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ICA Executive Board Election Results
The most recent ICA election cycle has concluded and effective January 1st, the following Executive Board members have taken office: Patrick Cohen, President; Stephen Plotnick, Metro…
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Join Chicago Chess Center’s Biggest Prize Fund Event! Entry Fee Increases 7/29
Join Chicago Chess Center’s Biggest Prize Fund Event! Cloud Gates Class Held on August 11-12 $7,500 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! You also save $10 by registering before July…
Announcements
ICA Offering Special Deal on ChessBase 14 Download to ICA Members
ChessBase, one of the best tools on the market for game analysis and annotation, is available to ICA members for only $60 – almost a 50%…
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National Elementary Championship Tournament Underway in Nashville
The National Elementary Championship is underway at the Gaylord Opryland and Convention Center in Nashville, TN. Seventy-eight (78) players from Illinois are participating in this K-6…
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Illinois Youth Invitational Selects Illinois Representatives to Denker, Barber, Girls and SPF Girls Invitationals
Thirty-two of Illinois top scholastic players participated in the Illinois Youth Invitational Tournament on May 4-6 in Schaumburg. This 3-section tournament determined which players will have…
Youth News
Champaign Chess Challenge
Chess players from Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, and Decatur matched wits with our own local talent to produce six perfect scores (4.0) in the April 15 Champaign Chess…
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National High School (K-12) Results are in! Whitney Young HS K-12 Co-National Champions! David Peng Wins the K-12 Championship!
The National High School tournament, held April 26-29, has wrapped up in Columbus, Ohio. Based on the advanced entry report on the USCF website, 172 Illinois…
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ICA Veterans Committee Sponsors Blitz Bonus Tournament at the IL Senior Open
The Illinois Chess Association Veterans Committee is sponsoring a blitz bonus tournament at the 2018 Illinois Senior Open. This will be a non rated tournament that…
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Illinois Shines at the National Junior High Tournament!
The 2018 National Junior High Chess Championship was held April 5-8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Twenty-two players from Illinois participated in this event. In the Bughouse…
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744 Compete in Largest K-8 State Championships in a Decade
Congrats to Benjamin Chen, Yuvraj Rudra, Avi Harrison Kaplan, Colin Robert Wicks, and Ryan Zhang. Benjamin and Yuvraj are co-champions after both scored 6.5 points in…