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April 2013 Chess Roundup
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- Written by Dan Leroy Dan Leroy
This month the youngins' take center stage. First off, another teenager gets a GM norm. This time it's a Norwegian. The 2013 Junior Chess Congress has a record turnout. (In case you were wondering the new record is 375.) And the University of Illinois got ready to go to the President's Cup. The final result was that the University of Illinois came in 4th. Here's a video story from CBS.
Here are the results from around the state:
March 2: The Hoose 2013 Tournament in Bloomington, IL had 191 kids participating in 4 sections. In each section, the sole winner had a perfect record. Here are the winners for each section, Nathan Lee (Lower Primary), Nihar Mothikuru (Upper Primary), Ethan Catt (Elementary), and Balaji Iyengar (Junior High). Crosstables.
Two weeks of international chess competitions in Naperville
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By Mikhail Korenman
FIDE International Organizer
For the last four years the end of March is a traditional time to host an international chess activities that organized by the International Educational and Cultural Services 501-c3 non-for-profit organization.
Thirty Compete in DeKalb's Tarrasch Memorial
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
Amidst the backdrop of pithy phrases such as "In tournaments it is not enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well,” thirty chess stalwarts competed in the Siegbert Tarrasch Memorial, held February 23 in DeKalb.
March Madness at Evanston Chess Club
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- Written by Maret Thorpe Maret Thorpe
It's not just a certain sport-played-by-tall-people that goes crazy in the third month of the year. Chess players have their own version of March Madness. They've either just finished the USAT or the IHSA team championship, or they're gearing up for the State K-8, the National Scholastics or the Chicago Open. At the March 2 Evanston Tri Level, we had 55 players who were either already in fighting form, or working toward it.
February Chess Roundup
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- Written by Dan Leroy Dan Leroy
In January the world of celebrities and chess intersected as Kim Kardasian tweeted that she wanted Armenian GM Levon Aronian to teach her chess. In other chess news, GM Magnus Carlsen tied Garry Kasparov's record in winning the 75th Tata Steel tournament in Wijk ann Zee. Edward R. Murrow High School won it's 16th win at the annual citywide championship. The 36th Cardinal Open Chess Tournament in Columbus, Ohio had GM Andre Diamant beating out GM Carl Boor and Illinois's own GM Dmitry Gurevich. The US Team won the Pan-American Teams Championship in Brazil.
In local Illinois there was a bunch of activity.