Oklahoma Chess Champions – January 2007 

Oklahoma State Champions
Tulsa 24-25 Jun 06

State Champion

John Dunlap* 1944 Oklahoma City 3-0-2
Jeff Colbert 1477 Glenpool 3-0-2
Judson Temple 1943 Oklahoma City 3-0-2

Reserve U1800
 

David Flinchum* 1563 Tulsa 3-2-0
Jeff Lloyd 1650 Edmond 4-0-1

Booster U1400

Albert Rine 1248 Tulsa 4-0-1

 

Oklahoma State Class Champions
Oklahoma City 4 Nov 06

Master/Expert

Chuck Unruh 2096 Collinsville 2-1-0

A Class

Rev Ed Boyle 1839 Tulsa 0-2-1

B Class

Charles M Unruh 1698 Tulsa 1-0-2

C Class

Devin Hughes 1549 Edmond 2-1-0

D Class

Paul Hodgen 1333 Enid 3-0-0

E Class and Under
 

*Jared Parker 1168 Norman 2-0-1
Robert Phy 1161 Tulsa 1-2-0
Brandon Rhodes 1136 Stillwater 2-0-1

 

Oklahoma State Senior Chess Champion
Tulsa 24-25 Jun 06

Senior Champion

Judson Temple 1943 Oklahoma City 3-0-2

 

Oklahoma State Junior Chess Champion
Tulsa 24-25 Jun 06

Junior Champion

Jeff Colbert 1477 Glenpool 3-0-2

 

Oklahoma State Quick Chess Champions
Tulsa 6 May 06

Quick Champion

Chuck Unruh 1959 Collinsville 6-0-0

 

Oklahoma State Blitz Chess Champions
Tulsa 14 Oct 06

Blitz Champion

*Chuck Unruh 1986 Collinsville 6-4-0
David Zelnick 1573 Broken Arrow 7-2-1

Reserve U1600

*Robert Phy 1148 Tulsa 7-0-3
David Luscomb 1381 Claremore 7-0-3

 

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 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

Harrah High School

Grade 11

Carl Albert High School in Midwest City (3rd year Grade Champions)

Grade 10

Carl Albert High School in Midwest City (2nd year Grade Champions)

Grade 9

Edison Preparatory School in Tulsa

Grade 8

Tulsa Union 8th Grade Center

Grade 7

Central Middle School in Edmond (2nd year Grade Champions) and
Deer Creek Middle School in Edmond

Grade 6

Central Middle School in Edmond and
All Saints Catholic School in Norman

Grade 5

Ida Freeman Elementary in Edmond (2nd year Grade Champions)

Grade 4

Madison Elementary School in Norman

Grade 3

Ida Freeman Elementary in Edmond and
Madison Elementary School in Norman (2nd year Grade Champions)

Grade 2

Wilson Elementary School in Oklahoma City

Grades K-1

Madison Elementary School in Norman (2nd year Grade Champions)

 

Oklahoma State Grade Champions
From the Oklahoma State Grade Championship held in November

12th Grade

Anthony Coker of Harrah High School

11th Grade

Curtis Shield of Carl Albert High School in Midwest City

10th Grade

Rachel Farell* of Bixby and
Sean Mc Donough of Jenks High School

9th Grade

Devin Hughes (4th year Grade Champion) of Heritage Hall in Edmond

8th Grade

Ryan Farell* (3rd year Grade Champion) of Bixby and
Drew Cottrill of Tulsa Union

7th Grade

Benjamin Zhou of Whittier Middle School in Norman

6th Grade

Luke Dalton (2nd year Grade Champion) of Central Upper Elementary in Claremore

5th Grade

Kenneth Lin (2nd year Grade Champion) of Country Lane Elementary in Broken Arrow

4th Grade

Nathan Yu (2nd year Grade Champion) of Madison Elementary in Norman

3rd Grade

Daniel Perry of Monte Cassino in Tulsa

2nd Grade

Christopher Farell* of Bixby and
Christopher Bharucha of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Edmond

K-1 Grades

Isaac Moore of Jenks East Elementary

*First champion listed won based on tiebreaks.
Others listed are vice-champions.