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63rd Iowa Open: August 19-20; Reserve & RBO: 8/19 only
The Illinois Open — and its related Blitz and Scholastic side events — are Labor Day weekend — but you shouldn’t have to wait that…
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Ricky Roman Wins 2017 Lozano Late Summer Tournament; 86 Face-Off in Four Sections At CPL Pilsen Branch in Chicago
Whitney Young high schooler Ricky Roman — a product of the Knight Moves Chess Club — returned to his roots August 12 at the Lozano…
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Earliest Registration Rate to 2017 Illinois Open Expires Friday at Midnight; Don’t Be A Cinderella (She Delayed Castling)
Last year 186 daring souls waged chess battle Labor Day Weekend in the Chicago north suburb of Northbrook at an event known as the 2016…
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Downstate Coach and Organizer Murrel Rhodes Earns US Chess Lifetime Achievement Award and ICA’s Gratitude
US Chess awarded a select handful of deserving individuals lifetime achievement awards at the annual meetings in Virginia just concluded. Patrick Cohen, Carl Dolson, Mike…
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Daniel Garrett Wins 2017 Peoria City Championship
Drama was the name of the game in the 2017 version of the Peoria City Championship. Twelve players qualify for the invitational by various means…
Youth News
A Rook & A Quarter: A Classroom Setting
Setting: January 2017. A Beginners Chess Class. Students setting up. Javier and Erik, friends, rivals, promising players, are eight moves into their game; neither has…
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GM Mitkov Is All In On 2017 Illinois Open; Early Registration Discount Deadline Approaching: Friday, August 11
Grandmaster Nikola Mitkov is the third grandmaster to confirm participation in the 2017 Illinois Open scheduled to kick off September 2 in Northbrook. The FIDE-…
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IL-based National Master Warren Kreckler Fighting Cancer
National Master Warren Kreckler last played tournament chess in 1996, finishing 4.0/5 in the US Amateur Team Midwest. That 290-player event was directed by Alan…
Youth News
Illinois Wins Combined Denker, Barber, Nat’l Girls Invitational Top State Distinction; George Li Is 2017 Denker Co-Champion
It took significant contributions from all three of Illinois’ representatives as the state posted the top combined score at the 2017 Denker, Barber and National…
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Chicago Chess Foundation Names First Executive Director
The Chicago Chess Foundation (CCF) has announced the hiring of Eli Rollman as its initial Executive Director. The CCF was founded in 2014 with the…