IM-Elect Nicholas Vettese wins 2022 NAYCC U18 Open
Photo credit: Victoria Doknjas and Dave Doknjas
Congratulations to IM-elect Nicholas Vettese for winning the 2022 North American Youth Chess Championship U18 Open, undefeated with score of 7.5 pts/9 games! Nicholas wins the International Master title!
Thank you to the many, many, hardworking Organizers and Volunteers of the NAYCC 2022!
Organizing Committee: Sean Wu, Vlad Rekhson, Vera Li, Yao Wang, Paul Gagne, Shirley Li, Guoliang Wu, Angelo Tolentino, Roy Yearwood, Lili Ou, Shelley Li, and Wanjing Hu.
Special Advisors: Victoria Doknjas, Cristian Ivanescu, and Jim Daniluk.
Volunteers: Joshua Sembrano, Lars Lothars, Michael Anderson, Christina Tao, Ifeluwa Akinpeyo, Joshua Sembrano, Johnnie Chen, Luke Huang, Ian Zhao, Ryan Li, Reecy Li, Sicheng Ou, Allison Chan, Bryan Chan, Chris Chan, Chenxi Wu, Felix Zhang, Finley Zhang, Mingzong Zhang, April Wang, Lucas Wang, Song Tao, Yuan Zhang, James Zhang, Ling Deng, Ling Tong, Jhumur Choudhury, Wendy Wang, Brandon He, and Adele Li.
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Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Inc. is the provider of the National Training Program for Canadian Youths, as sanctioned by the Chess Federation of Canada. Juniors to Masters Chess Academy Inc. was founded by GM Gergely Szabo and Victoria Doknjas. GM Gergely Szabo has been Team Canada’s Head Coach at WYCC, WCCC, World U16 Youth Olympiad, and the Women’s Olympiad. Victoria has been Team Canada’s Head of Delegation at multiple WYCCs and NAYCCs.
Additionally, JtM In-House Masters include published chess book authors (Everyman Chess), FM Joshua Doknjas and FM John Doknjas, as well as NM Neil Doknjas, IM Nicholas Vettese, IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, and WGM Maïli-Jade Ouellet. For more info on Juniors to Masters online group training and special events:
