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2007 CalChess Scholastic Championships -- PAGE 4
Over 1150 players and their parents, coaches and friends descended on the fairgrounds at the San Mateo Expo Center on April 28-29 for the 32nd CalChess Scholastics Championships. Of the players, 20 were active students of mine, 3 were former students and several more were part of teams that I help coach. Two students became state champions: K-12 Champ Danya Naroditsky (5.5/6) and K-8 Champ Steven Zierk (6.0/6)! The tournament wouldn't have been possible without the capable organization of Dr. Alan Kirshner and his staff of directors led by John McCumiskey and Richard Koepcke. Photos by Richard Shorman and Mark Shelton of www.chessdryad.com plus Michael Aigner.

Page 4: Junior High Championship




CalChess Junior High Champion Steven Zierk is back in chess!
Top seeds in the Junior High section: Steven Zierk and Rohan Agarwal.
Rapidly improving student Adam Goldberg, 3rd in K-8 with 5.0.
Brian Wai of Redwood surprised many at 5th place with an impressive 5.0.
Brian's teammate Kevin Garbe sits in full concentration, elbows on knees.
Redwood teammate Evan Ye looks concerned on move 5 in the Sicilian.
Hanging tough with the top players at 4.5 was Nicholas Karas.
Rebekah Liu recovered from a shaky start to finish at 4.0.
Coach fpawn in front of the team room.

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