Youth News
Daniels-Turgut Team Wins National Bughouse Championship
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
- Published: 08 May 2015 08 May 2015
It won't impact their USCF ratings in the least, but a pair of downstate Illinois juniors have claimed the National Elementary Bughouse Championship.
Jason Daniels and Aydin Turgut compiled 11 out of 12 points to claim clear first place at the competition completed May 7 in Nashville, TN. They split in the fourth round with Alex Costello and Max Lu, the pair which took second on tiebreaks atop a four-pack of 10.0 scorers.
Jason is in sixth grade, Aydin is in 5th grade. Aydin is the defending K-5 Champion, a title he earned at the same competition last year in Dallas.
70 pairs competed in one or more rounds of the bughouse competition. Results are posted at the USCF site.
Discounted USCF Memberships Available For Juniors
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- Written by ICA Staff ICA Staff
- Published: 05 May 2015 05 May 2015
From now through the end of May (2015), any juniors K-12 who are interested in a USCF one year membership at the rate of $9 may contact Carl Dolson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
This gives the member the right to play in USCF-rated events and to achieve a USCF rating.
This membership is part of a bulk purchase which does not provide for mailing of a printed magazine, but does include access so that the Chess Life (or CL for Kids) magazine can be viewed and selectively printed at home.
There are a limited number of vouchers and once the supply is depleted, the promotion may not be available to others.
Existing regular memberships are $17 for those Under 12, $22 for those Under 16 and $26 for other high schoolers, so this is quite a discount.
David Peng Claims 2015 USCF K-9 National Championship
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
- Published: 26 April 2015 26 April 2015
With a seventh-round draw, 7th-Grader David Peng clinched top honors at the 2015 USCF National Junior High Championships, winning the K-9 section outright with a 6.5 tally.
David's final opponent, Sam Capocyan of Texas, tied for second with two others at 6.0.
Eighth-grader Matthew Stevens posted 5.0/7, tying for 10th place, 13th on tiebreaks. Hanson Hao tied for 25th with 4.5.
In the K-8 section of the same event, Rockford's Vincent Do, a seventh grader, tied for seventh place with a 5.5/7 result, drawing Ohio's Maggie Feng in the final round. Maggie had the top tiebreak among 5.5 scorers, having drawn the section champion in the sixth round. Marcus Miyasasaka of New York had the highest tiebreak among six 6.0 scorers to win the section.
Illinois Youth in USCF Top 100 as of April 2015
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- Written by Bill Feldman, data compiled by Chris Wellendorf Bill Feldman, data compiled by Chris Wellendorf
- Published: 21 April 2015 21 April 2015
New names entering (or returning to) the top 100 lists this month include 7-year old William Wang, 14-year old James Wei, 16-year old Philip Parker-Turner and 18-year old Mark Reed. Caeley Harihara has reappeared on the Under 21 year old Girls list.
Jacob Furfine surpassed USCF 2200 to enter Master territory.
Stefan Musikic surpassed 1800 earning Class A distinction.
9-year old downstater Peter Zheng raised his rating 36 points to 1509 which would make him eligible for Warren Junior Scholars status next year under current rules, pending his participation in ten regular-rated games against all-ages competition during 2015.
79 Illinois Girls Compete in Nationals at McCormick Place
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
- Published: 20 April 2015 20 April 2015
Illinois females showed up en masse for the 2015 All-Girls Nationals completed April 19.
| U8 | U10 | U12 | U14 | U16 | U18 | Total | |
| Entrants | 83 | 92 | 70 | 53 | 35 | 25 | 358 |
| From IL | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 79 |
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Best Illinois Placers |
T-7 | T-26 | T-5 | T-4 | T-5 | T-6 | |
| Neola Edwin |
Alice Fan |
Aria Hoesley |
Marissa Li |
Shayna Provine |
Caeley Harihara |
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| Esma Frieden |
Miranda Liu |
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