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Updated: Oct. ’17: 9 IL Girls in Top 20 By Age; 46 in Top 100’s
The US Chess Top 100 lists for October include 46 young ladies from Illinois with nine of them ranking in the top 20. In the…
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Girls Top 2 of 3 Sections at October 14 Bateman Invitational
With 90 players competing, the Chicago Chess Foundation‘s 2017-2018 season got off to a rollicking start at an October 14 invitational tournament at the northside…
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WCM Jacob Furfine Ties For 6th Place at 2017 World Youth in Under 16’s in Uruguay; Aydin Turgut Ties for 9th in U14’s
With an 11th round victory over India’s Sarkar Rajdeep, Jacob Furfine secured a sixth-place tie in the Under 16 section at the 2017 World Youth.…
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Update: Illinois With Three Players on Top 6 Boards at Uruguay World Youth Heading into 11th and Final Round
Five Illinois juniors are among the 28 Americans competing at the 2017 World Youth Chess competion in Montevideo, Uruguay underway the last week of September.…
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September 2017: 47 Illinois Girls in Top 100’s, 10 in Top 20
Despite tournament activity, Illinois girls in the lower age groups did not see big shifts in their US chess ranking over the last month. Josephine…
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September 2017 Top 100’s: Not-So-Terrible Two’s!
Despite being shut out in the 11-year old ranks, Illinois posted 55 juniors in the top 100 nationwide as of the September ratings, ages 7…
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Arthur Xu, Family, Reflect on World U10 Silver
At the recent 2017 World Youth in Brazil, Oak Park’s Arthur Xu earned the silver medal in the Under 10 competition. With the World Cadets…
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Illinois’ Emrikian is World U8 Champ; Xu Scores U10 Silver
By virtue of his 11th round victory against fellow-American Abhi Mishra, Aren Emrikian has won the 2017 World Cadet Under 8 competition! Aren finished with…
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Almost Four Dozen Girls in US Top 100’s As of 8/17
47 Illinois girls under 18 rank in the top 100 nationwide for their respective ages, 33 holding a rating higher than 1000. Experts Shreya Mangalam,…
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Chicago High Schoolers Creates Chess Documentary
Seniors at the Latin School of Chicago have an opportunity to learn through non-traditional means by completing a senior project focused on their individual passions.…