2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is proud to host the U.S. Junior Closed Championship for the third consecutive year July 10 -15. The top Junior players in the nation will duke it out for the title of U.S.Junior Champion, $18,000 in prizes and a highly coveted invitation to the 2013 U.S. Championship.

Invitations have been sent out, and players are being confirmed for this prestigious event.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LIST OF INVITED PLAYERS!

The prize fund breakdown is as follows:

The schedule for the tournament is as follows:

The 2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship will be a 16-player event consisting of two eight-player round robins followed by a two-game “Championship Match” between the winners of each. Players will be ordered by rating (March USCF rating supplement) and seeded into the round robins as follows:

ROUND ROBIN 1
No.	Title	Last Name	First Name	March Rating
1	IM	Holt	Conrad	2580
2	IM	Yang	Darwin	2523
3	FM	Shen	Victor	2510
4	FM	Getz	Alec	2412
5	NM	Fisher	Will	2405
6	FM	Xiong	Jeffrey	2369
7	NM	Shetty	Atulya	2323
8	NM	Michaelides	Matthew	2179
			Average	2412.6

ROUND ROBIN 2
No.	Title	Last Name	First Name	March Rating
1	IM	Arnold	Marc	2560
2	IM	Naroditsky	Daniel	2548
3	NM	Perez	Robert	2483
4	FM	Rosen	Eric	2425
5	NM	Sturt	Raven	2401
6	FM	Troff	Kayden	2392
7	NM	Williams	Justus	2314
8	NM	Cao	Kevin	2233
			Average	2419.5

If two or more players are tied for first in their round robin, the following math tiebreaks will be used to determine who shall advance to the Championship Match: 1. Direct Encounter, 2. Most Blacks, 3. Koya System, 4. Sonneborn-Berger, 5. Won Games.

2012 U.S. Junior Closed Championship

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