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Jeremiah Davis Wins K-12 Open at Dubuque’s Ice Harbor
Rockford’s Jeremiah Davis has won the K-12 Open section of the Ice Harbor Scholastic competed April 30 in Dubuque, IA. In its fifth year, Ice…
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5 Different Teams Win Sections at Wildwood YCFC Event
Decatur, Skinner West, Ward, Irving Park CICS and Bateman were the team winners at the April 22 YCFC / CCF competition hosted by Wildwood International…
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2017 Illinois Youth Invitational
The 2017 Illinois Youth Invitational was held April 21 – 23 at the Schaumburg Hyatt Regency. The Denker section featured 12 of the top high…
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Nguyen & McDonough Tie At April Highland Park Event
Jim Nguyen and Dylan McDonough tied for first place at the April 2017 Highland Park event, both with 4.5/5 in the Advanced Section. Thanks to…
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Liu is All-Girls National Co-Champion; Li Clear 2nd in U16
Mirandu Liu has tied for first place in the U18 section of the All-Girls Nationals completed April 9 in Chicago. On tiebreaks, Miranda brought home…
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Emrikian, Xu, Mardov Invited to ’17 World Cadets in Brazil
The US Chess Federation has invited 89 players to the 2017 World Cadets Chess Championships based on rating, three from Illinois! The competition will be…
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146 Compete at 2017 CPS K-8 Finals; Parents Speak Out
Organized by the Chicago Public Schools, the 2017 CPS K-8 Championships were conducted March 25 at Crane RTC Medical Prep. The event was executed by…
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14 Teams & Others Compete at CPS K-8 Championships
Thanks to results from playoffs the week before, 14 teams and a host of individuals — whose teams did not qualify — will compete at…
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All-Wheaton Celebrates Community With 175 Player Event
Chess communities do not evolve over night. Last weekend, nearly 600 from programs around the state gathered in Normal for the state K-8’s. That doesn’t…
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Emrikian Now Top 7 & Under in US; 48 IL Youth in Top 100’s
As of the March 2017 official ratings, 7-year old Aren Emrikian has given Illinois a top-in-age-group distinction for the first time since David Peng briefly…