Springfield Chess Club hosts our third ICA Tour Event

Springfield Chess Club hosts our third ICA Tour Event

On March 29, 2025, the Springfield Chess Club hosted the Springfield March Checkmate Open, third in our ICA tour series. The Springfield Chess Club has a long history dating back to an early printed reference found in the Sangamo Journal in 1835, just 14 years after Springfield was founded and four years before it became the state capital. The current chess club formed in 1929 will be celebrating their centennial anniversary in just four short years.

The Illinois Chess Association is happy to congratulate David Long on running the event which consisted of 34 players in a four round event of Game 60 with a five second delay.

 

 

Entering the last round there was a three-way tie with a perfect 3 points: Maddox Todd, Brooks Sonethongkham and Andres Luca Maldonado. Maddox defeated Brooks to win with a perfect 4 points whilst Andrew was defeated by James Healy, who entered the final round with 2.5 points. 

A complete rating report can be found at the US Chess Website. Linked here are the 2025 Illinois Chess Tour Prizes. Here is a list of all 2025 Illinois Chess Association Tour Schedule. Once again, we are happy to congratulate everybody who participated and gave it their best in this tournament and to congratulate David Long on running the tournament so smoothly.