Highlights: 2008 U.S. Junior Championship, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Colorado High School Champion, 2004 U.S. Expert Champion.

Bio: Tyler Hughes won the 2008 U.S. Junior Chess Championship and represented the U.S. at the World Junior Chess Championship in Turkey. Hughes, who is homeschooled, studies under coach GM Petr Kiriakov. He learned chess at 5 and became more interested after reading his first chess book and realizing study would improve his game.

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