Wednesday chess meets at Lewis & Clark Middle School in the cafeteria - 6901 Burt St. from 6-9 pm. All levels of players and all ages are welcome.

Congratulations to:

2011 State Class Champions:

• Class A - Ben Fabrikant (Omaha)
• Cass B - Joseph Cheng-Yue Wan (Lincoln)
• Class C - none
• Class D - Tony Benetz (Omaha)
• Class E - Caravaggio Dante Canilgia (Omaha)
• Class F - Father Brian Conner (Lincoln)
• Class G - Miles Russell (Omaha)
• Class H - Ryan Inman (Omaha)
• Class I - Christopher Baker II (Omaha)
• Unrated - Shane Fleming (Omaha)

Event & Date	Location	For ...
Monday Chess: 7:00-9:00 pm at McFoster's Natural Kind Cafe	McFoster's Natural Kind Cafe 302 S. 38th St.	All ages Contact: Keith Prosterman 677-8179
Wednesday Chess 6:00 - 9:00 pm Lewis & Clark Middle School	Lewis & Clark Middle School (cafeteria) 6901 Burt St.	All ages, all abilities Contact: omahachess@cox.net
Friday Chess: 1:00- 3:00 pm Camelot Community Center	9270 Cady St.	Adults only Contact: Roger Anderson 572-0946
Introduction to USCF Rated Chess
January 21, 2012 St. Patrick's Results	St. Patrick Elkhorn	Students in Grades K-8 Non-rated tournament
February 11, 2012 State Team Tournaments for K-9, K-6 and K-3	Wegner Middle School at Boystown	Nebraska School Teams in Grades K-9. This is a USCF rated event.
February 25, 2012 Scholastic Individual Championships, K-12, K-9, K-6 and K-3	North American Martyrs School Lincoln, NE	USCF Players in Grades K-12
March 3, 2012 State HS Team Tournament	Omaha Gross High	Nebraska High School Players
March 10, 2012 Morton Middle School	Morton Middle School	Students in Grades 2-8
March 17, 2012 Polar Bear Open	Lincoln, NE	USCF Players of all ages and levels
Omaha Chess Community Lending Library	See the list of books in the library
April 21, 2012 Brownell Talbot Tournament	Brownell Talbot Tournament	Students in Grades K-12
April 28, 2012 Fremont, NE	Fremont ChessFest
Omaha Chess Camp June 4-8, 2012	Omaha Central High 124 N. 20th St.	Students entering Grades 3-12

2011 Nebraska State Individual Champions
Grades K-12 Albert Zhou
Grades K-8 Brandon Li
Grades K-6 John McElderry
Grades K-3 Sumeet Chokkara

2011 Individual Metro High School Championship
1st Place -- Ike Thomas (Omaha Central)
2nd Place -- Mitch Hezel (Omaha Central)
3rd Place --Pierce Dageforde (Millard South)

2011 Nebraska State Team Champions
High School - Omaha Central
Grades K-8 -- Wegner School (Boystown)
Grades K-6 -- North American Martyrs (Lincoln)
Grades K-3 -- St. Patrick's (Elkhorn)

2011 Metro High School Team Champions - Creighton Prep
2nd Place - Millard North

2011 Top Ratings Gainers

Harrison McMinn* 832
Vikas Retineni* 457
James Kelly *428
Don Nguyen* 427
Crispin Corpuz 407
John McElderry* 336
Jimmy Severa* 298
Mitch Hezel* 258
Trevor Leone 258
Conrad Shiu* 246
Shashank Potineni 238
Sneha Selvaraj* 238
Randall Kim 199
Naveen Mallipudi* 188
David Kries 184
Abhinav Jaddu 165
Joseph Wan 162
Sukarn Chokkara* 156
Aaron Stein 148
Tarajo O'Brien 143
Terry Hack 141
Dilan Luo 130
Brandon Li* 127

* Attended 2011 Omaha Chess Camp