The 2017 Illinois Youth Invitational was held April 21 - 23 at the Schaumburg Hyatt Regency. The Denker section featured 12 of the top high school players in Illinois. The Barber included a dozen of the best K-8 players. The third section pitted eight of the highest-rated girls in the state. The winners of each section will represent Illinois at their respective national competition at the U.S. Open in Norfolk, VA this summer.
A three-way tie in the Denker saw George Li prevail in a blitz playoff. Aydin Turgut won the Barber with a clear 4.0/5 tally, a half-point better than runner-up Arthur Xu. Xu managed to eclipse the 2000-mark for the first time to earn his USCF Candidate Master title. Marissa Li won the Girls section outright with 3.5, ahead of four girls with 3.0's. Final standings and complete crosstables are listed below.
# | Name | ID | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot |
1 | FM Zhaozhi Li | 13646954 | 2422 | W6 | W2 | D3 | D5 | D4 | 3.5 |
2 | CM Jacob Furfine | 13089315 | 2295 | W11 | L1 | W4 | W8 | D3 | 3.5 |
3 | FM Alex Bian | 13257335 | 2314 | W10 | W12 | D1 | D4 | D2 | 3.5 |
4 | Spencer Lehmann | 13457744 | 2274 | W9 | W5 | L2 | D3 | D1 | 3.0 |
5 | FM David Tianji Peng | 14195454 | 2361 | W8 | L4 | W10 | D1 | D6 | 3.0 |
6 | Matthew J Stevens | 13788934 | 2200 | L1 | W11 | L8 | W12 | D5 | 2.5 |
7 | Anshul Adve | 13296020 | 2201 | L12 | L10 | W9 | D11 | W8 | 2.5 |
8 | Vincent Do | 13666696 | 2188 | L5 | W9 | W6 | L2 | L7 | 2.0 |
9 | Nikhil Kalghatgi | 13797221 | 2150 | L4 | L8 | L7 | W10 | W11 | 2.0 |
10 | Nicholas Bartochowski | 13216472 | 2160 | L3 | W7 | L5 | L9 | D12 | 1.5 |
11 | Daniel Bronfeyn | 13720325 | 2150 | L2 | L6 | W12 | D7 | L9 | 1.5 |
12 | Akhil Kalghatgi | 13797215 | 2098 | W7 | L3 | L11 | L6 | D10 | 1.5 |
# | Name | ID | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot |
1 | Aydin Turgut | 14284734 | 2203 | W12 | W3 | W4 | D2 | D5 | 4.0 |
2 | Arthur Xu | 14968896 | 1962 | D9 | W6 | D3 | D1 | W8 | 3.5 |
3 | Ricky Wang | 14403974 | 2081 | W10 | L1 | D2 | W9 | D4 | 3.0 |
4 | Dimitar Mardov | 15205818 | 1950 | W11 | D8 | L1 | W10 | D3 | 3.0 |
5 | Patrick Rao | 14855075 | 1902 | D8 | D7 | D10 | W11 | D1 | 3.0 |
6 | Edward Zhang | 14685367 | 1974 | D7 | L2 | W12 | D8 | W10 | 3.0 |
7 | Kevin Ho | 14701285 | 1851 | D6 | D5 | L8 | W12 | W11 | 3.0 |
8 | Jason Daniels | 14107163 | 2067 | D5 | D4 | W7 | D6 | L2 | 2.5 |
9 | Aidan M Carey | 14949435 | 1844 | D2 | L10 | W11 | L3 | W12 | 2.5 |
10 | Neel Jay | 14803101 | 1917 | L3 | W9 | D5 | L4 | L6 | 1.5 |
11 | Aren C Emrikian | 15766785 | 1791 | L4 | W12 | L9 | L5 | L7 | 1.0 |
12 | Adam Bareket | 14949325 | 1939 | L1 | L11 | L6 | L7 | L9 | 0.0 |
# | Name | ID | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot |
1 | WCM Marissa Li | 14468490 | 2077 | W8 | D3 | L2 | W6 | W7 | 3.5 |
2 | Shreya B Mangalam | 14385521 | 2035 | W4 | D6 | W1 | D3 | L5 | 3.0 |
3 | Emma K Wang | 13797242 | 1856 | W7 | D1 | W6 | D2 | L4 | 3.0 |
4 | Aria Hoesley | 14631046 | 1734 | L2 | L5 | W8 | W7 | W3 | 3.0 |
5 | Bethany Simos | 13520005 | 1606 | L6 | W4 | L7 | W8 | W2 | 3.0 |
6 | WCM Miranda Liu | 14042343 | 2010 | W5 | D2 | L3 | L1 | W8 | 2.5 |
7 | Ashley Yan | 14957435 | 1582 | L3 | D8 | W5 | L4 | L1 | 1.5 |
8 | Shayna Provine | 14137968 | 1744 | L1 | D7 | L4 | L5 | L6 | 0.5 |