4-H Spring Chess Tournament Results

The Checkmates 4-H club hosted the 4-H Spring Chess Tournament on April 24, 2004 at Southeast Community College in Lincoln. Fifty-four 4-H’ers and non-4-H’ers participated. The event was a joint venture with the Nebraska State Chess Association (NSCA) and held in conjunction with the NSCA Class/Amateur (CLAM) tournament.

Below are the top winners of the 4-H tournament.

K-3 Division

1st place: John Hurdle. 2nd place: Derek Lahm. 3rd place (5-way tie): Claire Rhee, Caleb Melvin, Arthur Fuog, Joel Bricker, Daniel Parr. 1st place 4-H (2-way tie): Quentin Shafer, Dakota Morgal

K-6 Division

1st place (2-way tie): Garrett Wirka, Chung-Geon Rhee. 2nd place (6-way tie): Darrin Lim, Eric Rock, Alex Fuog, Royce Wilson, Michael Liou, Nathan Hunt. 3rd place: Jon Duerschner. 1st place 4-H: (3-way tie) Andrew Peterson, Justin Minchow, Ben Melcher.

K-9 Round Robin

1st place: Ben Nabity. 2nd place: Brandon Thomson. 3rd place: Johnathan Rivera.

Complete List of Tournament Results HERE

Tournament Photos HERE