Chess may be played on a small board but the world of chess is pretty big. In November, the number one player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, turned 22. GM Melikset Khachiyan won the 48th Annual American Open. IM Kristiansen Jens of Denmark won the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship. Anna Usheniana of Ukraine won the World Women’s Chess Championship.
Locally, here are the results of tournaments in Illinois:
November 3: The Iexcell Bloomington November Open had 40 players and two sections. In both sections the winners were 4.0/4.0. In the Open section it was Adithya Chandramouli and in the U1000 section it was a tie between Clayton Davis and Mihit Sai Garlanka. Crosstables.
November 3: Evanston Tri-Level Tournament had 26 players in this three level event. In the Gold Section (1700-up) you might expect the person rated 2200 to take it all. You’d be right expect in this tournament there was a twist. Two players rated 2200 played and tied for first. They were Albert Chow and Kenneth Wallach. For their efforts they both gained a rating point. In the Silver Section (1200-1699) Rahul Dhiman won all rounds and gained 79 points. In the Bronze Section Lorenzo finished in first place and gained 132 points. Enough to be playing in the Silver Section next time. Crosstables.
November 3: Elite Chess sponsored the Extravaganza 3 Tournament in Naperville, IL. Of the 8 players it was Patrick Rao who finished at the head of the scholastic pack. Crosstables.
November 4: November Game 45 tournament had 8 players in Skokie, IL. Sevan Muradian finished with 3.5 out of 4.0. Crosstable.
September 20 to November 8: Saint Charles had their Fall Tournaments with 6 players participating in a G/90 event. Walter Alberts came out on top with 4.5/5.0. Crosstable.
November 10: The Grove Nov. 10, 2012 tournament was held in Barrington, IL. 107 players showed up for this scholastic and adult competition. In the Primary Section Ethan Gagliano finished with an unblemished record. Bryce Vist did the same in the Elementary Section. The Middle School HS Adult Section had Larry Peterson finishing with first. Crosstables.
November 10 to 11: The November Game 60 sponsored by the North American Chess Association and held in Skokie, IL had 14 players for this two day G/60 event. After 6 rounds Charles Coffman was at the top of the pack with 5 points. Crosstable.
October 22 to November 12: The Game 90 four round event over four weeks had 10 players participating. Michael Leali and Randy Crum tied for first without either one playing each other. Crosstable.
September 20 to November 15: Fall Tournaments in Saint Charles, IL, drew 8 players. After 7 rounds, Tenzing Shaw, finished undefeated. Crosstable.
November 16: Naperville Youth Chess Club held it’s NYCC 2012 1116 event with 29 players in attendance. 7 Sections means a lot of winners per Section so here goes the results: Section A (Joseph Isaac), Section B(tie between Matthew Tang, Christopher Xu, and Jeffrey Cheng), Section C (Jonathan Li), Section D(Owen Mcgarry), Section E(tie between Omkar Betsur, Brian Zheng, and David He), Section F(Temur Mangushev and Andy Yin), Section G(William Zheng). Crosstables.
November 17: Renaissance Knights held their Chicago Open for Boys and Girls and had 52 players for this 3 Section event. In the GR K-8 Section, Marissa Li, finished on top with 4.0 points. In the BR 5-8 Section Geoffrey Ding went undefeated as well as Huaye Jeffrey Lin in the BR K-4 Section. Crosstables.
November 17: Glenwood November Open had 10 players participating. Finishing way ahead of the rest of the pack was Joe Emole. Crosstable.
November 17: St. Johns Scholastic Tournament had 97 players for this scholastic event in Lombard, IL. Here are the winners in each section: Jayant Maheswari (Lower Primary), Siddhartha Kyaw (Upper Primary), Nathan Salahi (Elementary), and Suraj Ramanathan (Jr. High). Crosstables.
November 17: The OP-November tournament in Orland Park had 19 players for this scholastic event. In the U600 Section, the winner was split between Adam Kus and Thomas Dart. The U1200 had first place split as well between Deniz Gulecyuz and Edward Dornbos. Crosstables.
November 17: The Hult Fall Scholastic Tournament drew 32 players to Peoria. Section 1 had Desigamoorthy Nainar finished with a perfect 4.0/4.0. First place for the Champions Section fell to Nadia Frieden. Crosstables.
November 18: The 83rd Knights Quest had 72 players in Northbrook, IL. The winners were as follows: Open Section(Igor Terekhov), U1400 Section (tie between Jason Drews and Jacob Furfine), U1000 (Joseph Buklis), and U600(Tom Bareket). Crosstables.
November 17 to 18: The Illinois Class Championships had 80 players and 6 sections. The Master/Expert section had Sam Schmakel finishing ahead of higher rated Angelo Young but just barely with 3.5/4.0. Charles Swan finished first in the Class A section. Miranda Liu had an undefeated tournament against her peers in Section B. Jim Froehlich won Class C. Lorenzo Sampson lost a game in his third round but still finished first with 3.0 points. The RBO section had Armel Peel finishing ahead of all others. Crosstables.
November 23 to 25: Twenty Seven players participated in the Thanksgiving Amateur Tournament in Skokie, IL. No one went unscathed in this event. Everyone lost a game. This meant that the three expert rated players tied for first place. They were: Tam Nguyen, Kent Cen, and Maximillian Zinski. Crosstable.
November 6 to 27: It’s rare but it does happen. In the Illowa November 2012 event an Illinois player came up on top. 18 players participated in this tournament and Luis Peralta of Illinois barely edged out Mark Flowers of Iowa and Benjamin Nordick of Illinois for first place. Crosstable.