2025 Greater Peoria Open – Fourth ICA Tour event 2025

2025 Greater Peoria Open – Fourth ICA Tour event 2025

 

The Illinois Chess Association is happy to congratulate Patick Cohen and Emily Dawson from Greater Peoria Chess Foundation for running the Greater Peoria Open, our fourth ICA tour event for 2025 from April 12 to 13, 2025 in Peoria, Illinois. 

 

There were a total of 51 players split between reserve and open sections.  The tournament consisted of four rounds of game 80 with a 5 second delay.

 

Courtesy of Greater Peoria Chess Foundation

 

Open

 

An exciting finish with two players entering the final round undefeated: Jacob Gregory Butcher had 3.5 points out of 4 games due to a requested bye in Round 3 and Alvin He, with a perfect 4 wins out of 4 games. Jacob finished as the open champion with 4.5 points after defeating Alvin in the final round. Two players ended up with 4 points: Alvin and Jacob Whitten who defeated Bysen Lovel in the final round.

 

Below are the players that finished with at least two and a half points out of four games:

 

Reserve

 

Only one player, Sean Keiya Pepper, entered the last round undefeated with four points. Nolan Collins entered with 3.5 wins out of 4 games. Five players, Daniel Lyman, Dylan Simon, Nabhya Sham, Priya Sadhama Mathanm and Bryce McMillan, entered the final round with 4 points. Afterwards, Sean defeated Nolan to finish with a perfect 5 wins. Daniel and Dylan both won to tie for second place with 4 points. 

 

Here are the players that ended with at least three points out of four games:

 

Linked here is the US rating report. Following these links, you can view the full results instead of the abbreviated standings above. 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 Patrick Cohen and Emily Dawson on running the tournament so smoothly.