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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…
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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…
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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…
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Wanna Play a GM? Grandmasters Gurevich and Georgiev Sign Up for 2017 Illinois Open; Early Registration Until 8/11
Grandmasters Vlad Georgiev and Dmitry Gurevich are no strangers to the Illinois Open. In fact the duo tied for the Illinois championship last year when…
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King is King at 2017 Elite Open in Naperville
With three wins and a final-round draw, Nicholas King won the 2017 Elite Chess Open conducted July 29 in Naperville. King’s 3.5/4 in the Championship…