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Elected Officers
President - VP - Past Pres -  Secr - Treas - At Large 1, 2 and 3

Appointed Officers
Tournament Clearing House - Web Site - OCB Editor

President

Chuck Unruh - Collinsville

• Owner of Various small Oil & Gas Leases and Operations
• National Chess Master, USCF
• Registered Tae-Kwon-Do Martial Artist
• Board of Directors-United States Exploration-(UXP) on Amex-Year 2000
• President of the European Military Chess District
• President of the Dayton Chess Club, Dayton, Ohio
• Financial Secretary of the Evangelical Free Church, Mid South District for six years
• Military Chess Champion-Thomas Emery Award-1975

Vice President

Jim Bedenbaugh - Broken Arrow

• Software Engineer for CNB elysium.com

• Author of blog J'adoube. . .the Off-center Knight, listed by About.com as one of the top 10 chess blogs on the internet.

• Contributor to Head First EJB published by O'Reilly

• Shotokan instructor and certified United States Muy Thai Judge and Referee

Immediate Past President

Alan Pfeiffer - Sapulpa

• Past President and VP of Oklahoma Chess Association
• Tournament player and class C player since 1991
• Tournament Director for scholastic tournaments in NE Oklahoma over the last 8 years, including tournaments that regularly draw over 200 players each year
• Father of 3 children and currently works as Manager at Custom Services (provider of heat, air and plumbing services)
• Has directed many adult tournaments, including a state championship tournament back in the early 1990's

Secretary

Mike Swatek - Claremore
Email
Mail: 1006 Faulkner Place, Claremore, OK 74017
Phone: 918-342-4245
Fax: 918-343-9095

• Claremore Reveille Rotary Club - Co-founder, Charter Secretary, Past President and Past Newsletter Editor

• William W. Barnes Children's Advocacy Center - Charter Secretary and Board Member

• Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization - Co-founder, Secretary, and Webmaster

• Claremore Central Upper Elementary and Will Rogers Jr. High Chess Clubs - Founder and Organizer

• USCF Senior Level Tournament Director

• Failure Analysis Engineer at Baker Hughes

• BS Mechanical Engineering from University of Oklahoma

• More information is at Mike's Home Page.

Treasurer

Jim Gray - Stillwater
Email
Mail: 720 S. Husband, Suite 5, Stillwater, OK 74074
Phone: (405) 624-1777 office, (405) 372-1040 home

• USCF Local Level Tournament Director

Board Member At Large
   (3 positions)

Charles M Unruh - Tulsa

• Attending The University of Tulsa for a bachelors in science in Environmental Policy, member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, treasurer of the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society

• Taught at Hardesty summer chess camp 2007 and Chess Adventure 2007.

• Former coach of Eliot Elementary

Rev. Ed Boyle - Tulsa

• Correspondence GM*: Chess World: http://letsplaychess.com Joined May 2003. Record as of July 11, 2007 is 765-0-31. No loses! Took First place in over 70 tournaments. Currently ranked Fourth in the World and First in the US. Ranked Second World from Nov 2005 to Feb. 2007 Chess World has over 400,000 members. Started Correspondence play with the 1974 Golden Knights! Been hooked ever since.

• Hold title of: "*U.S. Expert of Chess Solving*" This took 6 years of work to earn! Only 70 people hold this title in the US http://www.strategems.org/titles.htm

• USCF Life Member. USCF TD, USCF Class A Rating.

• 2007 OK Class A Champion

• Black Belt: Tae Kwan Do/Moo Duk Kwan Karate - 1981

• Arnis: Philippine Stick Fighting - 3 Years training

• SUNY at Farmingdale NY: 1975 - AAS Electronics, Mathematics

• Rhema Bible Training Center: 1981-83 - Broken Arrow, OK

• Various Jobs as Electrical Technician: 1974 - 1981, 1984 - 1989

• Eastern Numismatics - Sr Account Portfolio Manager (1990-97)

• "Vest Pocket" Rare Coin Dealer - 1967-1981 (Yes, I was 12 when I started selling at Coin Shows!)

• Heavenly Rare Coins - Owner, (1981-Date)

• Maverick Karate - Amarillo, TX, Part Owner - 1983

• Canyon Christian Center - Amarillo, TX 1983 (Superintendent 1st-6th Grade)

• Christian Joy Fellowship Church (http://www.cjoy.org) Bellmore, NY (Jan 1 1984 - Sept 17 2005) For activities see: http://ebforocapb.blogspot.com/ June 18, 2007 entry.

• Word of Light Ministries (Personal Ministry - 1983) Have ministered in churches in OK, TX, NY, PA.

Robert Phy - Tulsa

• More Info Soon

Tournament Clearing House

Harold Ball - Ponca City
Email
Mail: 6130 N Union, Ponca City, Ok. 74601
Phone: 580-762-3860

Web Site - www.ochess.org

Mike Swatek - Claremore

• See information above

OCB Editor

Mike Swatek - Claremore

• See information above

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