There's more to life than chess

Among the players visiting Portland to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Portland chess club is FIDE rated player Joe Roback of Canada, who lives with Bipolar Disorder. Joe has had a strong recovery and attends Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. He is an avid chess player and musician. Joe also volunteers with many mental health organizations. He is playing in the Championship section of the Portland Chess Centennial, August 12-14, 2011.



Round 3 pairings for the Championship section can be found here.

Round 3 pairings for the Amateur section can be found here.

The last game in each second round section ended after 1 a.m. Pacific Time.

Standings for the Championship section after Round 2:

2 points: Georgi Orlov, Bindi Cheng, Howard Chen, David Roper, Nick Raptis, Carl Haessler, Richard Gutman, Megan Lee, James Chan, Jason Cigan

1.5 points: Michael Lee, Joshua Sinanan, Daniel Gay, Paul Bartron, Mike Janniro, Steven Deeth, Carl Koontz, Lauren Laceste

1 point: Radu Roua, Steven Breckenridge, Andy Lee, David Bragg, Michael Pendergast, Corbin Yu, Andy May, Peter Lessler, Igor Ummel, Nathan Lee, Roland Feng, Samir Sen, Bill Heywood, Brian Esler, David Inglis, Todd Imada, Calvin Parnon, Joe Roback, Ryan Lo

0.5: Roger Patterson, John Williams, Michel Morris, Mikeal Davis, Robert Aiello, Alexandru Florea, Allen Chalfen, H G Pitre, Daniel Mathews, Jonathan Fortune

0: David Golub, Alexandra Botez, Preston Polasek, John Doknjas, Mark Havrilla, Ben Chu Kung, George Lundy

Click here for detailed Championship section results as of round 2


Leading scorers in the Amateur section after Round 2:

2 points: Robert Herrera, Doug Sterclick, Peter Watts, Jerry Sherrard, Vlajko Lakic, Joseph, Kiiru, Robert Fisette, Paul Leblanc, Ed Addis, Marcus Robinson, Michael Goffe, Jeremy Krasin, Lane Van Weerdhuizen, Noah Fields, Micah Smith, Jason Ellis, Scott Levin, Aaron Nicoski, Jack Cheng, Luke Robson, Alan Walk, Gabriel Skoro

1.5 points: Blake Salisbury, Larry Ball, Diwakar Rana, Ryan Ackerman, William Karr, Jofrel Landingan, Severo Caluza, Sarah May, Becca Lampman, James McAleer, Nathan Armstrong, Robert Allen, Matt Dalthorp, Matthew Stevens, Menaka Narayanan, Alexander Barrett, Sadrac Chery, Joshua Donknjas

Click here for detailed Amateur section results as of round 2

Pairings for Round 4 Amateur section are here

Pairings for Round 4 Championship section are here

Click here for detailed Championship section results as of round 3

Click here for detailed Amateur section results as of round 3

2011 Portland Chess Centennial
Round 2, August 12, 2011
Carl Haessler (2200) vs. Todd Imanda (1875)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Na3 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Nc4 f6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d4 Nh6 11. dxc5 O-O 12. b4 Rad8 13. Qe2 Nf7 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ng5 16. Qg4 Rd3 17. Bb2 h5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Ne6 20. g3 Ng5 21. Nd6 Rd2 22. Qc4+ Kh7 23. Bc1 b5 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Bxd2 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 27. Qc2 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Bf8 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Qb3 Qd7 31. c4 Qg4 32. f3 Qg5 33. Nf7 Rd2+ 34. Kh3 (1-0)

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2011 Portland Chess Centennial
Round 2, August 12, 2011
Josh Sinanan (2288) vs. Joe Roback (1916)1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. b3 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Bd6 c5 16. a3 Qb6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. c5 Qa6 20. Nd4 Nb8 21. Bf1 Qa5 22. b4 Qd8 23. Be5 Qe7 24. Nb5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Nc6 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Rd8 28. Bg2 Rb8 29. f4 a6 30. Kf2 Bd7 31. Nxb7 Rxb7 32. Bxc6 Rc7 33. Ba4 (1-0)

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2011 Portland Chess Centennial
Round 2, August 12, 2011
Collin Goldman (1805) vs. John Gamble (1344)1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 b5 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. d5 b4 8. Nce2 cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nxd5 12. Be4 e6 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Bb7 15. Qb3 Qc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Bd4 Re8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 b3+ 21. Kf1 bxc2 22. Rxd6 c1=Q+ 23. Nxc1 Qe1#

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