Last modified Wed., June 28, 2006 - 03:47 PM
Originally created Thursday, June 29, 2006

NAS Jax hosts Interservice Chess Championship

From Navy MWR, CNIC Millington Detachment

NAS Jacksonville Commanding Officer Capt. Chip Dobson(far right) recently presented members of the Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Air Force Chess Teams with awards at the conclusion of the U.S. Military Chess Championship. From left, Lt. Col. David Hater, PS1 Narciso Victoria, 2nd Lt. Arthur Macaspac, Master Gunnery Sgt. Dwaine Roberts, Staff Sgt. Robert Bucholtz, Master Sgt. Dan Ranario. Photo by Julie Smith

Led by PS1(SW) Narci-so Victoria, highest point scorer, the All-Navy Chess Team finished second overall at the 2006 Interservice Chess Cham-pionship held at NAS Jacksonville June 12-16.

Victoria, assigned to Naval Support Activity Philadelphia, also earned a place on the United States Military Chess Team, which will compete in the 17th Annual NATO Chess Tournament in Berkshire, England, Aug. 21-25.

Team Air Force won the seven round Swiss Format tournament. The Marine Corps team finished in third place, followed by the Army.

The Air Force will be sending two representatives to the NATO tournament: Master Sgt. Dan Ranario, Pope Air Force Base North Carolina, and Staff Sgt. Robert Bucholtz, Schriever Air Force Base Colorado, who finished the tournament in second and third place, respectively. Other members of the 2006 United States Military Team who will attend the NATO event include Lt. Col. David Hater, U.S. Army, 2nd Lt. Arthur Macaspac, U.S. Army, and Master Gunnery Sgt. Dwaine E. Roberts, U.S. Marine Corps.

PS1(SW) Narciso Victoria of Naval Support Activity Philadelphia ponders his next move during the U.S. Military Chess Championship held at NAS Jax June 12-16. Victoria won the overall tournament for the second year in a row after defeating his counterparts from the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. He'll travel to Wellington College in Berkshire, England with the U.S. Chess Team to take on other North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries Aug. 20-26. Photo by Darren Dillinger

All-Navy Chess Team members also included MM1 Benjamin Barquin, Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, who finished seventh; YN3 Joseph Dixon, U.S. Coast Guard, Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic, who finished 14th; PS1(SW) Matthew Nem-mers, NAS Ft. Worth, Texas, who finished 16th; ST1(SS) Khristopher Juro-shek, Naval Base Point Loma, Calif., who finished 18th; and Capt. John Perciballi, Naval Hospital Pensacola, who finished 19th.

Membership on the All-Navy Chess team is determined each year by resume.

Qualified players must be on active duty, be a member of the United States Chess Federation with a current rating of 1,600 or higher, and be available to attend the 2007 Interservice Chess Championship at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 10-16, 2007, and the NATO Chess Tournament in Antalya, Turkey, next summer.

PS1(SW) Narcisco Victoria competes against Master Gunnery Sgt. James Adkins in round on of the 2006 Interservice Chess Championship. Adkins was the only player to defeat Victoria in the tournament. Photo by Julie Smith

Applications should be submitted to the Comman-der, Navy Installations Command's Mission Essen-tial Branch (N221) by April 1, 2007. For more information, contact Julie Smith, (901) 874-6533/DSN 882, julie.k.smith@navy.mil.