FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jerry Nash
April 28, 2006 (931) 787-1234 #145
Press Release #18 of 2006
jnash@uschess.org
Players Qualify for the 2006 World Youth Chess Championship
(Crossville, TN) The following players have qualified to play in the 2006 World Youth Chess Championship currently scheduled for October 20-31 in Batumi, Georgia. A new Under 8 age category has been added by FIDE for this year’s event. The top players by rating in each age category are considered the official candidates.
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.
This year they may also qualify by being within 50 rating points or less from the third qualifying spot from either 2006 or 2005 (see below for 2005 3rd place ratings by category). A player may also qualify by personal right by achieving a medal at the World Youth in a previous year or by achieving a Gold Medal at the previous Pan American Youth Festival.
Additional information about the 2006 World Youth Chess Championships will be announced on the USCF website as soon as it becomes available.
U-8 Boys
Nicholas Nip CA 1716
Benjamin Moon GA 1611
Christopher Wu NJ 1579
Jeevan Karamsetty VA 1527
Tom S. Polgar NY 1504 (Polgar Chess Center)
Jonathan Chiang TX 1483
U-10 Boys
Darwin Yang TX 1943
Brian Luo WI 1937
Lucas Van Beuzekom FL 1799
Fernando Spada TX 1779 (Brownsville, TX)
Fernando Mendez, Jr. TX 1760 (Brownsville, TX)
Aleksandr Ostrovskiy NY 1757
Brennen Lee AZ 1753
Kevin Bu MN 1735
Eric Zhang CA 1726
Eric Liao NJ 1705
Jonathan Chin TX 1700
Atulya Shetty MI 1690
Sam Schmakel IL 1688
Alexander Katz NJ 1679
Albert Ho FL 1677
James Shao NY 1670 (Polgar Chess Center)
U-12 Boys
Ray Robson FL 2213
Parker Zhao NY 2208
Daniel Naroditsky CA 2003
Michael Yang MN 1965
Zachary Young NY 1962
Christopher Heung FL 1957
U-14 Boys
Marc Arnold NY 2242
Alexander Heimann PA 2177
Mark Heimann PA 2146
Michael Lee WA 2141
Victor Shen NJ 2139
Jeffrey Haskel FL 2139 (One of the assistants at my World Record Simul)
Michael Thaler NY 2123
Christian Tanaka CA 2113
U-16 Boys
Robert Hess NY 2403
Daniel Ludwig FL 2338
Evan Ju NJ 2221
James Critelli CT 2203
Francis Chen CA 2177
Sarkis Agaian NY 2177
U-18 Boys
Salvijus Bercys NY 2501
Alex Lenderman NY 2496
Igor Schneider NY 2421
Mackenzie Molner NJ 2383
Joel Banawa CA 2381
Girls
U-8 Girls
Jyotsna Bitra IL 1295
Evan Xiang TX 1207 (Polgar Girl’s National Open Participant)
Jessica Zhu CA 1111
Fei-Tzin Lee NY 1079
U-10 Girls
Sylvia Yang TX 1759 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
Eve Zhurbinskiy NJ 1601
Caroline Zhu TX 1571 (Polgar Girl’s National Open Participant)
Sarah Chiang TX 1568
Eileen Dai TX 1551 (Polgar Girl’s National Open Participant)
Megan Lee WA 1537 (Washington State Polgar Qualifier Participant)
Ellen Xiang TX 1505 (Polgar Girl’s National Open Participant)
U-12 Girls
Alena Kuzniatsova NY 1762
Darrian Robinson NY 1664 (Participated at the Polgar Chess Center)
Kathleen Zhou NJ 1637
Helen Chu TX 1629 (Polgar National Open Participant)
Eve Litvak NJ 1624
U-14 Girls
Karsten McVay NJ 2005
Anjali Datta TX 1901 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
Gayatri Vempati TX 1879 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
Yang Dai VA 1851 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
U-16 Girls
Alisa Melekhina PA 2104 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
Medina Parrilla NY 1965
Abby Marshall VA 1946 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
Louiza Livschitz CA 1946 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
Julia Kerr NY 1943 (Polgar Chess Center)
Marina Asami CA 1912
Courtney Jamison TX 1899 (Polgar Invitational Participant)
U-18 Girls
Tatev Abrahamyan CA 2338
Laura Ross NY 2248
Hana Itkis NJ 2153
Katharine Pelletier NY 2117
Congratulations to all qualifiers! Good luck in the tournament!
Congratulations All!!
The country is behind you!
Do you think Batumi has the facilities to hold such a big event? Or is it going to be as bad as Belfort?
I estimate 75 names. how many do you expect to make the trip. how many are estimated to be at the tournament. I get the feeling this tournament will be huge.
I hope Tommy Polgar goes. Maybe we can convince his mother that it will be good for Tommy to play chess at 2006 World Youth Chess Championships.
Susan, Please tell us. are you taking Tommy. I bet you are.
side note to Tommy,
Knock them dead Tommy. I know you can do it. and dont worry just do your best and everyone will be proud of you. Everyone will love you no matter what you score in the tournament. the important thing is to have a good time and do your best.
Susan, how do you see your role on this event: mother/coach of Tommy, or coach of all team girls?
Yeah, Susan, the girls need you!
“U-12 Girls
Yuan Ling Yuan CA 1996″
Yuanling is Canadian and if she will play in WYCC she will reprezent Canada!
She recently played in Bangkok Chess Club Open and scored 5.5/9!
Her opponents all are above 2100 fide rating including a WGM Anya Corke who was the 2005 girls Champion in US. Yuanling drew with WGM Anya Corke and was ahead of her after 9 rounds. Finally, Yuanling was awarded two prize with “Best Lady” and “First Junior”.
See link:
http://www.bangkokchess.com/
GO CANADA!
Andrei, the info I got came from the USCF press release. Thank you for the correction.
Tommy, I do not think my son will go.
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Yeah, Susan, the girls need you!
The problem is the USCF picks their own coaches. No one knows what is the standard. No one has ever asked me or even discussed this with me. They already announced the coaching staff.
The same thing happens with the 2006 US Women’s Olympiad Team. The USCF made an unethical (possibly illegal) deal in secret behind my back when I founded the program and first funded it from my own pocket. The sponsor and the former USCF President lied to my face and to all the team members and captain.
We are weeks from the 2006 Olympiad and still no roster announcement and no publicity for the team. The process is a total disgrace but it is nearly impossible to fight this kind of bureaucracy.
The more I fight, the tighter the door is shut.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
http://www.SusanPolgar.com
Susan, don’t be angry. Forgive.
I receive this email from FIDE:
>>> FIDE Secretariat office@fide.com 5/2/2006 3:11:32 AM >>>
We confirm herewith that the event will be organised in Georgia, Batumi.
The Under 8 will start from 2007, Turkey.
Best regards,
Polina Tsedenova
FIDE Secretariat
Andrei,
What does that mean? Does it mean that the under 8 section will be held in a separate location (Turkey) in 2007 instead of Georgia in 2006?
Thanks!
Susan Polgar
http://www.SusanPolgar.com
Hi Susan,
It means that first time U8 group will be introduce to the next edition of WYCC which will be in Turkey.
I pass this email to USCF and they change the press release. Also my guess is that they are reading this blog also because they took out the Canadian Yuanling from U12G top list.
Andrei