Spokane Turkey Quads November 2025 | US Chess Ratings

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Most nights the wall chart rules and the higher seeds advance to late round showdowns against each other. Not so on October 23 & 30 during a yet to be named two-week four round g/45 event. Sixteen players entered, the perfect figure for a four round Swiss event. However, upsets on boards three and four…

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Ken Erickson is the new club champion, winning the Fall Championship with a 4.5 score to claim his first club championship. Second place was shared by three Class A players — Michael Cambareri, Antonious Raelund, and Dave Rowles — whose 4.0 scores claimed the two A prizes. The Class B prizes were shared by three…

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by Craig Moore A diverse group of 33 players participated in the 2025 edition of the Eastern Washington Open held September 27-28 at West Central Abbey. For instance, geographically, players came from as far Idaho’s Silver Valley, Pendleton, Oregon and Washington’s Tri-Cities. The age distribution ranged from 6 to older than 70 (about as senior…

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Sixteen players turned out for the Chess in the Courtyard event held jointly by the Spokane Chess Club and our friends over at Blitz and Blunders. Twelve competed in the rated section, with four participating in an unrated round robin. It was a warm but not hot day with a breeze, and players squared off…

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Four players shared the top prize at the four-round G20 tournament last Thursday. A slew of upsets capped the highest score at 3, resulting in no clear winner. Sharing the top spot were Nikolay Bulakh, Ken Erickson, Vibi Varghese, and Keith Brownlee. Of the top group, the only player not suffering an upset was Varghese,…

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Thanks to the efforts of club member Chris Bruceri, two new concrete chess tables have been added to Riverfront Park in the shadow of the iconic Red Wagon. Chris, on behalf of the Greater Spokane (high school) Chess League, successfully obtained a grant for the tables from the park system’s foundation. Bring your pieces down…

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A dozen players took part in a four round g/15 event June 26th. After taking a first round bye, Joe Ong won his final three games to top the field with a 3.5 score. Michael Cambareri and Ken Erickson scored 3.0 to finish second. Kevin Korsmo and Vibi Varghese finished 2.5 to win the under…

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The club’s annual meeting on June 5 saw a shuffling of officers for the next year. Ben Shedlock takes over as president, while Michael Cambareri serves as vice president and Cam Leslie is now the club’s secretary. Craig Moore replaces Kevin Korsmo as treasurer.

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Michael Cambareri scored a perfect 5.0 to win the club’s Spring Champioonship. Second place was shared by five players with 3.5 scores. The tournament kicked off Thursday, April 24 with two dozen contenders and ran through through May 22. This 24-player field was well distributed, with four Expert/A-Class players, eight B-Class players, 9 C-/D-Class players,…

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