Champaign Urbana Classic #4

 

Location: University of Illinois,Urbana IL

Number of players: 58 

 

Sixty chess players clashed at the K-8

Scholastic held at the Illini Union in Champaign-Urbana on March 31,

2019. The result? Another chess success keyed by the efforts of organizers John Klein and Steve Polley with special thanks to the Illini Chess Team for graciously hosting this event.

 Results

: Open Section  (4 rounds, g/60 d5)

1st Aaron Cho (4.0);

2nd Bruce R Tang (3.0)

3rd Yao Chang (3.0)

4th Elbert Fang (2.5);

5th Vivaan Reddy (2.5).

 

Under 1200 (4 rounds, g/60 d5)

Ist Jazz Sinclair Anders (4.0)

2nd Jackson D Groves (3,0)

3rd Robert Tu (2.5)

4th  Boyou Huang (2.5)

5th  Joyce Zheng (2.0).

 

Under 700 (5 rounds, g/30,d5)

1st Shri Senthilkumar (5.0);

2nd Chinmay Binger Jr (4.0);

3rd Christopher Chen (4.0)

4th Varun Gurramkonda (4.0);

4th Krishiv Chivukula (4.0).

Sponsoring Affliate: Greater Peoria Chess Federation

TD: Patrick Cohen

Founders of the C-U Chess Academy, Polley and Klein seek to advance scholastic chess in the C-U area. And they do! This is their 4^th Scholastic to date; their Classic Tournaments are garnering attention and gaining momentum.

What’s next on the agenda? A summer chess camp last week of July at the Champaign Public Library. Interested? Contact:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Congratulations, everyone!