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ICA Announces Field of 30 for Denker, Barber, Girls
The Illinois Chess Association has finalized the field for three invitational tournaments occurring in Schaumburg May 14-15. The winners of these tournaments will become the…
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216 Elmhurst Students Compete in 20th Annual Tourney
For the 20th year, Chicago-suburb of Elmhurst has hosted a weekday evening tournament featuring “extended blitz” time controls. This year’s District 205 event was conducted…
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Ganesan Wins 2016 Illinois K-8 Championship; Chiddix Top Team; Elijah Platnick, Dimitar Mardov and Julian Wang Win Sections
Points matter. Sometimes even half a point can be a big deal. With a seventh round triumph over neighboring city rival Jason Daniels, Ishaar Ganesan earned…
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Daniels Edges Bareket as 2016 K-8 Blitz Champion
When the dust settled after ten blitz games, Jason Daniels and Adam Bareket stood tied, both with 8.5 out of 10. On tiebreaks, Daniels took…
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ChessKid.com Gold Accounts Available Once Again
If your child is a scholastic ICA member and you have previously had a Gold Account on ChessKid, please contact editor@il-chess.org to have your Gold status reinstated.…
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Hrach Wins ’16 Illinois High School Individual Championship; Highland Park High School Takes Medley Team Title
The first Illinois High School Individual and Medley Championship held since the mid-1970s was held February 27 – 28 at Maine South High School in Park…
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Rockford Marshall Earns 8th Grade Title at 2016 IESA
Bloomington Evans and Normal Chiddix both won team trophies in all three divisions at the 2016 IESA Championships. But it was Rockford Marshall garnering the 8th Grade…
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Record Turnout of 422 at YCFC / CCF Rickover Tourney
Goudy teammates Daniel Percastegui and Muhammad Balai faced off in a playoff game to decide the Advanced Section of the February 20 YCFC / CCF tournament.…
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Whitney Young Regains IL High School Team Championship
After a year absence, Whitney Young has once again won the IHSA state team chess championship. Despite losing on first board, Whitney Young defeated Stevenson (Lincolnshire)…
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146 Illinois High School Teams Migrate To Peoria
Main Story: For the second year in a row, 146 eight-board teams are competing at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) team championships. The two-day, seven-round…