Mr. Haas takes the group to task for the lack of new controversies
for him to salivate over. How about this: once again this year, as has
been the case several times in recent years, the U.S. Junior and Cadet
Championships were held as "stealth" events.

There was no web coverage of these tournaments that I have been able
to find. No games have been published. Coverage was announced for ICC
but did not materialize, as far as I can determine. There is a press
release about Daniel Fernandez winning the U.S. Junior - but it is
hidden on an inside page of the USCF web site. There is no announcement
about the Cadet winner. Oh yes, many of the strongest players qualified
for these events were not able to participate because SCHOOL WASN'T OUT
YET!

Another shoddy, disgraceful performance by the USCF office in
putting these events together. Our two national championship events for
juniors deserve better than this.

-- Hal Terrie

wrote:
Mr. Haas takes the group to task for the lack of new controversies
for him to salivate over. How about this: once again this year, as has
been the case several times in recent years, the U.S. Junior and Cadet
Championships were held as "stealth" events.

There was no web coverage of these tournaments that I have been able
to find. No games have been published. Coverage was announced for ICC
but did not materialize, as far as I can determine. There is a press
release about Daniel Fernandez winning the U.S. Junior - but it is
hidden on an inside page of the USCF web site. There is no announcement
about the Cadet winner. Oh yes, many of the strongest players qualified
for these events were not able to participate because SCHOOL WASN'T OUT
YET!

Another shoddy, disgraceful performance by the USCF office in
putting these events together. Our two national championship events for
juniors deserve better than this.

-- Hal Terrie

Minor correction: there IS an announcement that Elliot Liu won the
Cadet Championship. However, it is still hidden on an inside page of
the USCF web site. The other problems I cite remain, especially the one
about holding these tournaments while schools were still in session.

-- Hal Terrie

I agree with you 100% and think it's an important issue to be
addressed immediately. It's a bad sign when the top young players in
our country find out that our national championship gets almost no
signifigant coverage in any way. These events should be glorified more,
and I don't think it would cost very much at all to make this happen.


wrote:
Mr. Haas takes the group to task for the lack of new controversies
for him to salivate over. How about this: once again this year, as has
been the case several times in recent years, the U.S. Junior and Cadet
Championships were held as "stealth" events.

There was no web coverage of these tournaments that I have been able
to find. No games have been published. Coverage was announced for ICC
but did not materialize, as far as I can determine. There is a press
release about Daniel Fernandez winning the U.S. Junior - but it is
hidden on an inside page of the USCF web site. There is no announcement
about the Cadet winner. Oh yes, many of the strongest players qualified
for these events were not able to participate because SCHOOL WASN'T OUT
YET!

Another shoddy, disgraceful performance by the USCF office in
putting these events together. Our two national championship events for
juniors deserve better than this.

-- Hal Terrie

I posted standings for the US Junior and US Cadet as I received them. I
would have uploaded games, but never received any. ICC has relayed games
from past years US Junior and US Cadet, and would have done so this year if
they had been available.

Andy (Zek on ICC)



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oups.com...
Mr. Haas takes the group to task for the lack of new controversies
for him to salivate over. How about this: once again this year, as has
been the case several times in recent years, the U.S. Junior and Cadet
Championships were held as "stealth" events.

There was no web coverage of these tournaments that I have been able
to find. No games have been published. Coverage was announced for ICC
but did not materialize, as far as I can determine. There is a press
release about Daniel Fernandez winning the U.S. Junior - but it is
hidden on an inside page of the USCF web site. There is no announcement
about the Cadet winner. Oh yes, many of the strongest players qualified
for these events were not able to participate because SCHOOL WASN'T OUT
YET!

Another shoddy, disgraceful performance by the USCF office in
putting these events together. Our two national championship events for
juniors deserve better than this.

-- Hal Terrie

Hal, I am going to make sure that we get great coverage for both of
these events.

A. Kantor

Well, that just shows us the USCF lacks a certain "situational
awareness," among other shortcomings.

Old Haasie

wrote:
Well, that just shows us the USCF lacks a certain "situational
awareness," among other shortcomings.

Old Haasie

I have taken a group from Minnesota to the US Junior Open for many
years. This year we could not go because it was the last week of
school. They chose the US Junior Open for the last week of school for
many schools. I am sure they lost dozens of entries because of this.
It was disappointing to many kids.
Brian

The event was held as a Double Round Robin Quadrangular. That might
be suitable for a weeknight Action Swiss, but it seems obvious that had
there been better promotion, and had the dates of the event not
conflicted with the School years of many of the potentially eligible
players, they would have been able to garner more than 4 Entries



Event Summary
Event 2005 US CADET (200506166811)
Location MASON, OH
Event Date(s) 2005-06-12 thru 2005-06-16
Sponsoring Affiliate CENTRAL OHIO CHESS ASSN (A6016446)
Chief TD MICHAEL R ANDERS (12478960)
Processed Received: 2005-06-20 Entered: 2005-06-20 Rated:
2005-06-20
Stats 1 Section(s), 4 Players




Section 1 - SECTION 1
Processed Received: 2005-06-20 Entered: 2005-06-20 Rated:
2005-06-20
Stats 6 Rounds, 4 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R Tnmt Type: S



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Pair | Player Name
|Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|
Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre-Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
5 | 6 |
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1 | ELLIOTT LIU |4.0 |D 2|W 4|D 3|L 2|W
4|W 3|
CA | 12661521 / R: 2243 -2246 | | | | | |
| |
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2 | SARKIS AGAIAN |4.0 |D 1|D 3|L 4|W 1|W
3|W 4|
NY | 12659772 / R: 2149 -2166 | | | | | |
| |
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3 | DRAKE WANG |2.5 |D 4|D 2|D 1|W 4|L
2|L 1|
CA | 12691891 / R: 2168 -2161 | | | | | |
| |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 | KEVIN M WASILUK |1.5 |D 3|L 1|W 2|L 3|L
1|L 2|
MN | 12870920 / R: 2117 -2104 | | | | | |
| |
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U.S. CHESS FEDERATION ANNOUNCES TWO MORE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS CROWNED
2005 U.S. Cadet Championship
(CROSSVILLE, TN) Kings Island, Ohio was the site of the 2005 U.S. Cadet
on June 12-16, 2005 where a close battle was waged between Elliott Liu
(2230), from California, and Sarkis Agaian (2123), from New York. A
double round robin was played to determine the title of U.S. Cadet
Champion and it was so close that a playoff was used to determine first
place and the scholarship. Although both Liu and Agaian are considered
co-champions, Liu earned the four-year scholarship which was offered by
University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC).

The tournament was organized by the United States Chess Federation and
the Warren County Convention and Visitors Bureau and directed by Mike
Anders.

The U.S. Cadet Championship is an invitational tournament held every
year for the top players under 16 years old.