January 2007 Oklahoma Chess Bulletin
Vol 24-1
Onward & Upward in 2007

Oklahoma's chess growth trend is continuing at a pace well ahead of the
national average.
Check out the President's message and OCB Editor's Message to
find out more.
Welcome to the on-line version of the OCB with a lot of information not
available in the printed version. If you would prefer to
view, print or download the OCB On-line Edition as a single formatted
file, check out the
OCB
On-Line Printable/Downloadable Edition
(34 pages 602Kb Adobe PDF file, excluding interactive games, photo galleries, links external to the OCA
website and items mentioned as online only below).
President's Corner
by Chuck Unruh
OCB Editor’s Message
by Mike Swatek
OKC Winter Open flier for 27-28
January tournament
Tulsa Winter Open flier for 17
March tournament
ABOK Action Swiss G/30 flier for 5 May 2007 tournament in Collinsville
O’Hare Ties for 4th in the USCF 2003Absolute Correspondence Chess Championship
with intro
by Chuck Unruh and games provided by Ciaran O'Hare for online publishing. Also,
available online as
Interactive Games.
2006 Oklahoma
Class Championship
by John Dunlap
with final standings
and link on-line to
Interactive Games.
Oklahoma Blitz Championship
by Mike Swatek
with
final standings
and link on-line to
Photo Gallery.
Wilson
Scholastic Open by Dan Wade
Oklahoma Champions -
January 2007.
National School Grade
Championships in Florida by Rachel and Michelle Farell
All of Oklahoma’s latest tournament results are available at
www.ochess.org/cross-tables.
OCA Mission Statement
by Chuck Unruh
OCA Patrons -
January 2007.
Tulsa Fall Open
by Mike Swatek
with final standings
and link on-line to
Interactive Games.
Coffee-house Chess by Chuck
Unruh
Looking for more games by Oklahoma chess players?
For over 1500 of them,
CLICK HERE.
This Means War In an age of PlayStations and Xbox 360s, why is one Edmond
school taking the ancient game of chess so seriously? from the Oklahoma
Gazette, 20 December 06, an outstanding article about the Ida Freeman Elementary
School Chess Club. Re-published with permission. Published by the OCB only in
its Online Edition (789 kB pdf download)
OCA Membership
Accepted Tourneys
Frequently visit the "What’s New" page linked from the
header of all pages at www.ochess.org for
all the latest about what’s happening in Oklahoma Chess.
American Bank of Oklahoma
Invitational by Mike Swatek
with Final Standings and links on-line to
Interactive
Games.
For your enjoyment, over 1500 interactive games of many Oklahoma players
are on the OCA website at
www.ochess.org/games.htm.
Support The OCA from
the OCA Policy Board
OSCO Grand Prix
Standings
Okies in the USCF Top 100s -
December 2006.
Scholastic Tournament Schedule
Looking for more games by Oklahoma chess players?
For over 1400 of them,
CLICK HERE.
Oklahoma Chess Clubs
Recent Tournament
Winners
USCF Oklahoma Chess Tournament
Clearinghouse by Harold Ball - 15 January 07.
OCA
Members -
December 2006.
You can check out your OCA membership status any time by visiting the
complete members list at www.ochess.org. We
do hope you'll support chess in Oklahoma for everyone by keeping your OCA
membership current and considering a Patron membership or gift to the OCA.
Join or Renew Your OCA
Membership Today
OCB Material Submissions
OCA Officers 2006-7.
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