Star-Studded US Junior Closed Field Set |
July 2, 2015 |
Meet the star-studded field of this year's US Junior Closed, which begins in Saint Louis on July 6th.
2015 US Junior Championship (USCF June Rating List):
- IM Jeffery Xiong (2606) – Coppell, Texas
- IM Akshat Chandra (2589) – Inselin, N.J.
- FM Michael Bodek (2527) – New Rochelle, N.Y.
- IM Luke Harmon-Vellotti (2526) – Boise, Idaho
- FM Ruifeng Li (2502) – Plano, Texas
- IM Yian Liou (2501) – Alamo, Calif.
- FM Arthur Shen (2477) – Edison, N.J.
- NM Mika Brattain (2457) – Lexington, Mass.
- FM Awonder Liang (2428) – Madison, Wis.
- NM Curran Han (2211) – Houston, Texas
The opening ceremony will take place July 6 at the Chess Club and Scholastic of Saint Louis at 6:00 p.m. The nine-round, ten player, round-robin tournament will begin on July 7 with the first round starting at 1:00 p.m.
We will be posting daily recap blogs featuring photos from the tournament, articles summarizes matches and annotated games by GM Mac Molner.
There will also be a live stream of the tournament through www.uschesschamps.com. Finally, our tournament hashtag will be #USJuniorClosed and our main twitter account will be @CCSCSL. This account will be live tweeting throughout the event.
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