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Warren Junior Scholars
Announcements for the 2017-2018 Warren Junior Scholar class — and the ICA’s Rising Stars for the same academic year — have gone out weeks ago.…
Bill Feldman · September 29, 2017
Youth News
With an 11th round victory over India’s Sarkar Rajdeep, Jacob Furfine secured a sixth-place tie in the Under 16 section at the 2017 World Youth.…
Bill Feldman · September 28, 2017
Youth News
Five Illinois juniors are among the 28 Americans competing at the 2017 World Youth Chess competion in Montevideo, Uruguay underway the last week of September.…
Bill Feldman · September 25, 2017
General
After teaching chess classes in the local Chinese school for almost two years, Alex Bian, captain of the Stevenson High School Chess Team, realized demand…
Sharon Wang · September 23, 2017
Youth News
Despite tournament activity, Illinois girls in the lower age groups did not see big shifts in their US chess ranking over the last month. Josephine…
Eva Harrison, ICA Women's Coordinator · September 22, 2017
General
The Glenwood Chess Club is seeking two or three chess tutors for immediate positions in the School District 144 after-school chess programs. All schools are located in…
Orlan Smith, PhD · September 22, 2017
Youth News
Despite being shut out in the 11-year old ranks, Illinois posted 55 juniors in the top 100 nationwide as of the September ratings, ages 7…
Bill Feldman · September 21, 2017
General
Those asking organizers when the Illinois Open will be rated by FIDE now have their answer! http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=166462&t= is the magic link providing the complete roster of…
Bill Feldman · September 21, 2017
Youth News
At the recent 2017 World Youth in Brazil, Oak Park’s Arthur Xu earned the silver medal in the Under 10 competition. With the World Cadets…
Bill Feldman · September 20, 2017
General
The multi-month election cycle regarding the five at-large ICA board members has kicked off. Nominations should be sent to secretary@il-chess.org including a statement of interest and…
Bill Feldman · September 18, 2017
