July has been host to lots of historic events. Including some in the U.S. Although I forget what.
In chess during July, Marcel Duchamp, artist turned chess player, was born in France. Wang Hao just beat out Magnus Carlson (#1 in the world) to take first in the Biel Chess Festival. Awonder Liang set a new record by being the youngest player to defeat a GM. And Webster University freshman, Grandmaster Wesley So from the Philippines, won the 2012 World Open Blitz.
In Illinois chess, here are the highlights:
July 1: July Game 24 tournament in Skokie IL drew six players to its shores. Alex Bian went home with first place. Crosstable.
July 7: The New Lenox, IL Warriors Open and Reserve Tournament drew 20 players to this two section event. Kymantas Alborovas beat higher rated Dr. Joe Cima to tie for first place with Steven Miller in the Open Section. The Reserve Section was comprised of all provisional players and had a three-way tie for first place which included: Jeffrey Turay, Brandon Zborowski, and Connor O’Brien.Crosstables.
July 7: The July Game 30 was held in Skokie which drew six players and had Kent Cen, the lone expert, come out on top with a perfect 5.0.Crosstable.
July 8: The 79th Knights Quest in Northbrook, IL broke the 100 barrier for number of players in the tournament. This four section event had Aung Zin taking first place in the Open Section, Ronald Rodriguez being the lone perfect score in the U1400 Section, Nate Tracy-Amoroso winning all his games in the U1000 Section, and Aleksandar Kartelyan and Jules Bergman tying for first in the U600 section.Crosstables.
July 8: The July Game 45 held in Skokie once again had Kent Cen up at the top of the pack but this tournament he tied with Christopher Girardo. Crosstable.
July 11: The Illowa July Quick Tourney had 12 players in Moline, IL. The winners for each section were: Roger Stanfield (1), Richard Rector (2), and Steve Killian (3). Crosstables.
July 12: St. Charles 2012 G/15 Tournament was in Saint Charles and had 14 players. Tenzing Shaw won all four rounds to come in first. Crosstables.
July 14: Evanston Tri Level tournament had three sections and 50 players. Matthew Wilber was able to not lose a game (drew one) and came in first in the Liberte Section. The Egalite Section had Ansari Aamir take first with a undefeated streak, and the Michael Feldmann finished at the top of the Fraternite Section with 3.5 points. Crosstables.
July 14: Vill of Park Forest Tournament had 20 players. Matthew Hollaway took first. Crosstable.
July 14: Rockford Adult Open had ten players. Patrick Lacey, the lone expert, won all rounds. Crosstable.
July 14 to 15: The 12th NA Amateur tournament in Skokie, IL had 20 players. The last round had two masters facing off for first place with Sam Schmakel coming out on top. Crosstable.
July 17: Moline, IL hosted the Roger Kromphardt Blitzes All Tournament. Don’t know if that was the original name of the tournament or what they called it after he won 8 of the 10 rounds. Crosstable.
June 22 to July 20: During the past month, the South Suburban Chess Club in Oak Lawn had their G60 Championship. Master Steven Tennant went undefeated to take first place. Crosstable.
July 21: Freeport, IL was the site for the Rated Swiss at HCC tournament. 6 players participated and it came down to a draw. Zachary Kauffman got one less draw than Gary Sargent to come in first place. Crosstable.
July 21: Champions Tournament in Peoria, IL had 9 players. Maxwell Jong went undefeated to take first place. Crosstable.
July 20 to 22: One of the bigger tournaments during the year in Illinois was the 5th Annual Chicago Class Championsips. Wheeling, IL played host to 324 players in one event but multiple sections. The U1000 Section had 42 players in it, but only one of them was able to go all five rounds without a loss or draw, Eva Harrsion. The Class A section had the two top players drawing in the third round to tie for first place, Yue Xu and Jason Zhou. In the Class B section, Charles Craigmile and Matthew Barbian drew against different people to finish with the same score of 4.5 points. Class C Section had no real breakout performance for the tournament by one person so it ended up with four people tying for first: James Biondo, Blair Hu, Serge Bondar, and Mitchell Andersson. The Class D Section had David Sye and Terrence Aguinaldo drawing if the 5th round to tie for first place. Shaw Hertel from Indiana took first in Class E Section. In the Master Section Mesgen Amanov, Quingnam Liu, and Carl Boor tied for first with 4.0 points. The Expert Section had the most people tying for first : Audrius Macenis, David Plotkin, Zhaozhi Li, Florentino Inumerable, and Gregory Bungo. Crosstables.
July 24: Tuesday Night Tangle Tournament had six players competing in Chicago. Taifa Mugadili was the winner. Crosstable.
July 28: The Glenwood Chess Club hosted the July Open tournament and had 15 entries. At the end of the day, Gregory Bungo and Thomas Gaul tied for first. Crosstable.
July 9 to 30: Mid Summer Knights Dream included 18 players and concluded with Michael Leali and Chetan Reddy tying for first. Crosstable.
July 31: Finally. Someone devoted a tournament to the Vulture Defense. 8 players participated and close to half tied for first. The top scorers were John Beydler, Ben Wolf, and Steve Killian. Crosstable.