World Youth Qualifiers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release #8 of 2007
April 10, 2007
The following players have qualified to play in the 2007 World Youth Chess Championship currently scheduled for November 17-29 in Antalya, Turkey. The top players by rating in each age category are considered the official representatives.
Players may qualify to represent the United States by being established as one of the three highest rated candidates by peak post-tournament rating in the previous 12 months ending with events included in the April Rating Supplement. They may also qualify by being within 50 rating points or less from the third qualifying spot. A player may also qualify by personal right by achieving a medal at the World Youth in the previous year or by achieving a Gold Medal at the previous Pan American Youth Festival. Qualifying by personal right this year from the 2006 Pan American Youth is Elliott Liu. Congratulations to all the players who qualified!
Here are the list of US Qualifiers:
Girls Under 18
NIKOLOVA, ETTIE VA 2041 *
MATYSZEWSKA, MAGDALENA MI 2031 *
KATS, ELINA NY 1977 *
KERR, JULIA K NY 1953 *
Girls Under 16
MELEKHINA, ALISA PA 2186 *
MARSHALL, ABBY VA 2052 *
JAMISON, COURTNEY TX 2034 *
LIVSCHITZ, LOUIZA CA 1987 *
Girls Under 14
DAI, YANG VA 1956 *
LIU, JENNIE S NJ 1865
VEMPATI, GAYATRI TX 1837 *
Girls Under 12
KUZNIATSOVA, ALENA NY 1883 *
YANG, SYLVIA TX 1827 *
MATLIN, ANNA NJ 1784
Girls Under 10
CHIANG, SARAH TX 1736 *
XIANG, ELLEN TX 1714 *
CHEN, MICHELLE XUEYING MA 1692
Girls Under 8
XIANG, EVAN TX 1484 *
LEE, FEI-TZIN NY 1449 *
LIAO, SIMONE CA 1266 *
LIU, HANNAH TX 1263 *
Boys Under 18
BERCYS, SALVIJUS NY 2512
LENDERMAN, ALEX NY 2487
LUDWIG, DANIEL J FL 2400
BANAWA, JOEL CHOLO B CA 2394
LIU, ELLIOTT CA 2357
Boys Under 16
HESS, ROBERT L NY 2457
ARNOLD, MARC TYLER NY 2340
HARPER, WARREN TX 2288
JU, EVAN D NJ 2279
BRYANT, JOHN DANIEL CA 2266
YEAGER, DANIEL A PA 2243
SHANKLAND, SAMUEL L CA 2240
Boys Under 14
ROBSON, RAY S FL 2332
HEIMANN, MARK A PA 2269
LEE, MICHAEL WA 2230
SHEN, VICTOR C NJ 2221
ZHAO, PARKER BI GUANG NY 2212
HEIMANN, ALEXANDER C PA 2203
GETZ, ALEC NY 2198Boys Under 12
NARODITSKY, DANIEL A CA 2145
YOUNG, GREGORY CA 2073
YANG, DARWIN TX 2064
HEUNG, CHRISTOPHER FL 2030
Boys Under 10
LUO, BRIAN J WI 2059
NIP, NICHOLAS CA 1966
VELIKANOV, ALEXANDER WI 1903
WANG, KEVIN MD 1897
KRISHNAN, VARUN CA 1872
Boys Under 8
CHIANG, JONATHAN TX 1652
SUN, RAYMOND TX 1591
LIN, DACHEY TX 1575
POLGAR-SHUTZMAN, TOM NY 1564
Conrats to ELINA and TOMMY!
Just curious – what do the stars next to the names mean?
I think those are the girls who have played in Polgar events in the past or qualified for the SP All-Star Girl’s Chess Team. Just my guess.
Congradulation to my little sister Hannah and our best friend Simone.
I am second to none in my admiration for the girls who qualified for this event (especially since my daughter is one of them!). Still the disparity in ratings between the female and male players in each age category is a little startling . . . and disheartening.