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November 2024 Top Youth
November 2024 Top 100 Youth Welcome & congratulations to 13-year-old Nila Hari (1113) and Mahendra Lavanur (1862), who made the national Top 100 Girls lists…
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December 2024 Top Youth
December 2024 Top 100 Youth Welcome & congratulations to Angelica Cairo (781) and Madhuvanti Sathish (806), who made the national Top 100 Girls. US Rank Name…
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2024 US Open Denker High School Invitational Winner – Avi Kaplan
Avi Kaplan travelled to Norfolk, VA to represent Illinois in the 2024 US Chess Championship national invitational. Each state sends one person. Illinois determines who to…
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Anjaneya Rao Named Champion of Champions at 2024 Barber Middle School Invitational
Every year, the Illinois Chess Association runs a tournament among the best players from 6th – 8th grade to represent Illinois in the US Barber Middle…
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U.S. Cadet Chess Championship 2024
The U.S. Cadet Championship is an annual invitational event which pits the eight strongest American players aged 16 and under against each other in a round-robin…
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2024 ICA Youth Invitational
The Illinois Chess Association Youth Invitational was run last month. The highest rated players from across the state were invited to compete in the tournament. This…
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Mex Chess Champ, Age 12, Seeks Help to Compete in World Contest
Levi Kalani Fogo Esquivel, who hails from Tulum in Quintana Roo, is Mexico’s National Chess Champion in the Under-12 category. He earned a gold and two…
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Summer Chess Camps at St. Ignatius and De La Salle
Summer Chess Camps were recently held at St. Ignatius College Prep and De La Salle Institute. Nineteen students participated in the St. Ignatius program, including four…
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Announcement of Representatives for ICA to Special Tournaments
The weekend of May 19 to May 21, the usual qualifying tournaments were held to determine the Illinois representatives to the Denker, the Haring, the…
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Aditya Gupta – Illinois Student Receives Prestigious US Chess Scholar Award
Aditya Gupta, a high school junior at William Fremd High School, in Palatine, Illinois, was recently awarded the “2023 Scholar-Chess Award” on April 2, 2023, one…