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Lou, Carey, Jungo Earn Honors at Oak Park Library
More than 20 junior competitors battled it out in three sections at the Oak Park Library in a four-round event August 23. The tournament was directed…
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Liu Ties for 6th At National Girls’, Schmakel 6th in Denker
With three wins, a loss and a pair of draws in the last two rounds, recent Whitney Young graduate Sam Schmakel’s remarkable high school chess career…
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Illinois Youth in USCF Top 100 — July 2014
With ascendancy above USCF ratings of 2000 for 14-year old Anshul Adve and 15-year old Jonathan Hrach, for the first time ever, Illinois has 15 junior…
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Illinois Youth in USCF Top 100 — June 2014
Several changes in how the USCF processes its top 100 lists, as well as a change in personnel, lead to the delay in publication of this…
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Arthur Xu Enhances OTB Rating at Online ChessKid Nationals
7-year old Arthur Xu was one of 30 American juniors to participate in the Third Annual ChessKid National Invitational completed June 8. Arthur received his invitation…
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6 Score from 4 States Compete For 2 Days at ’14 Ice Harbor
Over 120 junior competitors from four states competed the weekend of May 17-18 at the Ice Harbor Scholastic in scenic Dubuque, IA. 11 entrants from Illinois…
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Illinois Youth in USCF Top 100 — May 2014
Four Masters and 14 Experts top this month’s lists representing the most ever Illinois juniors USCF-rated at 2000 or above! 18-year olds David Korobov and Joe…
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Rockford Environmental Science hosts Challenge
For over a decade, Chuck Beach has brought quarterly Rockford Chess Challenges to juniors in eight counties in northern Illinois. The tournaments are unrated from a…
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YCFC Wraps 2013-2014 Season At Whitney Young
154 juniors representing 34 schools competed in the Youth Chess Federation of Chicago tournament May 10 at Whitney Young High School. The five-round, three section tournament…
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Aydin Turgut Wins National K-5 Championship in Dallas
A half-point. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? Fighting through fatigue to close out a win when others might have accepted a draw. Sacrificing into a…