It is my pleasure to announce that the Route 20 Chess Club in Freeport has cracked the 20-member barrier and will soon be an official USCF affiliate. (There's a "Route 20 Chess" affiliate already, but that's not actually the club -- that's just me.) We met our self-imposed goal at this weekend's Route 20 RBO and Open Swiss tournament, which drew players from as far away as Morrison, DeKalb, and Madison, Wis. Visit
our website and see what else we've been up to lately.