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Notes From Nashville: The Diary of a Chicago Chess Coach
Chicago Public School teacher and Newton Bateman Elementary Chess Coach Adam Geisler has been kind enough to share his “coaches notebook” from Nashville, TN where…
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Illinois With Four Perfect Championship Section Scores Heading Into Final Day of 2017 SuperNationals in Nashville
After two days of competition, the ranks of perfection are thinning out at the 2017 SuperNationals completing today in Nashville, TN. Aydin Turgut is one…
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Bian, Turgut, Mardov, Wang All Tops in National Blitz; Illinois Schools Dominate K-12 Blitz Team Awards With 7 of Top 11
Illinois was well-represented in three of the four grade-sectioned blitz competitions at SuperNationals VI, held May 11. Land of Lincoln had at least one co-champion…
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Kalghatgi Twins Win Third National Bughouse Championship
With a perfect 12-for-12 score, Whitney Young twins Akhil and Nikhil Kalghatgi have won the K-12 Bughouse title at 2017 SuperNationals, their third national bughouse…
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5,500 Enter SuperNationals VI; Illinois With 3rd Most Entries
With 347 players from over 90 different schools and the home-schooled community, Illinois has the third most registrants, two days before SuperNationals VI kicks off formally,…
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Grandy Tops Illinois’ May 2017 Junior Grand Prix List
Wheaton’s Sarah Grandy, an ICA Rising Star, tops the Illinois list of US Chess Junior Grand Prix point earners as of May 2, 2017. Sarah…
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David Rubin Wins 2017 Lozano Spring Classic
30 years ago, many readers of this website weren’t even born. That’s about how long David Rubin estimates it’s been since he played tournament chess!…
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Chicago Tribune Columnist Applauds CCF Efforts
Chicago Tribune Columnist Mary Schmick has profiled CPS Teacher Candice Usher and her efforts at teaching chess to Fuller Elementary School students. Schmick continues on…
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IM Young Wins CCC’s Haymarket Memorial; $4400 Awarded
International Master Angelo Young (2377) won the Chicago Chess Center’s 1st Haymarket Memorial with a score of 3.5-0.5, taking home $829.55. Senior Master Robert Perez (2447),…
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Jeremiah Davis Wins K-12 Open at Dubuque’s Ice Harbor
Rockford’s Jeremiah Davis has won the K-12 Open section of the Ice Harbor Scholastic competed April 30 in Dubuque, IA. In its fifth year, Ice…