U.S. Qualifiers for the 2009 World Youth

Congratulations to all of these players who qualified for the 2009 World Youth!

Players may qualify to represent the United States by being established as one of the three highest rated candidates by peak post-tournament rating in the previous 12 months ending with events included in the April Rating Supplement. They may also qualify by being within 50 rating points or less from the third qualifying spot. A player may also qualify by personal right by achieving a medal at the World Youth in the previous year or by achieving a Gold Medal at the previous Pan American Youth Festival.

GIRLS UNDER 18
ALISA MELEKHINA PA 2322
ABBY MARSHALL VA 2161
COURTNEY JAMISON TX 2081
KARSTEN MCVAY NJ 2050

GIRLS UNDER 16
YANG DAI VA 2070
JENNIE LIU NJ 2013
DARRIAN ROBINSON NY 1996

GIRLS UNDER 14
ALENA KATS NY 2030
ANNA MATLIN NJ 2009
SYLVIA YANG TX 1986
CAROLINE ZHU TX 1936

GIRLS UNDER 12
SARAH CHIANG TX 1981
ELLEN XIANG TX 1883
MICHELLE CHEN MA 1854

GIRLS UNDER 10
SIMONE LIAO CA 1855
EVAN XIANG TX 1696
KIMBERLY DING NJ 1585
HANNAH LIU TX 1544

GIRLS UNDER 8
ANNIE WANG CA 1440
SAMRITHA PALAKOLLU NJ 1310
ALISHA CHAWLA CA 1249
LIZA VIGNA NY 1228

BOYS UNDER 18
ROBERT HESS NY 2562
SAMUEL SHANKLAND CA 2482
MARC ARNOLD NY 2438
JOHN BRYANT CA 2426
DANIEL YEAGER PA 2383

BOYS UNDER 16
RAY ROBSON FL 2542
MARK HEIMANN PA 2416
MICHAEL LEE WA 2385
PARKER ZHAO NY 2342
ALEXANDER HEIMANN PA 2338
ALEC GETZ NY 2291

BOYS UNDER 14
DANIEL NARODITSKY CA 2379
DARWIN YANG TX 2314
GREGORY YOUNG CA 2249
RYAN MOON GA 2165
CHRISTOPHER HEUNG FL 2146
ROBERT PEREZ FL 2143
STUART FINNEY RI 2124
ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY NY 2123
DAVID ADELBERG AZ 2122

BOYS UNDER 12
JAROD PAMATMAT TX 2168
KEVIN WANG MD 2134
DANIEL GUREVICH GA 2109
MICHAEL BROWN CA 2103
YIAN LIOU CA 2100
ARTHUR SHEN NJ 2094
ALEXANDER VELIKANOV WI 2066
BRIAN LUO WI 2065
VARUN KRISHNAN CA 2064

BOYS UNDER 10
TOMMY HE TX 2040
DACHEY LIN TX 2015
SAMUEL SEVIAN CA 2001
JONATHAN CHIANG TX 1957

BOYS UNDER 8
TANUJ VASUDEVA CA 1772
RUIFENG LI TX 1684
WINSTON ZENG CA 1673

Source: Jerry Nash, USCF Scholastic Director