Congratulations...
Nebraska State Champions!

2009 NEBRASKA STATE CHAMPION
Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln

2008 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2007 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2006 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2005 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2004 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2003 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2002 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2001 - Roger Simond of Lincoln

2009 NEBRASKA STATE GIRLS CHAMPION
Pujaa Rajan of Lincoln

2008 - Elizabeth Oliver of Omaha
2007 - Elizabeth Oliver of Omaha
2006 - Elizabeth Oliver of Omaha
2005 - Rose Lombard of Lincoln

2009 NEBRASKA STATE INDIVIDUAL PRIMARY CHESS CHAMPION
Owen Gong of Lincoln

2008 - Samuel Gage of Lincoln
2007 - Samuel Gage of Lincoln
2006 - Chance Cox of Grand Island
2005 - John Hurdle of Lincoln
2004 - Adam Gilmore of Columbus
2003 - Matthew Shattil of Lincoln
2002 - Caleb Klatt of Columbus
2001 - Jonathan Powell of Columbus

2009 NEBRASKA STATE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTARY CHESS CHAMPION
Chance Cox of Omaha

2008 - John Gage of Lincoln
2007 - Joel Brejda of Lincoln
2006 - Kaushal Kalyandsundaram of Omaha
2005 - Caleb Klatt of Columbus
2004 - Albert Zhou of Lincoln
2003 - Albert Zhou of Lincoln
2002 - Jonathan Powell of Columbus
2001 - Kevin Swartz of Columbus

2009 NEBRASKA STATE INDIVIDUAL JUNIOR HIGH CHESS CHAMPION
Royce Wilson of Lincoln

2008 - Caleb Klatt of Columbus
2007 - Caleb Klatt of Columbus
2006 - Albert Zhou of Lincoln
2005 - Albert Zhou of Lincoln
2004 - Kevin Swartz of Columbus
2003 - Kevin Swartz of Columbus
2002 - Kevin Swartz of Columbus
2001 - Joshua Duff of Lincoln

2009 NEBRASKA STATE INDIVIDUAL SENIOR HIGH CHESS CHAMPION
Albert Zhou of Lincoln

2008 - Albert Zhou of Lincoln
2007 - Nathan Klatt of Columbus
2006 - John Rolf of Omaha
2005 - Kevin Swartz of Columbus/George Blazek of Omaha
2004 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2003 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2002 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln
2001 - Keaton Kiewra of Lincoln

2009 NEBRASKA STATE TEAM PRIMARY CHESS CHAMPION

2008 - Maxey of Lincoln
2007 - Maxey of Lincoln
2006 - Maxey of Lincoln
2005 - St. Bonaventure of Columbus
2004 - St. Isadore of Columbus
2003 - Maxey of Lincoln
2002 - Randolph of Lincoln
2001 - Immanuel Lutheran of Columbus

2009 NEBRASKA STATE TEAM ELEMENTARY CHESS CHAMPION

2008 - Maxey of Lincoln
2007 - Maxey of Lincoln
2006 - St. Bonaventure of Columbus
2005 - Maxey of Lincoln
2004 - Maxey of Lincoln
2003 - Immanuel Lutheran of Columbus
2001 - Immanuel Lutheran of Columbus

2009 NEBRASKA STATE TEAM JUNIOR HIGH CHESS CHAMPION

2007 - Lux of Lincoln
2006 - Lux of Lincoln
2005 - Immanuel Lutheran of Columbus
2004 - Immanuel Lutheran of Columbus
2003 - Immanuel Lutheran of Columbus
2002 - Immanuel Lutheran of Columbus
2001 - Russell of Omaha

2009 NEBRASKA STATE TEAM HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPION

2008 - Creighton Prep of Omaha
2007 - Omaha Central
2006 - Omaha Central
2005 - Creighton Prep of Omaha
2004 - Omaha Central
2003 - Millard West
2002 - Millard West
2001 - Millard West

2009 NEBRASKA STATE AMATEUR CHESS CHAMPION
Mirko Zeljko of Lincoln/John Linscott of Lincoln

2008 - Ben Ryan of Omaha
2007 - Neil Reeves of Lincoln

2009 NEBRASKA STATE CLASS CHESS CHAMPIONS
Class A - Mirko Zeljko of Lincoln
Class B - Lanny Boswell of Lincoln
Class C - Jeffery Solheim of Blair
Class G - Aaron Cloet of Sutton

2008
Class B - Lanny Boswell of Lincoln
Class C - Ben Ryan of Omaha/Tomatak Saito of Kearney/
Garrett Wirka of Wahoo/Tom Lombard of Lincoln
Class D - John Herr of Omaha
Class E - Takuki Tezuka of Lincoln
Class F - Michael Nagle of Lincoln
Class G - Thomas Boswell of Lincoln
Class H - Aaron Cloet of Sutton
Class I - Mary Boswell of Lincoln
2007
Class A - Jiri Olejnicek of Kearney/Neil Reeves of Lincoln
Class B - Gary Marks of Lincoln/Lanny Boswell of Lincoln
Class C - Tom Lombard of Lincoln/Martin Moore of Omaha
Class D - Garrett Wirka of Wahoo/Ben Ryan of Omaha
Class E - William Gage of Lincoln
Class F - Pujaa Rajan of Lincoln
Class G - Samuel Gage of Lincoln
Class H - Thomas Boswell of Lincoln
Class I - Jeevan Rajagopal


Omaha, 1958
George Koltanowski vs.
G. Halsey (NE champ 1945),
L. Magee (NE champ 1950, 51, 53, and 55),
H. Ohman (NEchamp 1917 - 40, 42, and 46),
R. McLellan (NE champ 1957, 58, 66, and 72)
Does this photo bring back memories?
The photo graced Jim Jirousek's web site of
"Nebraska Chess History".
With Jim's gracious consent, those files have become part of the web site of the Nebraska State Chess Association.
 
Thanks, Jim!
To visit "Nebraska Chess History", click here.