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Harold Edwin Brown, Jr.
September 23, 1952 - September 8, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of OCA board member and Tulsa tournament director Harold Brown, Jr. A tribute to Harold by Tom Braunlich will appear in the upcoming issue of Oklahoma Chess Magazine.
2024 Southwest Open: Worth the drive to Houston?
Oh, yeah. You bet it was! Check it out:
Our state champion, FM Ryan Amburgy, tied for fourth in the GM-studded International section at the Southwest Class In Houston this weekend. Elizabeth Braddy tied for fourth in the U2300. In the U2000, Arya Roy Choudhury tied for third. And Anurag Roy Choudhury ended the weekend with a FIRST-place tie in the U1500.
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View the crosstables here:
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Oklahoma players at the 2024 Universal Open
Congratulations to Oklahoma state champion FM Ryan Amburgy, who won top U2300 at the inaugural Universal Open in Dallas.
A bong-tastic result for Bufford at the National Open
Despite playing what's been called "the worst opening in chess" and "a bad opening that violates nearly all principles," Oklahoma player Adley Bufford scored a solid 4.5/7 in the U1900 division at last week's National Open in Las Vegas. He played played the "Bong Cloud" (f3 kf2 or f6 kf7) in every game.
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"I'm positive he could have won his section if he'd played something normal," said Max Barnes, who also played in the event. Barnes scored 5.5 out of 7 in the U2100.
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PHOTO: Wishing he could castle? (Courtesy of Las Vegas International Chess Festival)
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The June 2024 issue of Oklahoma Chess Magazine is out! Read it here
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RYAN AMBURGY IS TWO-TIME STATE CHAMP
FM Ryan Amburgy is Oklahoma's state chess champion for 2024-25. He tied for first with GM Viktor Matviishen, who he drew in round four. This is Amburgy's second time to earn the state champion's title; he also won it in 2022.
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Four players finished with 3.5 points in the Championship section: David Phillips, Lafayette Chen, Kelvin Xie, and Arkansas player Havish Kunchanapalli.
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The 78th Jerry Spann Memorial Oklahoma State Championship was held June 1 and 2 in Edmond. A record-setting 125 players participated in this year's event. Josie Braddy was organizer and chief TD.
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Liam Applegate won the Reserve with a stunning 5 out of 5-game sweep. He had been the 24th seed in the 31-player section. Maxwell Xie, Sean Harvey, and Ben Roberts tied with 4.0 points each.
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Anthony Tuttle won the Amateur with a perfect 5.0 score. Konner Rugg took second place with 4.5. David Brown, Paarth Jain, and Frank Chen split the Top U1000 prize, and Tyler Ellis was the top unrated player.
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Results of the tournament are here.
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Our thanks to Mike Tubbs and Debasish Roy Choudhury for contributing photos. You can see the rest of them here.
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