Tournament Reports

Puddletown had another amazing turnout to the November Tournament with over 60 players! Unfortunately we had a smaller play venue this time and have to set a limit to total number of players. Of the 60 players, 8 played their first tournament, 20 were girls who received free entry for the event, and 2 free […]

Puddletown had another amazing turnout to the October Tournament with over 60 players! Huge shoutout to the Sherman County School chess team, who had to wake up at 5 a.m. (again!) to drive for almost 3 hours just to play in this tournament. Of the 60 players, 3 played their first tournament, 19 were girls […]

It was just one year ago when Puddletown had its first event at a pizza parlor with 20 players. Now, one year later, we had almost 100 players at our first-anniversary tournament. We’d like to thank everyone who has been supporting us. In the past year, Puddletown Chess provided over 100 free tournament entries to […]

After a pause in Puddletown tournaments due to our busy summer schedules, we were finally back for another in-person event today. 65 players joined us at Village Church to battle it out in their respective sections. We had many new players this time: shoutout to Stellan B., Elliot S., Bryan W., Oliver C., Lucas M., […]

We had a full house today with 40 players. Our new venue, Village Church – Beaverton was perfect with the right amount of space for players and their families. We had exactly 10 quads with many new returning players. Great job to Cody, Devan, Alexander, Austin, Andrew, and Rajvi for competing in their very first […]

Our May chess tournament was unlike any other tournament we have held before. This time, we decided to do a “Spring Festival”, which is a regular Swiss tournament and not quads styled. We had an outstanding turnout with over 80 players coming to the tournament. We had 3 big sections, divided into U600, U900, and […]

The April quad was another successful event for Puddletown Chess. The 32 player limit was reached 8 days before the event started. For the first time, we also hosted a raffle. Four lucky players won a Chesskid gold membership. Shoutout to Escher Lin and Ben Choi for playing their first USCF-rated tournament. Huge thanks to […]

Records were broken again at this month’s Puddletown quads. 36 players showed up to test their skills, and registration had to be closed two weeks early because maximum capacity had been reached (so make sure to sign up quickly for the April quads!). We had 6 girls attend our tournament this time! That’s almost triple […]

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 PFEIFFER, Quad #3 – PRISHA […]

The January Quad was a great start to the new year for Puddletown Chess! Our tournament reached maximum capacity two days before the registration deadline. Shoutout to Preston, Jasper, James, Dhruv, and Jeramiah for playing in their first-ever tournament. Congratulations to our following winners: Quad #1 – ETHAN TAMMER, Quad #2 – SEBASTIAN SMITH and […]

The December Quad was another wonderful event for Puddletown Chess. It wasn’t as big as last month’s with 26 players. but we did have 24 people join this time which means we are getting a stable amount of players. We also had our first twins in this tournament, and they both won their sections! Shout […]

The November Quad was another successful event for Puddletown Chess. Fun fact: this was our biggest quad ever so far, with 26 total players in 5 quad sections and 1 small swiss! Shoutout to our youngest competitor Cormac Tseng, who is only 4 years old! Congratulations to our following winners: Quad #1 – NEEV KODARAPU […]