September-October 2013
The 2013 Tacoma Chess Club Championship was held at the club in October. There were 16 members participating. In R-3 Paul Bartron (2049) drew Tom Walker (1856). In R-4 Paul Bartron beat Mike MacGregor (2217). Bill Rogers (1386) beat Ben Pettijohn (1700). The overall winners were: 1st Paul Bartron 4.5, 2nd Tom Walker 4.0, 3rd Mike MacGregor and Joseph Lazarus 3.5. Class A (None); Class B 1st Larry Anderson 3.5, 2nd Ben Pettijohn 2.5; Class C (None); Class D 1st Mike Mellott 3.0, 2nd Bill Rogers 3.0; Class E 1st Ron Taylor 2.0, 2nd Frank Spicer 1.0; TCC Jr. Champion Travis Spicer 0.5. At the TCC Sr. Adult Champion Rich Sewell was the winner. The runner up (2nd) was Steve Buck. Upsets: R-1 None, R-2 Amigo, R-3 Tom Walker, R-4 Paul Bartron, R-5 Ron Taylor. TD was Gary Dorfner. Photo: MacGregor vs. Bartron.
Puyallup Fair Booth Report by Bill Rogers. The 2013 Washington State Fair began on Friday Sept. 6th and continued until Sunday Sept. 22. Chess was very much a part of the activities at the hobby hall. This was the third consecutive year that the Tacoma Chess Club had a table for chess play each day of the Fair. Two large plastic chess sets were set up for active play for all fair goers who wanted to engage in a game or to get a free chess lesson. The booth was initially arranged by Bill and Suzanna Rogers on the premise “if we build it they will come.” The Fair gives us the opportunity to interest people in chess and to become new members of the club. Chess play for the most part is unsupervised allowing people to play a game of chess with their friends. During the evening hours from 5:00-10:00 p.m. Bill and Suzanna gave special attention to those wishing to learn the royal game. The following members of the Tacoma Chess Club gave at least three hours or more of their time at the chess booth playing games of chess with fair goers: Gary Dorfner, Paul and Vivi Bartron, Joseph Lazarus, Steve Buck, Arjun Thomas, Rich Sewell, Frank and Travis Spicer and Mike MacGregor. Photo: Gary Dorfner at the Fair.