Griggs and Boor Ohio Co-Champions

Christopher Shen a 2nd grader from Tyler Run Elementary School captured the 1st Place Title in his section at the K-12 Nationals held in Dallas, Texas on November 18-20th

Griggs and Boor Ohio Co-Champions

Even though the Ohio Chess Congress is a state championship event, it tends to draw players from various states. Of the 117 players in the recently completed Congress, 16 were from out of state, including the top rated player in the tournament Alex Zelner of Florida.

When the dust settled, Zelner, Carl Boor, and Walker Griggs finished in a three way tie for first place. Since Zelner is not an Ohio resident Boor and Griggs were declared Ohio Co-champions. This is the third championship for Boor and the first for Griggs. Griggs is an amazing story having only played rated chess since 2009. He is the second youngest Ohio Champion at the age of 15.

Taking top honors in the under 2000 section was ten year old Maggie Feng. First in the under 1700 section went to Blair Koman and scoring a perfect 6-0 in the under 1400 section was Ben Tancinco. John Hughes finished first in the Ohio Blitz Championship.

Vilenchuk wins the 2011 Denker Tournament of High School Champions

 17-year-old Michael Vilenchuk of Ohio convincingly won the Denker tournament of high school champions in Orlando with 5.5/6. In addition to the prestigious title, Michael earned himself a scholarship to University of Texas at Dallas, an important incentive to the incoming senior.