L to R: Mr. Dewain Barber (co-founder of this event), Warren Harper and Mitchell Denker (son of the late GM Arnold Denker)

This is Warren Harper (Houston, TX), winner of the 2007 Arnold Denker Tournament of HS Champions.

I met Warren 2 years ago when he joined Dr. Mikhail Korenman and I for the Chess for Peace journey to Moscow, Russia. On this trip, he received training from me and various Russian coaches as well as competing against Russian juniors. Warren was rated around 2100+ at that time. He is rated around 2300 today!

For winning the Denker tournament, Warren received a full scholarship to Texas Tech University and $500 cash scholarship from the US Chess Trust. Warren is interested in studying Medicine.

Congratulations Warren!

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