The 2012 Oregon Open held Labor Day Weekend at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham Oregon ended in a 6 way tie in the Open Section at 4.5-1.5 score. All six won $175.00 each and they were Nick Raptis of Portland, Roland Feng of Seattle, Michael Macgregor of Tacoma, Matthen Sellers of Michigan, Nathan Lee of Issaquah, WA and Paul Bartron of Tacoma. 42 players were in the Open Section.

47 players played in the Reserve Section and that ended in a two way tie at 5-1 between David Yoshinaga, Oregon Chess Federation President of Tigard and Takuma Saio-Duncan of Oregon good for $295.00 each.

Gregoria Alpernas of Lake Oswego was the chief tournament director. The USCF Crosstable can be found http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201209033832.0
The crosstable provided by the sponsoring Portland Chess Club can be found
http://pdxchess.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=179

Russell (Rusty) Miller
Vancouver, WA
Site of the 2012 US Open Chess Tournament
Phone Number 360-852-8044
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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