NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (K-12) CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Oklahoma was well represented with 21 players at the K-12 Championship in Dallas on April 16-18.

Third grader Corey Bolger of Owasso led the six Oklahoma participants in the K-12 U900 Section with 5 wins in 7 rounds to be in a 24-way tie for 21^st place among 243 players.

Seniors Ben Shaffer of Chelsea and Charles Unruh led our eight K-12 U1200 contenders with 4 points and a tie for 65^th out of 237 players.

In the K-12 U1500 section with three Oklahoma players, seventh grader Dax Chapman led the way with 4.5 points in a tie for 35^th among the 228 participants.

We had two players in the K-12 Open section with 4.5 points going to John Cope who tied for 53^rd place out of 343 contenders.

First grader Becky Huang of Edmond participated in the Unrated section after playing the first two rounds in the U900 section and had 5 wins on the day. A half point didn’t transfer from U900 and her 4.5 points placed her in a tie for 43^rd among 222 players.

Thanks to Fred Roper for his Tournament Direction efforts at this National event in Dallas. Also, thanks to Master Chuck Unruh for his efforts at the leader board display with analysis and commentary for those gathered.

Overall, the Oklahoma youths had a good time at the tournament and OSCO will be working toward seeing even more there next time. We definitely have some rising stars among this fine group of young chess players.