At first glance, 0.5% doesn’t seem like a huge number, but if hometown Los Angeles had the same fraction of its population going to the National Youth Action tournament as Coquille has, there’d be over 75,000 players. If every village, town, and city within 900 miles of LA were like Coquille and were sending 0.5% of its population to NYA 2011, there’d be over a quarter of a million players there! But no where else has an organizer like Nancy Keller and no team has more fun Coquille. Have a great time on your 15 hour bus trip, camp outs, and two solid days of chess!