The Results Are In!

It took a little while, but the final standings of the 2007 U.S. Junior Open have been posted. Brian Goldstein and Edward Lu finished in a tie for first, with 4.5 points in the six-round event. Brian narrowly beat out Edward in tiebreak points. Mat Prilleltensky came in third a half-point behind.

And the Winner Is ... ???

The 2007 U.S. Junior Open concluded Sunday afternoon, June 24, but the final round results have yet to be posted more than 24 hours later, and an e-mail I sent requesting a final crosstable has not yet been answered.

Heading into the final round, Brian Goldstein held a slim half-point lead over Edward Lu. According to the MonRoi site, Goldstein drew his last-round game, but they don't show Lu's final game.

It shouldn't be this difficult to obtain the results of a national event. Anyone have any updated information?

2007 U.S. Junior Open Underway

It might better be termed the 2007 Florida Junior Open with its overwhelming preponderance of players from Florida, but the 2007 U.S. Junior Open gets underway today in Tampa, Florida. The preliminary list of participants can be found here.

2007 Junior Invitational, Cadet, Junior Open Championships

Information is a bit hard to come by, but here goes:

The 2007 U.S. Junior Invitational Championship, for players age 20 and under, is currently underway in Tampa, Florida. It began June 17 and will conclude on June 21. After two rounds (out of nine total), only Corey Acor of Florida has managed two wins. A half-point behind are Marc Tyler Arnold from New York (last year's Cadet winner) and Georgia's Xiao Cheng. The other players are Mackenzie Molner, Alexander Barnett, Elliott Liu, Ryan Milisits, Teddy Coleman, Ray Robson, and Eric Rodriguez. Selected games are being presented at MonRoi.

The 2007 U.S. Cadet Championship (age 16 and under) is being played concurrently. Six players are in this ten-round event: Robert Lau, Evan Ju, Warren Harper, Jeffrey Haskel, Alec Getz and Thomas Riccardi.

When these two tournaments conclude, the 2007 U.S. Junior Open Championship will start. It is scheduled to run from June 22-24.