2012 U.S. Cadet Championship
The 2012 U.S. Cadet Championship will begin today with eight of the top juniors under the age of 16. The tournament will take place July 21st-24th at the Rockville Hilton in Baltimore, Maryland.
The field consists of Aleksandr Ostrovskiy (2426) followed by Michael Bodek (2407). After that, you have three players of African descent and three of Asian descent… probably the first time that this has happened. The face of chess is certainly changing in American chess.
The players are vying for college scholarships offered by the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). The winner will receive a four-year scholarship to UMBC. The top three players will receive free entry into the Washington International.
The entire field is as follows:
July 21st-24th, 2012 (Baltimore, Maryland) |
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Name
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Title
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Federation
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State
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Rating
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| 1 | Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr | FM | USA | NY | 2426 |
| 2 | Bodek, Michael | FM | USA | NY | 2407 |
| 3 | Gu, Christopher | NM | USA | RI | 2364 |
| 4 | Black Jr, James | NM | USA | NY | 2349 |
| 5 | Colas, Joshua | NM | USA | NY | 2345 |
| 6 | Williams, Justus | NM | USA | NY | 2343 |
| 7 | Hua, David | NM | USA | NJ | 2329 |
| 8 | Wu, Christopher | NM | USA | NJ | 2295 |
Daaim, Josh plays James r1 and Justus plays Michael Bodek.
Mike is working on the PGN files. He is a bit behind.
What a comeback! JOSH tried somethimg new against Justus
and got punished.But he showed superb resilience.
They posted wrong result Daaim. James lost.
This has been amazing coverage. Thank you so much.
creepy lol. I would be nervous as heck! i don’t know how they do it. Great coverage nonetheless. Thanks
Excellent job, Daaim. The commentaries were very helpful. Three days of grueling chess… can’t ask for more from these youngsters.
Actually, it was four days. I thought it was originally a three day tournament.
Congrats to all the youngsters. As is seen from some of the game scores many of the clashes were hard-fought encounters showing grit from the combatants. Better luck next time!!
Daaim,
As ususal great coverage…thanks.
I’ll play through some games when I get a chance.
Great pictures! This is a fine report of the tournament. Thank you for putting all this together.
All the games are available in PGN file at the Maryland website now.