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Winning is Grand
Blaze beat a GM-laden Tennessee lineup Earlier in the week we asked the following about this week’s match between Chicago and Tennessee: “Can the Tempo do…
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Midway Chess Club Now Going Strong
Many people have asked me how the club got started. When I look back I wonder that too. Just like a river it started very small…
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Inventive Play
By hook or crook the Blaze find a way not to lose The winner: IM Jan van de Mortel Confounding the league prognosticators who had picked…
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Pummeled by the Pugilists
Knockouts squeak past Blaze 2.5-1.5 The hero of the night: NM Eric Rosen In another close contest against a league leader that looked like it could…
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GM Amanov and IM Felecan win IL Open 2009 with 5/6
On Labor Day weekend as always the 2009 IL State Championship took place at the Double Tree Hotel in Oak Brook, IL. Over 100 people attended…
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Frisco Holds Blaze at Bay
Chicago bows to Mechanics 2.5-1.5 It was a seesaw match that seemed at first to be going our way, but the storybook ending was not to…
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The Blaze Ignite
Chicago finally gets on the board with a 2.5-1.5 victory over Tennessee It’s good to win. That was the sentiment at the Holiday Inn Skokie last…
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Miami Puts the Shark Bite on the Blaze
But IM Young comes through again Angelo Young always shows up. As any Blaze fan will tell you, the popular international master and seven-time Illinois champion…
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Deja Vu: Scopions 3.5 — Blaze 0.5
Blaze Stung by Scorpions in Season Opener Again In the short rivalry between the Chicago Blaze and the Arizona Scorpions, there really hasn’t been much of…
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Blaze Season Kicks Off This Week
Chicago Blaze action begins at 8:00 Central time at the Holiday Inn Skokie 5300 West Touhy. Fans are welcome, so please come and cheer the team…