I would love to welcome Ethan Zhang, who will be a new teacher starting in the spring term, teaching the Pawn's program. Ethan has many chess achievements, like placing well at the OSCF state championships, and at the Oregon Open tournament. He has a lot of teaching experience, teaching not only…
Over President's Day weekend, I played at the annual Oregon Closed chess championship. "Closed" refers to the fact that it is an invitational tournament, with only players winning certain tournaments or with a high enough rating qualifying. Besides possibly the Oregon Open, the Oregon Closed is the most prestigious chess tournament…
This month's quads was great! 30 people came to the tournament, even though it was the same day as the superbowl! Great job to Winston, Edwin, Derek, Carter, Lohit, Navneeth, and August for competing in their first USCF tournament! Congratulations to our following winners: Quad #1 – EMEL BAYRAMBEYLI, Quad #2 – ANSON…