OCA Policy Board 2006-7

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

·         USCF Local Level Tournament Director

Board Members At Large

Robert Phy - Tulsa

Ben Shaffer - Chelsea

Charles M Unruh - Tulsa

Tournament Clearing House, Harold Ball - Ponca City

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

Web Site - www.ochess.org, Mike Swatek - Claremore

OCB Editor, Mike Swatek - Claremore