Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Chess State Championship 2024
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- Written by Jacob Plotnick - Editor / Staff Reporter Jacob Plotnick - Editor / Staff Reporter
Illinois High School Association (IHSA)
Chess State Championship 2024
Peoria, Illinois February 9-10, 2024
Firstly, I’d like to thank the organizers and the directors, along with all of the players for making this edition of the IHSA State Championship the best it could’ve been.
I myself played in the tournament, and I can confidently say that it was an amazing experience – more than simply being a tournament, but as a way to make friends and bond as a team.
After the first day, when we were 4/4, the anticipation for the possibilities of the following day was immense. And even though we didn’t end up performing as well as we hoped, the experience was all that mattered.
I’ve been to many tournaments throughout my life, but something about this one was special. The opportunity of being able to be with friends outside of the plain school environment, on top the combination of my own hobbies, made this an exceptionally special tournament.
Enough about that, onto the results of the tournament.
128 teams played in the tournament – after the first day, only 8 teams remained undefeated.
Round 5; Final 8 undefeated
Table 4: Aurora (IMSA) defeated Naperville (Neuqua) 56.5 vs 11.5
Table 3:Palatine (Fremd) defeated Naperville (Central) 39.5 vs 28.5
Table 2:Chicago (Payton)defeated Evanston (Twp.) 55 vs 13
Table 1:Lincolnshire (Stevenson) defeated Chicago (Whitney Young) 50 vs 18
Round 6; Final 4 undefeated
Table 2:Chicago (Payton) defeated Aurora (IMSA) 34.5 vs 33.5
Table 1:Lincolnshire (Stevenson) defeated Palatine (Fremd) 50.5 vs 17.5
Round 7, Final round; Final 2 undefeated
Table 1. After a long match, Stevenson and Payton finished the tournament with a draw in the final round. Stevenson eventually won on tiebreakers.
Here is the winning team:
Glenn Panner from Chess Weekend supplied individual award medals to all players with at least 5.5 points out of 7. Bronze was awarded with 5.5, Silver with 6, and gold with 6.5 or 7 points. Around 100 players received medals out of 1200.
The following participants were awarded medals.
Name |
Total Points |
Medal |
|
Arthur Xu (Jr.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Dario Pjevic (So.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Gustavo Garcia (Fr.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Makhi Fox (Fr.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts (Jr.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Owen Geraghty (Sr.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Shakira Luster (Sr.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Vrishank Ramnath (Jr.) |
7 |
Gold |
|
Benjamin McKendall (So.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Chris Garcia (Sr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Connor Nance (So.) |
6.5 |
Gold` |
|
Daniel Avalos (Jr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Ekansh Mehrotra (Fr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Feolu Kolawole (Sr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Issac Padua (Jr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Paul Hanrahan (Jr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Saboor Khan (Fr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Sammy McCandless (Jr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Tate Morrison (Sr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Whitman Kosak (Jr.) |
6.5 |
Gold |
|
Adrian Montesino (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Andre Dzwiniel (Fr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Andrew Coss (Jr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Andy Ordway (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Andy Yuen (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Arnav Karthikeyan (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Beren Ozer (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Caleb Valentino (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
David Yong (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
David Zappa (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Emmett Lin (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Ethan Tobias (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Gavin Snopko (Jr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Hansen Du (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Jacob Ang (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Jacob Jensen (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Jo Swan (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Kayden Zhu (Jr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Konrad Kremper (Jr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Lazar Martic (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Maddox Todd (Fr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Marc Ntumba-Mukadi (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Michael Li (Fr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Neil Gani (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Ray Sun (Jr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Ria Raj (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Sadkrith Malladi (Jr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Shalen Chawla (Jr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Sohan Bendre (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Sreekar Gangavarapu (So.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Tugstumer Yesuntumur (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Tyler Chen (Fr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Young Cha (Sr.) |
6 |
Silver |
|
Agastya Sapru (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Andrew Mazzio (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Anthony Tsyganov (Fr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Asher Reedy (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Ayush Shah (Fr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Bao Ta (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Brian Farkas (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Chase Brinkmann (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Christine Liu (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Cole Tupper (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Connor Osullivan (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Craven Andaya (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Daniel Arredondo (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Derek Wietelmann (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Dylan Zec (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Eduardo Mota (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Erik Garcia (Fr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Ethan Montemayor (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Ethan Singerman (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Faris Pena (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Harrison Weinberger (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Iman Ansari (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jack Drucker (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jacob Plotnick (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jake Wittman (Fr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jameson Tenopir (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jamila Matovu (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jerry Bauer (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
John Waldo (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jonathan Cheng (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Joshua Gravel (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Joshua Thorstenson (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Jovanni Juarez (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Junho Park (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Liam Whitecotton (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Madeline Green (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Matthew Erlec (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Max Lu (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Nolan Collins (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Pauline Yang (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Roman Kash (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Ryan Austin (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Sam Kemeny (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Sanad Abu Awad (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Seth Parent (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Soham Dongre (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Taofeeq Amuda (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Vinay Sridhar (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Wentao Lin (So.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Wilbert Chu (Sr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |
|
Yasin Kansu (Jr.) |
5.5 |
Bronze |