| 57 Players Qualify for 2010 World Youth Chess Championship |
| By Chuck Lovingood | |
| May 26, 2010 | |
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Contact: Chuck Lovingood FIDE & Scholastic Associate, USCF 1-931-787-1234 ext.148 (CROSSVILLE, TN) The United States Chess Federation is pleased to announce that the following players have qualified to participate in the 2010 World Youth Chess Championship. The top players by rating in each age category are considered the official representatives by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, but all players compete in the event as part of the US delegation. 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. They may also qualify by being within 50 rating points or less from the third qualifying spot. A player may also qualify by personal right by achieving a medal at the World Youth in the previous year or by achieving a Gold Medal at the previous Pan American Youth Festival. Qualifying by personal right from the 2009 World Youth are Samritha Palakollu (Girls Under 10) and Tanuj Vasudeva (Boys Under 10). Both players earned Silver medals at last year's World Youth. Details on the event have not yet been released by the organizers. Official letters of invitation will be sent to the qualifying players as soon as those details are available. Players and their families should contact Chuck Lovingood, USCF FIDE & Scholastic Associate, for questions related to the tournament. Congratulations to all of these players who qualified for the 2010 World Youth! GIRLS UNDER 18 YANG DAI VA 2079 JENNIE LIU NJ 2031 KARSTEN MCVAY NJ 2026 ANJALI DATTA TX 1986 GIRLS UNDER 16 ALENA KATS NY 2107 ANNA MATLIN NJ 2069 DARRIAN ROBINSON NY 2044 GIRLS UNDER 14 SARAH CHIANG TX 2128 MEGAN LEE WA 2021 CAROLINE ZHU TX 1996 SYLVIA YANG TX 1964 EPIPHANY PETERS MI 1948 GIRLS UNDER 12 SIMONE LIAO CA 1938 KIMBERLY DING NJ 1880 ALICE DONG NJ 1822 APURVA VIRKUD MI 1816 RACHEL GOLOGORSKY FL 1813 MARYIA ORESHKO NJ 1795 MARGARET HUA MO 1782 GIRLS UNDER 10 HANNAH LIU TX 1709 DEVINA DEVAGHARAN TX 1594 REVA SINGH NY 1526 RACHEL ULRICH IL 1519 NICOLE ZLOTCHEVSKY NY 1497 SAMRITHA PALAKOLLU NJ 1495 (PERSONAL RIGHT) GIRLS UNDER 8 ANNIE WANG CA 1687 KAAVYA RAMESH TX 1590 EMILY NGUYEN TX 1418 JOANNA LIU TX 1410 BOYS UNDER 18 MARC ARNOLD NY 2507 MICHAEL LEE WA 2426 STEVEN ZIERK CA 2423 CONRAD HOLT KS 2405 BOYS UNDER 16 RAY ROBSON FL 2630 DANIEL NARODITSKY CA 2434 PARKER ZHAO NY 2395 BOYS UNDER 14 DARWIN YANG TX 2413 ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY NY 2278 DAVID ADELBERG AZ 2245 YIAN LIOU CA 2243 JAROD PAMATMAT TX 2236 ATULYA SHETTY MI 2232 KEVIN WANG MD 2211 BOYS UNDER 12 KAYDEN TROFF UT 2200 CHRISTOPHER WU NJ 2192 JOSHUA COLAS NY 2156 JUSTUS WILLIAMS NY 2141 KAPIL CHANDRAN CT 2118 DACHEY LIN TX 2118 BOYS UNDER 10 SAMUEL SEVIAN CA 2160 TOMMY HE TX 2141 JEFFERY XIONG TX 2105 TANUJ VASUDEVA CA 1924 (PERSONAL RIGHT) BOYS UNDER 8 ARAVIND KUMAR NJ 1814 AWONDER LIANG WI 1701 RAYAN TAGHIZADEH CA 1696 PRAVEEN BALAKRISHNAN NJ 1680 |