Oklahoma Chess Champions – April 2006 

Oklahoma State Champions
Tulsa 25-26 Jun 05

State Champion

Chuck Unruh 2132 Collinsville 5-0-0

Reserve U1800
 

Larry Deputy* 1749 Edmond 3-1-1
David Zelnick 1467 Broken Arrow 3-1-1
Murshed Qurashy 1771 Norman 2-3-0

Booster U1400
 

Prince Khan Unr Tulsa 5-0-0

 

Oklahoma State Class Champions
Owasso 12-13 Nov 05

Master/Expert

Chuck Unruh 2145 Collinsville 3-1-0

A Class

John Dunlap 1954 Oklahoma City (2004)

B Class

Richard Ravits 1752 Tulsa 2-1-1

C Class

Charles M Unruh 1584 Tulsa 3-0-1

D Class

Jim Rairden 1354 Enid 4-0-0

E Class and Under
 

*Brad Bembenek 648 Broken Arrow 3-0-1
Alan Buynak 1195 Broken Arrow 3-0-1

Unrated

Jim Bedenbaugh - Broken Arrow 1-1-2

 

Oklahoma State Senior Chess Champion
Tulsa 25-26 Jun 05

Senior Champion

Judson Temple 1993 Oklahoma City 2-2-1

 

Oklahoma State Junior Chess Champion
Tulsa 25-26 Jun 05

Junior Champion

Jeff Colbert 1373 Glenpool 2-1-2

 

Oklahoma State Quick Chess Champions
Tulsa 7 May 05

Quick Champion

Chuck Unruh 1933 Collinsville 5-1-0

 

Oklahoma State Blitz Chess Champions
Owasso 12 November 05

Blitz Champion

Chuck Unruh 1959 Collinsville 10-0-0

Reserve U1600

Brian Britt 1286 Tulsa 4-0-6

 

Oklahoma State Team Champions
Edmond 2 Oct 04

Team Champions

PR: 1779 Avg, 3-1-0
     Ciaran O'Hare 1974 Oklahoma City 4-0-0;     John Dunlap 1969 Oklahoma City
     Jim Gray 1667 Stillwater;     Russell Abbott 1506 Tulsa
Pravda: 1694 Avg, 3-1-0
     Movses Movsisyan 2242 Norman 4-0-0;     Diego Acosta 1732 Norman
     Jaime Zuluaga 1621 Norman;     Jacob Berger 1184 Edmond

K-12 Team Champions

Punishers: 1747 Avg, 2-1-1
     Mike Taliaferro 1874 Tulsa;     Jason Kalivas 1824 Broken Arrow
     John Cope 1774 Tulsa;     Destiny Sawyer 1516 Chouteau

Reserve Team Champions (U1400 Avg)

Rookies: 1343 Avg, 2-0-2
     Steve Sawyer 1561 Chouteau;     Aaron Shaffer 1346 Chelsea
     Mike Covington 1303 Sand Springs;     Ben Shaffer 1165 Chelsea
4 Knights: 1039 Avg, 2-0-2
     AJ Bailey 1307 Midwest City;     Chris Twilley 1096 Midwest City
     John Twilley 714 Midwest City;     Kathryn Aliotta unr Oklahoma City

Reserve K-12 Team Champions (U1200 Avg)

Farell Force: 1184 Avg, 1-2-1
     Ryan Farell 1256 Bixby;     Michelle Farell 1227 Bixby
     Rachel Farell 1211 Bixby;     Hannah Farell 1042 Bixby
King Killers: 1141 Avg, 2-0-2
     Devin Hughes 1293 Edmond;     Kevin Alvarez 1258 Oklahoma City
     Chris Buynak 1142 Broken Arrow;     Becky Huang 876 Edmond

 

Oklahoma State Scholastic Champions

9-12 Grade

John Cope*, grade 12 at Booker T Washington High School in Tulsa
     Champion for second year in a row!
Jacob Berger, Co-Champion with 4-0 score,
     grade 9 at Classen School for Advanced Studies in OKC
Rachel Farell, Girls Champion and Polgar National Championship Representative

6-9 Grade

Drew Cottrill, grade 7 at Tulsa Union, State Champion for the 4th year in a row!!!

K-6 Premier

Hannah Farell*, grade 5 Home Schooled
Isaac Stansell, grade 5 at Wolf Creek Elementary in Broken Arrow
Carey McCachern, grade 6 at Deer Creek Middle in Edmond,
     State Champion for 2nd year in a row!

K-6 U700

Joseph Hearon*, grade 6 at St. Philip Neri in Midwest City
Abby Taliaferro, grade 5 at Ida freeman Elementary in Edmond

K4 Premier

Becky Huang, grade 3 at Northern Hill Elementary in Edmond
     State Champion for 2nd year in a row!

K-4 U500

Thomas LaPointe*, grade 3 at Wolf Creek Elementary in Broken Arrow
Katie Tantakis, grade 4 at Jenks West Elementary

 

Oklahoma State Scholastic Team Champions

From the Oklahoma State Scholastic Championship held in March

9-12 Grade

Carl Albert High School - Midwest City, 2nd year in a row

6-9 Grade

Will Rogers Junior High - Claremore, 2nd year in a row

K-6 Premier

Ida Freeman Elementary - Edmond

K-6 U700

Ida Freeman Elementary - Edmond

K-4 Premier

Madison Elementary - Norman

K-4 U500

Ida Freeman Elementary - Edmond

From the Oklahoma State Grade Championship held in November

Grade 12

Carl Albert High School in Midwest City

Grade 11

Carl Albert High School in Midwest City

Grade 10

Carl Albert High School in Midwest City

Grade 9

Claremore High School

Grade 8

Will Rogers Jr High in Claremore

Grade 7

Central Middle School in Edmond

Grade 6

Cascia Hall in Tulsa

Grade 5

Ida Freeman Elementary in Edmond

Grade 4

Country Lane Elementary in Tulsa and Jenks East Elementary

Grade 3

Madison Elementary School in Norman

Grades K-2

Madison Elementary School in norman

 

Oklahoma State Grade Champions

12th Grade

Lance Lervig

11th Grade

Jeremiah Henley

10th Grade

Justin Thiessen

9th Grade

Joseph Swan

8th Grade

Devin Hughes and Chris Buynak

7th Grade

Ryan Farell

6th Grade

Jeremy Braun

5th Grade

Luke Dalton and Ryan Nigh

4th Grade

Kenneth Lin

3rd Grade

Matt Dalton and Nathan Yu

K-2 Grades

Christina Im

*First co-champion listed won award based on tiebreaks.