LCH CHESS

09/30/2021

♟The Apprentice is now the Sith Lord. Congrats to Larsen Winger for getting the chess coach position at LCHS. I'm proud to pass the torch to such a warrior. I'll still serve as the team treasurer/ mentor and will also give him admin to this page. All he has to do is post once a year and that's already twice as much as I did. Some might remember Larsen as playing 1.e3 2.Qf3 or board 5 at state. Wasn't long after that that he became board 1 and a 1.d4 2.c4 monster. Now he's responsible for nurturing the next batch of patzers. Join me in rejoicing this triumph and tag anyone I miss. Chase Michael Jamieson Aidan Hancuff Cody Alexander Cumbra Allen Smith Parker Rhodes Kenny Leach

03/05/2017

You can't see the writing, but that's a 10th place trophy at the WA State Chess Team Championship. Someone, Cody Alexander Cumbra and Aidan (can someone tag him), owes us a pizza party. Chase Michael Jamieson Allen Smith

03/02/2017

Another 1st place in our Portland division. Next up: State this Friday and Saturday. Last time we had a 6-team tie for 11th place overall with 13 points. While some of the teams that will be there are looking tougher this year, I think we have a solid team that will fight every match out to the end.

02/21/2017

Congrats to the top 3 finishers at the 2017 La Center Chess Open:
1. Chase 5-0
2. Loren 4-1 (only loss to Chase)
3. James Carmona 3-2 (Had to beat out Corden from Skyview in a blitz match. Wasn't pretty, but it got the job done.)

Here's the link to all 5 rounds of the tournament and the final standings for all:
http://challonge.com/2017lacenterchessopen

02/08/2017

Cody Alexander Cumbra final chess rating= 1016 (40 games). Timothy Smith's current chess rating= 1015 (37 games). Will Tim usurp the usurper before the season is over? (I can't tag Tim but will tag Chase Michael Jamieson and Allen Smith.. maybe they can). Also, Aidan seems to have left Facebook- but I'm sure he'd want to be aware of this moment.

12/06/2016

Thought it's about time I put up some LCH Chess history. Cody Alexander Cumbra Allen Smith Chase Michael Jamieson

11/11/2016

Game 1 of the Chess World Championship between Carlsen and Karjakin starts in 1 hour!

https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/

New York, USA | November 11—30

11/04/2016

Tough loss against Jesuit High School last Wednesday. Hoping we can bounce back vs. Access Academy 11/16.

10/30/2016

Yup.. that's a 1st place team trophy at the Clackamas Chess Open.

Individual Scores:

Chase: 4-1 (tied for 1st place)
Loren: 3-2 (won a medal)
James: 3-2 (won a medal)
Erik the Grey: 3-2 (won a medal)
Jack: 2-1-1
Tim: 2-3
Erik the Sarcastic: 2-3

10/26/2016

This Saturday is the Clackamas Open- 5 rounds, 30 min/side with 5 second delay. Some of Oregon's finest will be there.

Our 7 going are:

Chase Jamieson
Loren Brown
Timothy Smith
Jack Gatter
Erik 'the wise' Christensen
Erik 'the grey' Christensen
James Carmona

10/09/2016

Nice work to the LCH Chess team beating Skyview High School last Friday 9-5. Skyview's team is definitely better than the last time we played them (they had like 20 players there this time and their board 1 is rated +1700). Here are the individual scores:

Chase: 2-0
Loren: 2-0
Ben: 1-1
Larsen: 0-2
Tim: 2-0
Jack: 2-0
Erik: 0-2

Next tournament: Clackamas Open 10/29. Will be tough competition, but the team is getting better every week.

06/20/2016

With just two rounds to go in Leuven- no one will be able to catch Carlsen. That leaves him with a 2nd place finish in Paris, 1st in Leuven.. unfortunately, he won't be able to defend his 2015 Grand Chess Tour title since he will have to miss the Sinquefield Cup as he will be preparing for the 2016 World Championship match. The London Classic is in December so he should be able to attend there, and who knows, maybe if he wins the London Classic and enough math works in his favor, he might still win the 2016 Grand Chess Tour even without playing the Sinquefield Cup (probably not though):