Oregon Junior Open Championship
April 22-23, 2005
Denker & Polgar Qualifying Event!
CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS
Blake Salisbury
Oregon Junior Open Champion, High School
Champion & recipient of a travel scholarship to
represent
Oregon in the Denker Tournament of
Champions (see below)
Taylor Bailey
Oregon - Girl Champion & recipient of a travel
scholarship to represent Oregon in the Susan
Polgar All Girls Championship (see below)
David Rosenbaum U1800 Champion
Michael Taylor
U1600 Champion
Cameron Gregson Junior Action
Champion - Class D
Sean You Junior
Action Champion - Class E
Caleb Kesey
Junior Action Champion - Class F
Calvin Yu
Junior Action Champion - Class G
Place Awards
OPEN SECTION
Oleg Zaikov
1st place
Raleigh Foster
2nd place
Drew Serres
3rd place
J. Brian Esler
4th place
Patrick Gay
5th place
U1400 SECTION
Jonathan Heberling
1st place
Kurt Sprouse
2nd place
Daniel Friesen
3rd place
Byron Bean
4th place
Nathan Porter
5th place
Derek Espinoza
Top Unrated
Thomas Kyle Milward 2+
wins medal
Bryan Spence 2+
wins
Brandon Morehouse 2+
wins
U1000 SECTION
Christopher Liu
1st place
Peter Liao
2nd place
Carolyn Yue
3rd place
Gabriel Belavita 4th
place
Keegan Cox
5th place
Alexander Stanescu Top
Unrated
Justin Hooker
3+ wins medal
Alex Piatski
3+ wins
NOVICE SECTION
Griffin Haas 1st
place
Andrew Maldonado
2nd place
Joshua Vanegas
3rd place
Bryce Horness
4th place
Morgan Kimmel
5th place
Josh Jacobson
3+ wins medal
Jack Meussdorffer 3+
wins
Jennifer Xiong 3+
wins
Justin Wang
3+ wins
Antonio Maldonado 3+ wins
Naomi Porter
3+ wins
ADULT SECTION
Boris Piatski
1st place
Andrew Chamberlain 2nd place
John Salisbury
3rd place
SPECIAL AWARDS
- Blake Salisbury
$250 travel Sholarship
- Taylor Bailey
$250 travel scholarship
- Michael Baker
Sportsmanship
- Joshua Vinegas & Gabriel Bellavita Best Handshake
- David Rosenbaum
Best Notation
- Ashley Newton Best
Attitude
- Hannah Harnsberger
Never Give Up - Never Surrender
- Kira Copeland
Excellence in Chess
- Miles Haas
Freaky Facts Award
- Amy & Enrique Maldonado When
Pigs Fly
- Shelli Mullins
Best Volunteer Effort
- Corbin Yu & Ted Sanders
Most Creative Play
- Michael Taylor
Didn't see it Coming
Top 100 list of Oregon players received certificates and pins of
recognition
USCF TOP 100 PLAYERS FROM OREGON
Vikram Kudva #73 for age 11
Marcus Robinson #78 for age 14
Blake Salisbury #29 for age 15
Patrick Gay #82 for age 15
Drew Serres #49 for age 16
Oleg Zaikov #4 for age 17
Taylor Bailey #94 for GirlsU16
Top 100 WA players who attended: Andy May #37 for age 13
BUGHOUSE
Piatzki Falcons - 1st place
Rowdy Rooks - 2nd place
Greatest Peoples - 3rd place
The Kings - 4th place
Cake Eaters - 5th place
Earth - 6th place
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
91 players, from around the state (and five from WA) in attendance
with approximately 120 family/friends. The tournament was sponsored by the Oregon Chess Federation, Clatskanie Chess Club and Clatskanie Park and Rec.
The Oregon Junior Open attracted some of the very best scholastic players in the state, as
well as a new crop of players in the novice section. Blake Salisbury and Taylor Bailey won the coveted Championship
titles and will represent Oregon at the Denker and Polgar national invitational events. While the championship titles
in all sections were hotly contested and some had to compete in blitz tie breakers to see who would go home with the gold...
there were other interesting awards as well.
About the Polgar Championship (from www.susanpolgar.com ) In August 2004, the inaugural Susan Polgar National
Invitational for Girls began with a bang. Thirty four state representatives
took part in this historic event. This tournament created new opportunities for many young female chess players across the country and I received countless emails and letters from young girls, parents, and coaches
from across the country supporting this initiative. More states will now hold exclusive all-girl qualifying events to select their representatives for a spot in Phoenix, Arizona from August 6-11, 2005. Plus,
more chess scholarships will be available for girls, which is
wonderful news. Without it, these players may have lacked the
motivation to continue in chess. With the success of the
2004 Susan Polgar inaugural event and the incredible
success of the 2004 US Women’ Olympiad Team,
the momentum is with us and we must take advantage
of this opportunity to boost women’s
chess in America.
