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ICA Meet our Members: Megan Chen
“Play tactics, play aggressively, and work with a private coach…” Sound advice from ICA member and Class A Player, Megan Chen, a talented 23- year old…
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Cardinale to receive ICA’s top honor on July 22
Michael Cardinale, a mainstay of efforts in recent years to strengthen the chess program and provide competitive opportunities for low income students in Chicago, will…
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MEET OUR MEMBERS – New Monthly Feature!
That’s you! And this new Meet our Members review is our way of saying thanks for supporting the ICA. We’ve assembled a list of 25 questions/prompts. Choose…
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MEET OUR MEMBERS – New Monthly Feature!
That’s you! And this new Meet our Members review is our way of saying thanks for supporting the ICA. We’ve assembled a list of 25 questions/prompts. Choose…
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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…
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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…