2014 IHSA Finals Individual Board Champions
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
- Published: 28 February 2014 28 February 2014
IHSA Competition is unrated by the US Chess Federation. The finals were held in Peoria February 14 and 15, 2014.
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Source: IHSA Crosstables.
| Board 1 | Board 5 | |||||||||
| Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | |
| 1 | Allen Guo, Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | So. | 7.0 | 22.0 | 1 | Zhen Mo, Hinsdale (Central) | Fr. | 7.0 | 20.5 | |
| 2 | Gavin McClanahan, Glenview (Glenbrook South) |
Jr. | 7.0 | 17.5 | 2 | Troy Xu, Urbana (University) | Sr. | 7.0 | 18.5 | |
| 3 | Benjamin Nielsen, Normal (Community West) | Jr. | 7.0 | 17.0 | 3 | Elai Kobayashi-Solomon, Mt. Prospect (Prospect) |
So. | 7.0 | 16.0 | |
| 4 | Jonathan Hrach, Highland Park |
So. | 6.5 | 16.0 | 4 | Hari Cheruvu, Hoffman Estates (Conant) |
So. | 7.0 | 15.0 | |
| 5 | Joe Fennessey, Chicago (Marist) |
Sr. | 6.5 | 15.0 | 5 | Nathan Holzmueller, Evanston (Township) |
So. | 6.5 | ||
| 6 | Jon Phillips, Rolling Meadows | Sr. | 6.5 | 10.5 | ||||||
| Board 2 | Board 6 | |||||||||
| Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | |
| 1 | Glen Lehrer, Elmhurst (York) | So. | 7.0 | 1 | Matthew DeMario, Lisle (Benet Academy) |
Jr. | 6.5 | 22.5 | ||
| 2 | Jimi Akintonde, Chicago (Whitney Young) |
Jr. | 6.5 | 2 | Marco Morales, Peoria (Richwoods) |
So. | 6.5 | 15.5 | ||
| 3 | Max Zinski, Lisle (Benet Academy) |
Jr. | 6.0 | 22.0 | 3 | Noah Pearson, Normal (Community West) |
Fr. | 6.5 | 13.5 | |
| 4 | Bryce McClanahan, Glenview (Glenbrook South) |
Fr. | 6.0 | 21.0 | 4 | Clint Balabuszko, Marengo | Fr. | 6.5 | 13.0 | |
| 5 | Bennedict Brady, Evanston (Township) |
Jr. | 6.0 | 19.5 | ||||||
| 6 | Kevin Yiu, Naperville (Central) | So. | 6.0 | 19.0 | ||||||
| 7 | Phillip Engstrom, Lincolnshire (Stevenson) |
Jr. | 6.0 | 18.5 | Board 7 | |||||
| 8 | Juan Gutierrez, Aurora (East) | Jr. | 6.0 | 13.5 | Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | |
| 9 | Jimmy Heinze, West Chicago | Sr. | 6.0 | 10.5 | 1 | Bobby Blankenship, Chicago (Marshall) |
Jr. | 7.0 | 16.5 | |
| 2 | Hugo Nunez, Plano | So. | 7.0 | 8.5 | ||||||
| Board 3 | 3 | Conway Dang, Carol Stream (Glenbard North) | So. | 6.5 | 15.5 | |||||
| Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | 4 | Xander Nicloson, Evanston (Township) |
Sr. | 6.5 | 14.0 | |
| 1 | Ryan Toepfer, Chicago (Northside Prep) |
So. | 7.0 | 23.5 | ||||||
| 2 | Alec Feygin, Glenview (Glenbrook South) |
Fr. | 7.0 | 19.5 | ||||||
| 3 | Matthew Wu, Naperville (North) |
Jr. | 7.0 | 18.5 | Board 8 | |||||
| Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | ||||||
| Board 4 | 1 | Elliot Krause, Aurora (IMSA) | Sr. | 7.0 | 18 | |||||
| Rank | Player, School | Yr. | Pts. | TB-1 | 2 | Adrian Chavarria, Oak Lawn (Richards) |
Jr. | 7.0 | 12.5 | |
| 1 | Aaron Willer, Naperville (North) | Jr. | 7.0 | 21 | 3 | Abel Arroyo, Chicago (Kelly) | Jr. | 7.0 | 7.5 | |
| 2 | Colby Timmons, Stanford (Olympia) | So. | 7.0 | 17 | 4 | Nathan Xu, Palatine (Fremd) | So. | 6.5 | ||