Aleksandr Ostrovskiy won clear 1st in the K-6 Champs. Check out other Elementary Nationals results and look for upcoming CLO reports by Mark Schein and Betsy Dynako.
Now that the U.S. Championship field is set, you can select your seven-player fantasy team. Enter your team at http://aero.eudemonia.net/fantasychess/fc_login.php.
Mark Schein offers a parent's perspective of the action at the Elementary Nationals in Pittsburgh. Also check out Betsy Dynako's shots of blitz and bug champs.
Pairings for round 1 of the Frank Berry U.S. Championship feature a board one face-off between GMs Onischuk and Kraai. Colors
will be announced at the player's meeting on the evening of May 12.
Macauley Peterson reports on an exhibition game between Jason Juett, of Marion, Iowa and Veselin Topalov, which kicked off the 2008 M-Tel Masters in Sofia.
In a follow-up to her Nationals Preview article, coach of
championship team, I.S. 318 Elizabeth Vicary predicts the winning teams at the
Elementary Nationals in Pittsburgh, May 9-11.
GM Jesse Kraai tied for first at the US Championship Qualifier in Tulsa, and will compete in the upcoming Championship. Read Kraai's thoughts on who is in the field, or more precisely - who is not.
IM Larry Kaufman clinched clear first in the U.S. Senior Open with a
round five win against IM Igor Foygel. This earns Kaufman the final
spot in the U.S. Championship.
At the National Elementary Championship (May 9-11, Pittsburgh, PA), IM Josh Waitzkin will be on hand to meet players, coaches and parents and to sign copies of his book, "The Art of Learning."