U.S. Junior Open 2008
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chess players in U.S. Junior Open
Front: Joseph Stafford, Ragan Sernel, Saagar Basavaraju, Zach Schuh, Jason Selvaraj, Rebecca Isacoff, Kenner Sernel, Caleb Donaldson, Tristan Donaldson, Nikith Kurella, Alan Seidel, Nicholas Reinert, Vishwa Srinivasan, Jackson Maher, Noah Ballinger, Anne Serafin, Anthony Serafin, Simon Serafin, Middle Row: Charles Kinzel, Kyle Burris, Samuel McCann, Jack Bussert, Erik Nickels, Samuel Stephens, Namana Rao, Christopher Anton, Alex Hall, Edward Wilson, Aaron Simon, Paul Bussert, Sam Beaulieu, Annie Reinert, George Wedge, Last Row: Varuzhan Akobian, Maxx Coleman, Timothy Moroney, George Woodbury, Christopher Purdy, Duane Tate, William Teague, Roy Wedge, Nymisha Rao, Andrew Ritter, Ben McGregor, Kenny Lin, Garrett Wirka, Hans Chen
Maxx Coleman winner U.S. Junior Open
Tom Brownscombe Presents 1st Place Trophy to Maxx Coleman
Timothy Moroney at U.S. Junior Open
Winner - Timothy Moroney
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FINAL RESULTS and CROSSTABLES

Experts Maxx Coleman of Kansas and Timothy Moroney of Michigan tied for first place in the Junior Open with 5.5/6. They are co-champions. Their first four tie-breaks were exactly the same. Coleman gets the title and the first place trophy based on the only tie-break that differentiated them: most blacks.

2008 US Junor Open -- under 21 Cross Table, Page 1

No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 Score

1. 18 COLEMAN, MAXX W (1,DERB)...... KS 2161 W5 W3 D2 W7 W4 W6 5.5
2. 19 Moroney, Timothy M (2)........ MI 2009 W6 W4 D1 W3 W5 W7 5.5

3. 17 PURDY, CHRISTOPHER M (4,A123). KS 1663 W9 L1 W6 L2 W10 W8 4.0

4. 15 Woodbury, George (3).......... TN 1760 W8 L2 D5 W9 L1 W10 3.5
5. 17 TEAGUE, WILL G (6,WRHS)....... KS 1465 L1 W7 D4 W8 L2 W9 3.5

6. 15 WEDGE, ROY A (7,LAHS)......... KS 1370 L2 W8 L3 W10 W7 L1 3.0

7. 16 TATE, DUANE (5,WHHS).......... KS 1637 W10 L5 W9 L1 L6 L2 2.0
8. 14 RAO, NYMISHA (8,BVNW)......... KS 1129 L4 L6 W10 L5 W9 L3 2.0

9. 17 Ritter, Andrew Guy (9)........ KS 953 L3 W10 L7 L4 L8 L5 1.0

10. 17 Mc Gregor, Ben (10)........... KS 645 L7 L9 L8 L6 L3 L4 0.0

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2008 US Junor Open -- under 15 Cross Table, Page 1

No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Score

1. 14 Wirka, Garrett (2)............ NE 1506 W4 W7 D8 W2 W5 W6 5.5

2. 12 Lin, Kenny L (1).............. OK 1613 W15 W6 W5 L1 W12 D3 4.5

3. 13 Kinzel, Charles (5)........... KS 1186 L12 W9 W15 D6 W8 D2 4.0
4. 13 ANTON, CHRISTOPHER J (13,TIMS) KS 990 L1 W20 W14 L9 W15 W12 4.0

5. 13 BURRIS, KYLE (6,RMS).......... KS 1178 W16 W10 L2 W7 L1 D8 3.5
6. 13 Bussert, Jack (8)............. OK 1156 W18 L2 W10 D3 W9 L1 3.5
7. 12 Nickels, Erik J (9)........... OK 1146 W20 L1 W13 L5 W11 D10 3.5
8. 11 STEPHENS, SAMUEL A. (11,QREL). KS 1049 W17 W14 D1 D12 L3 D5 3.5
9. 13 Hall, Alex (14)............... MO 903 D19 L3 W16 W4 L6 W14 3.5
10. 11 Wilson, Edward L (15)......... KS 887 W11 L5 L6 W15 W14 D7 3.5

11. 11 Chen, Hans (4)................ OK 1248 L10 W17 L12 W13 L7 W16 3.0
12. 11 SIMON, AARON (16,QREL)........ KS 886 W3 D19 W11 D8 L2 L4 3.0
13. 12 Beaulieu, Sam (18,CORD)....... KS 726 L14 W16 L7 L11 -B- W18 3.0

14. 13 Mccann, Samuel Jam (7)........ OK 1162 W13 L8 L4 W18 L10 L9 2.0
15. 11 RAO, NAMANA (12,HAMS)......... KS 1029 L2 W18 L3 L10 L4 W20 2.0
16. 12 Bussert, Paul (17)............ OK 872 L5 L13 L9 -B- W20 L11 2.0
17. 14 Ehrlich, Jacob Mar (21)....... KS nnnn L8 L11 L18 W20 -H- -H- 2.0

18. 11 Reinert, Annie (19)........... KS 568 L6 L15 W17 L14 -H- L13 1.5

19. 11 Lauzums, Raimonds (3)......... WI 1467 D9 D12 -U- -U- -U- -U- 1.0
20. 11 WEDGE, GEORGE A (20,CORD)..... KS 100 L7 L4 -B- L17 L16 L15 1.0

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2008 US Junor Open -- under 11 Cross Table, Page 1

No. Gr Name(Team) St Rate Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Score

1. 8 Stafford, Joseph C (2)........ TN 1169 W13 W4 W7 W2 W3 W5 6.0

2. 8 Schuh, Zach L (5)............. KS 769 W10 W12 W3 L1 W7 W8 5.0

3. 8 Sernel, Ragan Bate (3)........ TN 998 W9 W11 L2 W4 L1 W7 4.0
4. 10 Isacoff, Rebecca (7).......... CO 654 W6 L1 W11 L3 W14 W9 4.0

5. 7 Kurella, Nikith (11).......... OK 496 -H- W6 L9 W10 W8 L1 3.5
6. 8 Serafin, Anne (17)............ MO nnnn L4 L5 W18 D13 W15 W10 3.5

7. 6 Basavaraju, Saagar (4)........ OK 943 W17 W14 L1 W9 L2 L3 3.0
8. 7 Selvaraj, Jason (6)........... NE 756 L11 W13 W17 W14 L5 L2 3.0
9. 7 Srinivasan, Vishwa (14)....... UT 411 L3 W18 W5 L7 W11 L4 3.0
10. 8 MAHER, JACKSON M (15,CORD).... KS 100 L2 -B- W12 L5 W17 L6 3.0
11. 8 Ballinger, Noah Henry (16).... AR nnnn W8 L3 L4 W12 L9 W17 3.0

12. 5 Sernel, Kenner (8)............ TN 521 W18 L2 L10 L11 W13 D14 2.5
13. 9 SEIDL, ALAN W (12,HSEL)....... KS 452 L1 L8 W15 D6 L12 W18 2.5
14. 6 Simon Serafin (19)............ KS nnnn W15 L7 W16 L8 L4 D12 2.5

15. 9 Donaldson, Tristan (10,SOEL).. KS 500 L14 L17 L13 W18 L6 W16 2.0
16. 8 REINERT, Nicholas (13,SOEL)... KS 443 -H- -H- L14 L17 W18 L15 2.0
17. 4 Serafin, Anthony (18)......... KS nnnn L7 W15 L8 W16 L10 L11 2.0

18. 6 Donaldson, Caleb (9,SOEL)..... KS 500 L12 L9 L6 L15 L16 L13 0.0
Maxx Coleman and Timothy Moroney
Timothy Moroney and Maxx Coleman
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Tournament Games
White: Chris Purdy Black: Andrew Ritter (U21 Section) (Round 1)
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Bc5 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 Bd3 d6 7 0-0 Nf6 8 Nc3 0-0 9 Bf4 Be6 10 e5 dxe5 11 Bxe5 Rb8 12 Bxf6 Qxf6 13 Qh5 Bf5 14 Qxf5 Qxf5 15 Bxf5 Rxb2 16 Na4 Rb5 17 Nxc5 Rxc5 18 Bd3 Re8 19 Rab1 g6 20 Rb7 a6 21 Rxc7 Re6 22 Rb1 a5 23 Kf1 h5 24 R1b7 Rf6 25 g3 Re5 26 Rb6 Re6 27 Ra6 Kg7 28 Rxa5 Kh6 29 Rc5 g5 30 Bc4 Rd6 31 Bxf7 h4 32 gxh4 gxh4 33 Rh5+ 1-0

White: Tim Moroney Black Roy Wedge (Round 1)
1 Nf3 d5 2 d4 Nf6 3 c4 g6 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nf6 6 Nc3 Bg4 7 Qb3 Nc6 8 Qxb7 Nxd4 9 Nxd4 Bb7 10 Bb5+ Nd7 11 Nc6 Resigns 1-0

Nymisha Rao - George Woodbury (Rd. 1, U21 section)
1 e4 e6 2 Nf3 d5 3 exd5 exd5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Bg4 6 Bf4 c6 7 Be2 Be7 8 0-0 0-0 9 Ne5 Bxe2 10 Qxe2 Nbd7 11 Nxd7 Qxd7 12 Bg5 h6 13 Bh4 Rfe8 14 h3 Ne4 15 Bxe7 Nxc3 16 bxc3 Rxe7 17 Qd3 Rae8 18 Qd2 Re2 19 Qc1 b5 20 a4 a6 21 axb5 axb5 22 Qb2 Qf5 23 Rac1 Rd2 24 Qb1 Ree2 25 Qa2 Rxf2 26 Qa8+ Kh7 27 Qxc6 Rxg2+ 28 Kh1 Qxh3#

Duane Tate - Will Teague (Rd. 2, U21 section)\
1 e4 c5 2 d4 exd4 3 c3 dxc3 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 Nf3 d6 6 Bc4 a6 7 0-0 Nf6 8 Qe2 Bg4 9 Rd1 e6 10 Bf4 Qc7 11 Rac1 Be7 12 a3 0-0 13 b4 e5 14 Be3 Rac8 15 Nd5 Nxd5 16 exd5 Nd4 17 Bxd4 exd4 18 Bb3 Qxc1 19 Rxc1 Rxc1 + 20 Bd1 Bf6 21 h3 Bxf3 22 Qxf3 Re8 23 Kh2 Re1 24 Be2 h5 25 Qxh5 Rh1+ 26 Kg3 Rc3+ 27 Kf4 d3 28 Bd1 Re1 1-0

Will Teague - Maxx Coleman (Round 1, U21 section)
1 d4 Nf6  2 c4 c5  3 d5 e6  4 Nc3 exd5  5 cxd5 d6  6 e4 g6  7 f4 Bg7  8
Nf3 0-0  9 Be2 Re8  10 Qc2 Na6  11 Bxa6 bxa6  12 0-0 Rb8  13 Rb1 Nxe4  14 Nxe4 Rxe4  15 Qxe4 Bf5  16 Qa4 Bxb1  17 Qxa6 Be4  18 Qc4 Rb4  19 Qe2 Bxd5 20 b3 Be6  21 Ng5 Bf5  22 Re1 Bf6  23 Bd2 Rb7  24 Ne4 Bxe4  25 Qxe4 Re7 26 Qd5 Rxe1  27 Bxe1 Qe7  28 Kf1 Kg7  29 Bf2 Qd7  30 a4 Qe7  31 g4 h6  32 f5 Qe5  33 Qxe5 Bxe5  34 fxg6 Kxg6  35 h3 Kg5  36 Be3+ Bf4  37 Bf2 f5  38 gxf5 Kxf5 39 Ke2 Ke4  40 Bg1 h5  41 Bf2 a6  42  Bg1 Be5  43 Be3 Bd4  44 Bg5 d5  45 h4 Be5  46 Be3 d4  47 Bg5 Bf4  48 Be7 d3+  49 Kd1 Kd4  50 Bf6+ Ke4  51 Bc3 Be3  52 Bf6 Bd4  53 Bg5 Bc3  54 Be7 Bb4  55 Bg5 a5  56 Bh6 Kd5 57 Bf8 Bc3 0-1

Maxx Coleman - Christopher Purdy (Round 2, U21 section)
1 c4 e5  2 Nc3 Nf6  3 g3 d5  4 cxd5 Nxd5  5 Bg2 Nb6  6 Nf3 Nc6  7 0-0 Be7
8 a3 0-0  9 b4 Be6  10 d3 f5  11 Bb2 Bf6  12 Rc1 Nd4  13 Nxd4 exd4  14 Na4 Nxa4  15 Qxa4 c6  16 b5 cxb5  17 Qxb5 Rb8  18 Qc5 b6  19 Qb4 Rf7  20 Rc6 a5  21 Qb5 Bd7  22 Bd5 Bxc6  23 Qxc6 Rc8  24 Qe6 Rc7  25 Qxf5 Rc5  26 Bxf7+ Kxf7  27 Qxh7 Qd5  28 Bc1 Rc2  29 e4 dxe3e.p.  30 Bxe3 Rc3  31 Qe4 Qxe4  32 dxe4 Rxa3  33 Bxb6 a4  34 Rd1 Rb3  35 Bd4 a3  36 Bxf6 a2  37 Ba1 Rb1  38 Rf1 g6  39 h4 Ke6  40 Kg2 Ke7  41 f4 Kf7  42 g4 Kg8  43 f5 gxf5 44 exf5 Rb4  45 Rf3 Kf7  46 g5 Rxh4  47 g6+ Kf8  48 f6 Rc4  49 f7 Rg4+  50 Rg3 Rxg6  51 Rxg6 Kxf7  52 Ra6 Ke7  53 Rxa2 Kd6  54 Kf3 Kd5  55 Ke3 Kc4 56 Rd2 Kb5  57 Kd4 Kb4  58 Rb2+ Ka4  59 Rb8 Ka5  60 Bc3 Ka6  61 Rb1 Ka7 62 Kc5 Ka6  63 Kc6 Ka7  64 Be5 Ka8  65 Ra1#

George Woodbury - Tim Moroney (Round 2, U21 section)
1 c4 e6  2 Nc3 d5  3 cxd5 exd5  4 d4 c6  5 Bf4 Bf5  6 Nf3 Nf6  7 e3 Qb6  8
Qc1 Nbd7  9 Be2 Be7  10 0-0 h6  11 Ne5 0-0  12 Nxd7 Nxd7  13 a3 a5  14 Qd2 Qa7  15 f3 Bf6  16  Bd3 Bxd3  17 Qxd3 Rfe8  18 Rfe1 a4  19 Rad1 Nb6  20 e4 Nc4  21 Re2 Rad8  22 e5 Nxe5  23 Qe3 Nc4  24 Qxe8+ Rxe8  25 Rxe8+ Kh7  26 Bc1 Bxd4+  27 Kh1 Bxc3  28 bxc3 Qf2  29 Re7 Qc2  30 Rg1 Qxc3  31 Rxf7 d4 32 Rxb7 d3  33 Bf4 Nxa3  34 Re7 Nc4  35 Re4 a3  36 Be3 Nxe3  37 Rxe3 a2 38 Ree1 d2  39 Rd1 c5  40 Rgf1 c4  41 Rf2 a1=Q  42 Rfxd2 Qxd2  43 Rxa1 c3 44 h4 c2  45 Kh2 c1=Q  46 Rxc1 Qxc1  47 g4 Qf4+  48 Kg2 Kg6 0-1

Tim Moroney - Maxx Coleman (Round 3, U21 section)
1 Nf3 Nf6  2 d4 e6  3 c4 c5  4 d5 b5  5 Bg5 exd5  6 cxd5 d6  7 a4 b4  8
Nbd2 Ba6  9 e4 Bxf1  10 Kxf1 Be7  11 Qc2 0-0  12 h4 Nbd7  13 Nc4 a5  14
Rd1 Re8  15 e5 dxe5  16 Nfxe5 Nxe5  17 Nxe5 Qc8  18 Nc4 1/2 - 1/2

Maxx Coleman - Duane Tate (Round 4, U21 section)
1 c4 Nf6  2 Nc3 e6  3 e4 d5  4 e5 Ne4  5 cxd5 exd5  6 Nxe4 dxe4  7 Qa4 Nc6
8 Qxe4 Bc5  9 Nf3 Be6  10 Bc4 Qd7  11 Bxe6 Qxe6  12 a3 Rd8  13 0-0 Bd4
14 Re1 0-0  15 Nxd4 Rxd4  16 Qe3 Rfd8  17 b4 Rd3  18 Qe2 R8d5  19 f4 Ne7
20 Qf2 Nf5  21 Qxa7 Qb6  22 Qxb6 cxb6  23 Ra2 Nd4  24 Kf2 b5  25 Re3 Nb3 26 Rxd3 Rxd3  27 Rc2 g6  28 Ke2 Nxc1  29 Rxc1 Rxa3  30 Rc5 1-0

Nymisha Rao - Will Teague (Round 4, U21 section)
1 e4 c5  2 Nf3 d6  3 Nc3 e6  4 Bb5+ Bd7  5 Bxd7 Nxd7  6 0-0 Nf6  7 d3 Be7
8 Bg5 0-0  9 h3 a6  10 a3 b5  11 d4 Qc7  12 d5 Rfc8  13 Re1 b4  14 Ne2
exd5  15 exd5 Nb6  16 Nf4 h6  17 Bxf6 Bxf6  18 Rb1 Na4  19 axb4 cxb4  20
Ra1 Nxb2  21 Qb1 Qxc2  22 Qxc2 Rxc2  23 Rab1 a5  24 Rbc1 Rac8  25 Re2 Rxe2
26 Rxc8+ Kh7  27 Ra8 a4  28 Ra6 a3  29 Rxd6 Nc4  30 Ra6 b3  31 d6 b2  32
d7 b1=Q+  33 Kh2 Qb7  34 d8=Q Bxd8  35 Ra4 Bc7  0-1