Chess Odyssey Student News 2002-2003

June 2003:  Quite a few Chess Odyssey students, along with plenty of other chess aficionados of all ages and walks of life, participated in Rise-N-Fly 2003, a chess festival in downtown Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square on 6/13, sponsored by Chess For Success and City Center Parking.

   
Julie Young, of Chess for Success                                Contemplating that next move...

April-May 2003:  Five Chess Odyssey students participated in the National Championships this year, including Ben Streb (pictured below), Blake Phillips, Avilash Cramer, Patrick Gay, and Daniel Gay (who, as a fourth grader, competed at Junior High nationals in Florida, as well as Elementary nationals in Nashville).  All achieved highly respectable results, either playing a tougher field than they did last year while continuing to hold their own, or improving on their 2002 results, or both.  A total of 10 (we miscounted it as 8 originally) trophies were earned, some of them Blitz, Bughouse or team trophies.  Links to detailed results are on our Chess News page.  Congratulations, guys!     

April 2003:  Results from the Spring 2003 Eugene Scholastic Tournament include:  Blake Phillips--1st place, Daniel Gay--3rd place, and Avi Cramer--4th place.  Patrick Gay and David Rosenbaum turned in strong performances as well.  Way to go!    

March 2003:  The following Chess Odyssey students scored high enough in their regional tournaments to qualify for the Oregon State (Chess for Success) Scholastic Championships at Portland State University, which were held March 14-15, 2003.  Trophy results are in red.  Congratulations to EVERYBODY...we watched each one of you play your heart out, and we hope you feel as pleased with your accomplishments as we are with you!

David Rosenbaum -- High School reserve, 1st place
Patrick Gay -- 8th grade, 3rd place
Blake Phillips* -- 8th grade, 1st place
Corbin Yu -- 8th grade, 2nd place
Melisa Button -- 7th grade, 3rd place
Max Ehrenfreund -- 7th grade
Greg Fillmore -- 7th grade
Michael Yu -- 7th grade
Milton Cash -- 5th grade
Avilash Cramer -- 5th grade, 2nd place
Nathan Porter -- 5th grade, 2nd place
Charles Earp -- 4th grade
Daniel Gay* -- 4th grade, 2nd place
Joel Van Rysselberghe -- 4th grade
Joel Porter -- 3rd grade

*2002 defending state champion

CONGRATULATIONS to the Lake Oswego Junior High Chess Odyssey team (captained by Alex Van Rysselberghe and anchored by Corbin Yu's dominating 5-0 score on board #1) who brought home a 3rd place trophy from the Oregon Scholastic Championship!  Terrific job in their first year as a club!  The team consists of Corbin Yu, Max Ehrenfreund, Greg Fillmore, Michael Yu, Alex Van Rysselberghe and Curt Buskuhl.  Check out the 3/27 edition of the Lake Oswego Review, page 9.  Coach Pete has received signed congratulations to the LOJ team from two members of the Oregon State House of Representatives (Randy Miller and Greg Macpherson)--team picture below:  

Kudos also go to the Mabel Rush team, consisting of Milton Cash, Justin Davis, Max Conley, Brian Cheney, Craig Cheney and Brendan Buckmeier, all members of Chess Odyssey Newberg, who held their own and gained valuable experience for future competition. 

A few winning smiles from the event...

November 2002:  Fall 2002 Eugene Scholastic Tournament winners, all members of Westside Homeschool Chess Odyssey (below).

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