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Whereas, With over 80,000 members, the United States Chess

Federation is the official sanctioning body for tournament chess in the

United States and for United States participation in international chess

events; and

Whereas, At 12 years of age, and after only 32 months of playing

chess, Patrick Hummel attained the coveted chess title of United States

Chess Federation Master, an accomplishment achieved for the first time by

anyone that age in the history of chess in America and rarely equaled in the

world history of the game; and

Whereas, Patrick Hummel won three straight National Grade School

Chess Championships in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades and the 1997

National High School Action Chess Championship; and

Whereas, Patrick Hummel scored 6 1/2 out of a possible 7 points and

finished first in a championship field of 340 players to win the prestigious

1999 National High School Championship co-sponsored by the United

States Chess Federation held April 9 through April 11 in Sioux Falls, South

Dakota, a feat even more noteworthy as he is one of only three persons ever

to win this tournament at the age of 14 years; and

Whereas, The weekend following the tournament in South Dakota,

Patrick won the Nevada Scholastic Chess Championship in Reno which

was sponsored by Nevada Chess, Inc., the Nevada affiliate of the United

States Chess Federation, and as a result of this win, he will represent

Nevada at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, hosted by

Nevada for the first time and scheduled to be held this August at the Sands

Regency Hotel Casino in Reno; and

Whereas, Winning the Nevada championship gained Patrick Hummel

enough rating points to earn him the title of Senior Master, the highest title

awarded by the United States Chess Federation, and by this achievement

Patrick became the second youngest Senior Master in the country; and

Whereas, Patrick Hummel is a freshman at The Meadows School in

Las Vegas where he is a straight A honors student who has also

distinguished himself in the field of mathematics by becoming the

MATHCOUNTS 1997 Southern Nevada Champion, the 1998 Nevada

Champion and a National Finalist at the 1998 competition in Washington,

D.C., and has also completed the American High School Mathematics

Examination which qualifies him to compete in the 17th Annual American

Invitational Mathematics Examination; and

Whereas, Patrick Hummel balances his life with a wide range of

activities, including swimming on The Meadows swim team, working out at

the gym, playing the trumpet and studying Mandarin Chinese; and

Whereas, Patrick’s parents, Paul and Carla Hummel, and the students

and faculty of The Meadows School are very proud of this outstanding

chess Master and multi-talented young man; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the

members of the Assembly of the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature

congratulate Patrick Hummel on his achievements in the game of chess,

especially his most recent winning of the 1999 National High School

Championship; and be it further

Resolved, That this body hereby urges the residents of the State of

Nevada to recognize Patrick Hummel as a model of what can be

accomplished when a person of any age pursues a goal with determination

and dedication; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a

copy of this resolution to Patrick Hummel.

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