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June 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Youth
While a team of statisticians and auditors are pouring over the official US Chess ratings to determine eligibility for the 2018-2019 Classes of Warren Junior Scholars…
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June 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
What do Chaitra Madugula, Megan Gansukh, Oyumaa Erdenebileg, Anujin Namuunbayar, and Michelle Pankov have in common? All five girls from Illinois have earned a spot…
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May 2018: 52 Illinois Youth Among US Top 100’s
52 Illinois youth are listed in the top 100 of their respective age nationwide as of May 2018 US Chess ratings. “Raj” Chennareddy is #1…
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USChess Names 2018 World Youth & Cadets, 15 Illinois Juniors Qualify: Mardov & Chennareddy Are Official Reps
USCF has announced the qualifiers for both the World Youth Chess Championships 2018 and World Cadet Chess Championships 2018 tournaments. Nine Illinois players have qualified for…
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May 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
I’m always happy to see new names on the list of Illinois’ top 100 girls. This month, in the ‘Age 7 and Under’ category, Joyce…
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2018 National Elementary Championship Tournament Results
The National Elementary Championship has wrapped up at the Gaylord Opryland and Convention Center in Nashville, TN. Seventy-eight (78) players from Illinois participated in this K-6…
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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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April 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
The most recent lists compiled by US Chess features 44 female players from the State of Lincoln among the best 100 in the country for…
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March 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
Congratulations to all of the Illinois girls who made one of these elite lists this month. Many posted rating increases over last month but the following…
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Champaign-Urbana Sunday Chess Challenge A Success!
40 seats were available. And 40 young chess players rose to the occasion of the Sunday Chess Challenge, held on back to back weekends (2/11 &…