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Press 58 Players Qualify for 2009 World Youth Chess Championship
Press 58 Players Qualify for 2009 World Youth Chess Championship | 58 Players Qualify for 2009 World Youth Chess Championship |
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| By Jerry Nash | |
| April 23, 2009 | |
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Official Press Release Contact: Jerry Nash Scholastic Director, USCF 1-931-787-2756 (CROSSVILLE, TN) The United States Chess Federation is pleased to announce that the following players have qualified to participate in the 2009 World Youth Chess Championship to be held in Antalya, Turkey from November 11 – 23. The top players by rating in each age category are considered the official representatives by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, but all players compete in the event as part of the US delegation. Players may qualify to represent the United States by being established as one of the three highest rated candidates by peak post-tournament rating in the previous 12 months ending with events included in the April Rating Supplement. They may also qualify by being within 50 rating points or less from the third qualifying spot. A player may also qualify by personal right by achieving a medal at the World Youth in the previous year or by achieving a Gold Medal at the previous Pan American Youth Festival. Qualifying by personal right this year from the 2008 World Youth are Sam Shankland (Boys Under 18) and Darwin Yang (Boys Under 14) who each won a Bronze Medal at the 2008 World Youth in Vietnam. Their qualification by personal right moved the third qualifying spots in the respective age groups to John Bryant and Ryan Moon. Also invited to participate as part of the delegation due to winning the Gold Medal at the 2008 Pan American Youth is Alec Getz. The coaches currently scheduled for this year’s team include Michael Khodarkovsky– Head of Delegation, Aviv Friedman, Armen Ambartsoumian, and John Fedorowicz. Details other than the time and place of the event have not yet been released by the organizers. Official letters of invitation will be sent to the qualifying players as soon as those details are available. Players and their families should contact Jerry Nash, USCF Scholastic and FIDE Director, for questions related to the tournament. Congratulations to all of these players who qualified for the 2009 World Youth! GIRLS UNDER 18 ALISA MELEKHINA PA 2322 ABBY MARSHALL VA 2161 COURTNEY JAMISON TX 2081 KARSTEN MCVAY NJ 2050 GIRLS UNDER 16 YANG DAI VA 2070 JENNIE LIU NJ 2013 DARRIAN ROBINSON NY 1996 GIRLS UNDER 14 ALENA KATS NY 2030 ANNA MATLIN NJ 2009 SYLVIA YANG TX 1986 CAROLINE ZHU TX 1936 GIRLS UNDER 12 SARAH CHIANG TX 1981 ELLEN XIANG TX 1883 MICHELLE CHEN MA 1854 GIRLS UNDER 10 SIMONE LIAO CA 1855 EVAN XIANG TX 1696 KIMBERLY DING NJ 1585 HANNAH LIU TX 1544 GIRLS UNDER 8 ANNIE WANG CA 1440 SAMRITHA PALAKOLLU NJ 1310 ALISHA CHAWLA CA 1249 LIZA VIGNA NY 1228 BOYS UNDER 18 ROBERT HESS NY 2562 SAMUEL SHANKLAND CA 2482 MARC ARNOLD NY 2438 JOHN BRYANT CA 2426 DANIEL YEAGER PA 2383 BOYS UNDER 16 RAY ROBSON FL 2542 MARK HEIMANN PA 2416 MICHAEL LEE WA 2385 PARKER ZHAO NY 2342 ALEXANDER HEIMANN PA 2338 ALEC GETZ NY 2291 BOYS UNDER 14 DANIEL NARODITSKY CA 2379 DARWIN YANG TX 2314 GREGORY YOUNG CA 2249 RYAN MOON GA 2165 CHRISTOPHER HEUNG FL 2146 ROBERT PEREZ FL 2143 STUART FINNEY RI 2124 ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY NY 2123 DAVID ADELBERG AZ 2122 BOYS UNDER 12 JAROD PAMATMAT TX 2168 KEVIN WANG MD 2134 DANIEL GUREVICH GA 2109 MICHAEL BROWN CA 2103 YIAN LIOU CA 2100 ARTHUR SHEN NJ 2094 ALEXANDER VELIKANOV WI 2066 BRIAN LUO WI 2065 VARUN KRISHNAN CA 2064 BOYS UNDER 10 TOMMY HE TX 2040 DACHEY LIN TX 2015 SAMUEL SEVIAN CA 2001 JONATHAN CHIANG TX 1957 BOYS UNDER 8 TANUJ VASUDEVA CA 1772 RUIFENG LI TX 1684 WINSTON ZENG CA 1673 The United States Chess Federation (USCF), founded in 1939, serves as the governing body for chess in the United States and is nowheadquartered in Crossville, Tennessee. USCF is devoted to extending the role of chess in American society. It promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess, for its own sake as an art and enjoyment, and as a means for the improvement of society. The USCF is a not-for-profit membership organization with over 80,000 members. For additional information on the USCF see: http://www.uschess.org. |
