Bill Goichberg (NY), Carol Jarecki (NY), Ira Lee Riddle (posthumously)(PA), Joe Lux (NJ)


US Chess Affairs/ 2015 Yearbook 2015


SPECIAL FRIEND OF THE USCF 2012 Barbara Pryor 2014 Harris Rosen


SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS


SAMFORD FELLOWSHIP 2014 Daniel Naroditsky


2015 Samuel Sevian, Kayden Troff


SCHOLAR-CHESSPLAYER AWARDS 2014 Jeevan Karamsetty, Varun Krishnan, Aleksandr Ostrovskiy, Arthur Shen, Atulya Shetty 2015


TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX 2014 Mark C. Paragua


2015 Gata Kamsky US CHESS GOVERNANCE


NATIONAL OFFICERS These elected volunteer officers constitute the Executive Board, the executive committee to the Delegates. They meet quarterly and monitor the affairs of US Chess on an almost daily basis. • President: Gary Walters, Walters & Wasylyna LLC, Shaker Finance, P.O. Box 20554, Cleveland, OH 44120, gary@wwiplaw.com • Vice Presi dent: Randy Bauer, 10990 NW 115th Avenue, Granger, IA 50109, rbauer.chess@gmail.com • VP Finance: Allen Priest, 220 West Main Street, Suite 2200, Louisville, KY 40202, tyron316@hotmail.com• Secretary: Mike Nietman, 2 Boca Grande Way, Madison, WI 53719, mike.nietman@charter.net • Members-at-Large: Michael Atkins, P.O. Box 4894, Baltimore, MD 21211, matkins2@ comcast.net; Anjelina Belakovskaia, 6890 E. Sunrise Dr., Ste. 120-118, Tucson, AZ 85750, anjelina@gmail.com; Ruth Haring, US Chess, Attn: Ruth Haring, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557-3967, riharing@gmail.com


U.S. CHESS TRUST Harold Wins ton, 904 Royal Blackheath Court, Naperville, IL 60563.


2015-2016


USCF COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Anti-cheating: TBD • Audit: Bill Brock, 1607 W. Thome Ave. #3, Chicago, IL 60660, billbrock1958@gmail.com• Awards: John Donaldson, 16235 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94709, imwjd@aol.com • Barber Tournament of K-8 Cham - pions: Jon Haskel, co-chair, 2089 Morada Court, Boca Raton, FL 33433, jon@bocachess.com; Stephen Shutt, co-chair, 871 North Woodstock Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, stephenshutt@yahoo.com • Bylaws: Harold J. Winston, co-chair, 904 Royal Blackheath Court, Naperville, IL 60563, HJWinston@aol.com; Guy Hoffman, co-chair, 1305 D Tompkins Drive, Madison, WI 53716, schachfuhrer@hotmail.com • Chess In Education: John P. Buky, 5825 W. Patterson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60634, chessteacher@ comcast.net • Clubs: TBD • College Chess: Al Lawrence, 289 Borden Road, Wallkill, NY 12589, al@allawrence.com • Corporate Connections Task Force: TBD • Corre spondence Chess: Brad Rogers, 36729 Iroquois Drive, Sterling Heights, MI 48310- 4555, bradleyrogers22@msn.com• Cramer Awards: Frank Brady, 175 West 72nd Street, #7E1, New York, NY 10023, bradyf@stjohns. edu • Denker Invitational: Stephen Shutt, co-chair, 871 N. Woodstock Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, stephenshutt@yahoo. com; Jon Haskel, co-chair, 20897 Morada Court, Boca Raton, FL 33433-1714, jon@bocachess.com • Election: Ken Ballou, 27 Fenway Drive, Framingham, MA 01701-4012, ballou@crab. mv.com • Ethics: Hal Terrie, 377 Huse Road, #23, Manchester, NH 03103, halterrie@comcast.net • FIDE Events: Carol Jarecki, 375 South End Avenue, #5F, New York, NY 10280, carolj10280@ yahoo.com, caroljarecki3@gmail.com• Finance: Jim Bedenbaugh, 9019 E. 88th Place, Tulsa, OK 74133, megaskins@cox.net • Forum: Robert Messenger, 4 Hamlets Drive, #12, Nashua, NH 03062, bob.messenger@myfairpoint.net • Hall of Fame:Harold J. Winston, 904 Royal Blackheath Court, Naperville, IL 60563, HJWinston@aol. com • Hall of Records: Steve Immitt, P.O. Box 4615, New Windsor, NY 12553, chesscentr@aol.com• International Affairs: Michael Khodarkovsky, 80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045- 9007, mkhodarkovsky@yahoo.com • LMA Trust (Board of Trustees): Chuck Unruh, 12723 E. 111th Street N., Owasso, OK 74055, chuckunruh@aol.com • Member Acquisition and


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Retention Task Force: John McCrary, 1520 Senate Street #129, Columbia, SC 29201, mccrary@nuvoxnet • Military: Colonel Mike Hoffpauir, U.S. Army (ret.), 405 Hounds Chase, Yorktown, VA 23693-3356, mhoffpauir@aol.com• National Event Adviso - ry: TBD • Outreach: Myron Lieberman, 1444 West 6th Street, Tempe, AZ 85281, azchess@cox.net • Player Opportunity Fund: TBD • Prison: Steve Frymer, 64 Asbury Street, Lexington, MA 02421, sfrymer@rcn.com • PPHB Fund Management: John Donaldson, 16235 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94709, injwd@aol.com • Publications: John Hartmann, 2895 Cherry Road, Washington, NC 27889, aleutman@yahoo.com • Ratings:Mark Glickman, EN Rogers Memorial Hospital (152), Building 70, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730, glicko@gmail. com • Rules: David Kuhns, 12 East Golden Lake Road, Circle Pines, MN 55014, e4e5@centurylink.net; Kenneth Sloan, vice- chair, 216 Richmar Drive, Birmingham, AL 35213, kennethrsloan@ gmail.com • Scholastic Chess Council: Mike Hoffpauir, co- chair, 405 Hounds Chase, Yorktown, VA 23693-3356, mhoffpauir @aol.com; Beatriz Marinello, co-chair, P.O. Box 160, New York, NY 10028, beatriz@chesseducators.com • Senior: Mike Eberhardinger, 5442 Camilla Drive, Charlotte, NC 28226, mike.eberhardinger@att.net • Special Needs & Circumstances: TBD • States:Guy Hoffman, 1305D Tompkins Drive, Madison, WI 53716-3279, schachfuhrer@hotmail.com• Top Players:Camilla Baginskaite, 4310 S. Key Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57106, kamile@sio.midco.net • Tournament Director Certification: Jeff Wiewel, chair, 1931 North Dunhill Court, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-3178, jwiewel@ntnusa.com; Tim Just, vice-chair, 37165 N. Willow Lane, Gurnee, IL 60031, Mrjust@yahoo.com • U.S. Open: Hal Terrie III, 377 Huse Road, #23, Manchester, NH 03103, halterrie@comcast.net • Website Advisory (WSAC):Boyd Reed, 1217 Vue Street, Aliquippa, PA 15001, boyd.m.reed@ gmail.com • Women’s Chess: Maureen Grimaud, co-chair, 825 Old Forge Road, Chapin, SC 29036, LakeMMo@aol.com; Janelle Losoff, 726 Arrowhead Trail, Henderson, NV 89002, jlosoff@ gmail.com


USCF REPRESENTATIVES TO FIDE • Delegate: Michael Khodarkovsky, 80 Jesse Ct., Montville, NJ 07045-9007. • Zonal President:Francisco Guadalupe, 305 Willow Pointe Drive, League City, TX 77573-6744.


STATE ORGANIZATIONS Your state organization may offer such services as: a state publication, state championships, and tournament sponsor - ship/coor dination. Joining your state organization can bring you great benefits in chess involvement. You may also be interested in receiving the publication of a nearby state’s organization: write for specific information to the one(s) that interests you.


• Alabama: Alabama Chess Federation. Contact: Neil Dietsch. Phone: 205-391-9648. e-mail: president@alabamachess.com. Web: www.alabamachess.com. • Alaska: Far North Chess. • Arizona: Arizona Chess Federation Inc., Contact: Jennifer Schachter. Phone: 480-967-4054. e-mail: stujen.shacter@gmail.com. Web: www.arizonachess.org. • Arkan sas: Arkansas Chess Association. Contact: Richard Kohl. Phone: 870-373-0150. e-mail: sdcbcarter@ gmail. com. Web: www.arkansaschess.net. • California, Northern: CalChess. Contact: Tom Langland. Phone: 209-629-1674. e- mail: tom@calchess.org. Web: www.calchess.org. • California, Southern: Southern California Chess Federation. Contact: Steven Morford. Phone: 951-682-2965. e-mail: garden909@aol.com. Web: www.scchess.com. • Colorado: Colorado State Chess Association. Contact: Rivhard Buchanan. Phone: 719-685-1984. e-mail: Checkmate@CovingtonComputers.com. Web: www.Colorado Chess.com. • Connecticut: Connecticut Chess Association. Contact: Jim Celone. e-mail: jcel@aol.com. Web: www.CTChess. com. • Delaware:Delaware Chess Association. Contact: William Trueman. Phone: 302-893-9519. e-mail: Trueman56@gmail.com. Web: www.DelawareChess.Org/wordpress. • District Of Columbia: DC Chess League. Contact: Andrew Rea. Phone: 412-418-1591. e-mail: andrerea2@yahoo.com. Web: www.dcchess.net. • Florida: Florida Chess Association. Contact: Harvey Lerman. Phone: 407-644-3542. e-mail: harveylerman@embarqmail.com. Web: www.floridachess.org. • Georgia: Georgia Chess Association. Contact: Fun Fong. Phone: 770-316-8483. e-mail: gcaboard@ georgiachess.org. Web: www.georgiachess.org • Hawaii: Hawaii Chess Federation. Contact: Beau Mueller. 808-271-3209. e-mail: beausensei@gmail.com. Web: www.hawaiichess.org. • Idaho: Idaho Chess Association. Contact: Jeff Roland. Phone: 208-353-5036. e-mail: jroland@cableone.net. Web: www.idahochessassociation.org. • Illinois: Illinois Chess Association. Contact: Carl Dolson. Phone: 309-258-2861. e-mail: president@il-chess.org. Web: www.il- chess.org. • Indiana: Indiana State Chess Association. Contact: Craig Hines. Phone: 812-423-2996. e-mail: president@indianachess. org. Web: www.indianachess.org. • Iowa: Iowa State Chess Association. Contact: Ronald Nurmi. Phone: 515-262-3958. e- mail: rnurmi@centurylink.net. Web: www.iowachess.org. • Kansas: Kansas Chess Association. Contact: Lawrence Coker. Phone: 913-851-1583. e-mail: Wlcoker7@hotmail.com. Web: www.kansas chess.org. • Kentucky: Kentucky Chess Association. Contact:


Randas L. Burns. Phone: 502-500-7493. e-mail: Randasburns@ yahoo.com. Web: www.kcachess.net. • Louisiana: Louisiana Chess Association. Contact: Adam Caveney. Phone: 504-895-4133. e- mail: cb20234@yahoo.com. Web: www.louisianachess.org. • Maine: Maine Chess Association. Contact: Leroy Doucette. e-mail: Lfdoucet@maine.rr.com. Web: www.chessmaine.net. • Maryland: Maryland Chess Association. Contact: Mike Regan. Phone: 410- 419-5130. e-mail: mregan@stsci.edu. Web: www.mdchess.com. • Massachusetts: Massachu setts Chess Association. Contact: Robert Messenger. Phone: 603-891-2484. e-mail: treasurer@ masschess.org. Web: www.MassChess.org/. • Michigan: Michigan Chess Association. Contact: Salah Chehayeb. Phone: 248-219- 5624. e-mail: mcapresidentsal@gmail.com. Web: www.michess.org. • Minnesota: Minnesota State Chess Association. Contact: David Kuhns. Phone: 763-477-8587. e-mail: mnchesstreasurer@ gmail.com. Web: www.minnesotachess.org. • Mississippi: Mississippi Chess Association. Contact: David Mooney. Phone: 601-529- 2408. e-mail: David_mooney@bellsouth.net. Web: www.mcachess.org. • Missouri: Missouri Chess Association. Contact: Thomas Rehmeier. Phone: 573-291-0852. e-mail: bhowe28@gmail.com. Web: www.mochess.org. •Montana: Montana Chess Association. Contact: Daniel McCourt. Phone: 406-721-0254. e-mail: mccourtdj @charter.net. Web: www.montanachess.org. • Nebraska: Nebraska State Chess Association. Contact: Michael Gooch. Phone: 402- 850-3618. e-mail: mdgooch@cox.net. Web: www. nebraskachess.com. • Nevada:Nevada Chess, Inc. Contact: Allen Magruder. Phone: 702-871-7088. e-mail: magruderap@gmail.com. Web: www.nevada chess.org. • New Hampshire:New Hampshire Chess Association. Contact: John Elmore. Phone: 603-918-0386. e-mail: johnpelmore@ yahoo.com. Web: www.nhchess.org. • New Jersey: New Jersey State Chess Federation. Contact: Peter Tamburro. Phone: 973- 906-2356. e-mail: ptamburro@aol.com. Web: www.njscf.org. • New Mexico: New Mexico Chess Organization. Contact: Dean D. Brunton. Phone: 505-241-2618. e-mail: newmexchessorg@gmail. com. Web: www.nmchess. org. • New York: New York State Chess Association. Contact: Karl Heck. Phone: 518-966-8523. e-mail: karlpanorama @gmail.com. Web: www.nysca.net. • North Carolina: North Carolina Chess Association. Contact: Kevin Hyde. e-mail: ironranger2@gmail.com. Web: www.ncchess.org/. • North Dakota: North Dakota Chess Association. Contact: Todd Wolf. Phone: 701-426-3768. e-mail: wolfpak@bis.midco.net. Web: www.ndchess. com. • Ohio: Ohio Chess Association. Contact: Grant Neilley. e-mail: Grant@neilley.com. Web: www.ohchess.org. • Oklahoma: Oklahoma Chess Association. Contact: Charles M. Unruh. Phone: 918-698-2308. e-mail: georuh@gmail.com. Web: www.ochess.org. • Oregon: Oregon Chess Federation. Contact: Mike Morris. Phone: 503-546-9646. e-mail: mikejmorris@earthlink.net. Web: www.oregonchessfed.org. • Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Chess Federation. Contact: Tom Martinak. Phone: 412-908- 0286. e-mail: martinak_tom_m@hotmail.com. Web: www.pscfchess. org/. • Rhode Island:Rhode Island Chess Association. Contact: Frank Vogel. e-mail: rhodeislandchess@yahoo.com. Web: www.rhode islandchess.org. • South Carolina: South Carolina Chess Association. Contact: David Grimaud. Phone: 803-586-1116. e- mail: chessbass@att.net. Web: www.scchess.org/. • South Dakota: South Dakota Chess Association. Contact: D.E. Knudson. Phone: 605-359-2999. e-mail: info@sdchess.org. Web: www.sdchess.org/. • Tennessee: Tennessee Chess Association. Contact: Angela McElrath-Prosser. Phone: 615-426-7105. e-mail: tcanews@aol.com. Web: www.tnchess. org. • Texas: Texas Chess Association, Inc. Contact: Barb Swafford. e-mail: barbrounds@gmail.com. Web: www.texaschess.org/. • Utah: Utah Chess Association. Contact: David Day. Phone: 801-815-3347. e-mail: talmadgedave@hotmail. com. Web: www.utahchess.com. • Vermont: Vermont Chess Association. Contact: Parker Montgomery. 802-349-7739. e- mail: vermonty64@earthlink.net. Web: www.vtchess.info. • Virginia: Virginia Chess Federation. Contact: Mike Hoffpauir. Phone: 757-846-4805. e-mail: treasurer@vachess.org. Web: www.vachess.org. • Washington:Washington Chess Federation. Contact: Joshua Sinanan. Phone: 206-769-3757. e-mail: joshsinanan@gmail.com. Web: www.wachess.org. • West Virginia:West Virginia Chess Association. Contact: Benjamin Good. Phone: 304-848-0569. e-mail: sectreas@wvchess.org. Web: www.wvchess.org. • Wisconsin: Wisconsin Chess Association. Contact: Mike Nietman. Phone: 608-467-8510. e-mail: mike.nietman@charter.net. Web: www.wis chess.org/. • Wyoming:Wyoming Chess Association. Contact: Brian Walker. Phone: 307-634-0163. e-mail: drtarrasch@yahoo. com. Web: www.wyomingchess.com.


For the full version of the 2015 Yearbook, including contact information for US Chess delegates and additional categories, please see uschess.org. To notify US Chess of corrections or updates, please e-mail akantor@uschess.org.


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