Like the late Larry Evans, both Will Wharton and Spencer Lower first rose to prominence in Arizona chess while juniors.

They have now tied for first in the Arizona Senior Championship held Nov. 13 and 14, 2010, in Tucson. They scored 4.5 out of 5 in the 5 round Swiss event, drawing only with each other while going undefeated. Will Wharton had the highest tiebreaks, which would be used only for purposes where only one person must be chosen. They are equal co-champions.

Congratulations to both!

MAL

Former Arizona State Champions IMs Mark Ginsburg and Levon Altounian were joined by NM David Adelberg in a tie for first in the Arizona State Championship. They scored 3.5 out of 5 in the single Round Robin Arizona State Championship held in Tucson Nov. 13 and 14, 2010. They are co-Champions and are listed in Tiebreak order. Tiebreaks are only used to determine invitations, representation, or other situations where only a single player must be named. They are equal co-champions for state records and all three have earned our congratulations.

David Adelberg's only loss was to Mark Ginsburg and his only draw was to Levon Altounian, who had no losses and three draws. He continues to be a rapidly rising star in Arizona chess.

The results of the 2007 Arizona State Scholastic Championship are shown below. Thanks to Kiki Huerta of SACA for his prompt reporting.

Christopher De Sa qualifies to be Arizona's representative to the Denker tournament and Jennelle Wallace qualifies to be Arizona's representative to the Polgar tournament. Both need to confirm to azchess@cox.net whether or not they plan to participate.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Enrique Huerta
March 19, 2007 maxoftat@yahoo.com
PRESS RELEASE (520) 440-3176

Thanks to Marty Schneider for providing the results of the Concho and Shonto Regional Qualifiers for the 2007 Arizona State Scholastic Championship

Concho Regional K-3 Section
No. Name Team Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5
1 Bowles,Mark CON 5.0 W15 W5 W9 W3 W7
2 Sullivan,Adam CON 4.0 W18 L9 W13 W20 W10
3 Hastings,Wyatt CON 4.0 W19 W12 W6 L1 W9
4 Bhakta,Parum BRE 3.5 W26 D16 W17 L7 W15
5 Brown,Jaisen SEQ 3.5 W10 L1 W25 D6 W16
6 Azbell,Thomas CON 3.5 W23 W8 L3 D5 W14
7 Bryant,Emmanuel SHO 3.5 -H- W24 W16 W4 L1
8 Grapp,Nikki JEF 3.0 W14 L6 W11 L10 W18
9 Meixler,Zack BRE 3.0 W22 W2 L1 W17 L3

Thanks to Kiki Huerta for providing the crosstables from the Tucson Scholastics.

Tucson Scholastics (RQ2) -- Junior High Qualifier Cross Table,
Page 1

No. Name St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
Score

1. Bass, Beverly Ann (2)......... AZ 1316 -H- W12 W8 W10 W2
4.5

2. De Sa, Jacquelyn M (3)........ AZ 1253 W11 W4 W7 W3 L1
4.0
3. Saxberg, Kyle F (9)........... AZ 925 W19 W20 W10 L2 W12
4.0
4. Vo, Alina (10)................ AZ 857 W23 L2 W16 W8 W7
4.0
5. Bass, Jennie M (11)........... AZ 824 W24 L6 W18 W11 W13

The following events were held to determine the Scholastic Chess Championships for the state of Arizona:

2008 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

2007 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

2006 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

2005 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

The following events were held to determine the State Chess Champion for the State of Arizona: Please note: These are not scholastic events.  2008 Tucson Open - Winner is 2007 AZ State Chess Champion  2006 Paul Webb AZ State Chess Championship  2005 Paul Webb AZ State Chess Championship  2004 Paul Webb AZ State Chess Championship

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