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Li, Do, and Liu Earn Tickets to Indy: Denker, Barber and Girls
Coming from behind is not something IMSA’s George Li has to do often. George drew Daniel Bronfeyn in the opening match of the Illinois Denker…
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ICA Selects Bloomington Normal to Host 2017 K-8 Event; 2016-2017 Scholastic Year Calendar Shaping Up
After an exhaustive examination of alternatives, the Illinois Chess Association has accepted a bid from the Bloomington Normal Area Scholastic Chess (BNASC) to host the…
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8 Illinois Juniors Within Top 10 on Ties at ’16 Elementary Nationals; Avery Coonley School Earns Three Team Trophies
The beauty of a Swiss-paired chess tournament is that after a few rounds, players start to compete against others of a similar level. And when that…
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Dimitar Mardov Wins K-3 Blitz at 2016 National Elementary; Aydin Turgut Is Runner Up in K-6 Blitz, 5th in Bughouse
Illinois 7-year old Dimitar Mardov has won another national title — this time prevailing as the K-3 Blitz Champion at the US Chess National Elementary…
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Chess Taking Montessori School of C-U By (Pawn) Storm
“Infinite potential within finite structures” “That’s what chess is. That’s what children are.” The Montessori School of Champaign-Urbana has undertaken a new Chess Enrichment Program…
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40 Illinois Girls Among US Top 100; 3 in Top 10
A huge thank you to Smitha Acharya for compiling these lists of Illinois girls among the top 100 of their respective age group nationwide. US…
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Illinois Hosts 4 Junior Masters, 17 Experts Aged 11-18
Today marks the resumption of the publishing of a time-consuming but much-requested feature of the ICA website: a listing of the Illinois youth on the…
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Li Is Under 14 National Girls’ Champion, Liu 2nd in U16
Some times tiebreaks can be your best friend and some times they are your mortal enemy. In the case of Marissa Li, she’s probably a…
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Whitney Young’s Parker-Turner Wins $12,000 Scholarship
Whitney Young’s Phillip Parker-Turner has won a $12,000 college scholarship from the David R. MacDonald Foundation thanks to his winning performance at the Chicago Public…
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Illinois Earns 8 Individual Trophies at 2016 K-8 Nationals; Whitney Young Team 4th in K-9; Davis 2nd in K-9 Under 1250
Three Illinois players have tied for 11th place in the K-8 section at the National Junior High Championships completed April 17 in Indianapolis. Ricky Wang…