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En Passant: Isaac Braswell, 1979-2012
Expert Isaac Braswell died last Friday, March 2. His cheerful good humor and ability to instantly light up a room will be missed by all who…
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The Father of High School Chess in Illinois is My Dad
A Daughter’s Memories and Her Father’s Words I grew up in the chess world. I was taught the game by my father, Mike Zacate, a High…
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Erik and Andrew Karklins: 143 Years of Chess and Counting
Editor’s Note: ICA thanks Editor Dan Lucas for giving us permission to publish this article, which originally appeared in the December 2010 of Chess Life. Metropolitan…
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FM Ricardo Szmetan (1952 – 2010)
I met Ricardo at a chess tournament in Chicago in the summer of 1975. This young chess master, age 22, had traveled from his native Argentina…
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Winter Open Celebrates 25th Year
This January Illinois chess players will compete at the 25th edition of the Tim Just Winter Open Tournament. In honor of the occasion, ICA caught up…
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Midwest Masters Tournaments
Helen Warren organized and ran the Midwest Masters tournaments in the 1980s and 1990s, which brought top chess players from around the country and the world…
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Helen Warren and the Warren Junior Program
This article was originally published as Bill Brock’s “President’s Podium” column in a 2006 edition of the Illinois Chess Bulletin. Most of us think of Helen…