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2013 Illinois Open
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- Created: 31 August 2013 31 August 2013
Aug 31 - Sept 2, 2013
Oakbrook, Illinois
$7000b/150 paid entries: $$$ increase to maximum as attendance increases.
Charles Swan Wins Isaac Braswell Memorial High School Chess Prize
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- Written by Maret Thorpe Maret Thorpe
- Created: 28 May 2013 28 May 2013
Evanston Chess Club is pleased to award the first Isaac Braswell Memorial High School Chess Prize to Charles Swan of Chicago. Swan earned the prize by being the highest-rated African American senior year player in IHSA chess. He played board two for the Whitney Young High School chess team that won the 2013 IHSA championship, and he is also an active USCF player. Swan will receive a $300 award at the Second Annual Isaac Braswell Memorial Blitz Tournament, to be held at Evanston Chess Club on June 8.
Boor and Rosen Share First at CCC UNAM Invitational
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- Created: 24 May 2013 24 May 2013
On May 11 and 12, Chicago Chess Center Founders' Court donors were invited to a preview event at which they got the opportunity to square off against local masters and junior experts. The event was held at the Chicago extension campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, whose flagship campus in Mexico City has a strong tradition of supporting chess, including hosting a chess festival headlined by Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in 2010 and by Judit Polgar and Magnus Carlsen in 2012.
Miller, Willer Claim National High School Titles
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
- Created: 14 April 2013 14 April 2013
SuperNationals V: Part 2
Not every sport allows relative newcomers -- or up-and-comers -- to participate at the national level. But the USCF thinks "outside the board," conferring championships in a variety of "under" competitions and four unrated divisions at SuperNationals V.
Under this set up, Illinois high schoolers acquitted themselves fantastically with co-champions in the K-12 Under 1200 and an outright champion in the K-12 Unrated.
Faraday's Hobbs Grabs K-8 Under 750 Crown in Nashville
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
- Created: 14 April 2013 14 April 2013
SuperNationals V: Part 3
Kiana Hobbs held a modest 429 USCF provisional rating heading into SuperNationals V completed April 7 in Nashville.
The Michael Faraday (of Chicago) 8th grader had played in only one-rated tournament, a Rated Beginners event in Wisconsin the year before, losing three matches and winning one game.
But today Kiana is a National Champion, having won all seven of her matches in her 329-player SuperNationals section, achieving the only perfect score in the bunch.