National State Invitational
- National State Elementary Championship (Rockefeller)
The John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions is a free event that invites each state affiliate’s nominee to compete for the title of Rockefeller National Champion.
US Chess has added the Rockefeller Champion to its list of qualifiers for the World Youth or the World Cadet Championship and the U.S. Cadet Championship.
Austin Tang was Rockefeller Champion of 2021. Hayul Lim was the 2022 Oregon representative (https://new.uschess.org/rockefeller-champions-list).
- National Tournament of Middle School State Champions (Barber)
The Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle School State Champions is a free event that invites each state affiliate’s nominee to compete for the title of Barber National Champion.
US Chess has added the Barber Champion to its list of qualifiers for the World Youth or the World Cadet Championship and the US Cadet Championship.
WIM Zoey Tang and Ishaan Kodarapu were the 2021/2022 Oregon representatives.
- National Tournament of High School State Champions (Denker)
The GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions is a free event that invites each state affiliate’s nominee to compete for the title of Denker National Champion.
US Chess has added the GM Denker Champion to its list of qualifiers for the World Youth Championship and the U.S. Junior Closed Championship.
FM Shunkai Peng won 2nd place in 2021 Denker and Calvin Chang was the 2022 Oregon representative.
- National Tournament of Girls State Champions (Haring)
The WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions is a free event that invites each state affiliate’s nominee to compete for the title of Haring National Champion.
The winner (or tiebreak winner if co-champions exist) will qualify for the World Youth or World Cadet Championship, if the player is eligible to join the US Chess delegation. She will also be seeded into the U.S. Girls Closed Championship, if she qualifies, and will also receive a scholarship and prizes, to be determined by the US Chess Women’s Committee, commensurate with available resources.
WIM Zoey Tang won 2nd place in 2022 Haring and Neha Narendran was the 2021 Oregon representative.
- National Tournament of Senior State Champions (Irwin)
The John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions is a free event that invites each state affiliate’s nominee to compete for the title of Irwin National Champion.
GM Jim Tarjan tied for 3rd in 2022 Irwin and NM Wilson Gibbins was the 2021 Oregon representative.
International Youth Events
World Cadet Championship (players younger than 12) and World Youth championship (players younger than 18). Players qualified by rating to be qualified to the US Delegation.
WIM Zoey Tang has been Qualifying for the US Delegation of World Cadet Championship and World Youth Championship from 2017 to 2022.
For more information about international youth events, please see below:
https://new.uschess.org/international-youth-events/international-youth-event-faq
U.S. Junior Championship and U.S. Junior Girls Championship
The US Junior/Junior Girls Championship has a maximum of 10 players—the top players Under 20 (as of Jan. 1) in the nation.
WIM Zoey Tang was invited to the 2022 US Junior Girls Championship and placed 7th out of 10 players.
2022-July-06 Oregonian features Zoey