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National Elementary Championship Tournament Underway in Nashville
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- Written by Rose Grandy Rose Grandy
- Created: 12 May 2018 12 May 2018
The National Elementary Championship is underway at the Gaylord Opryland and Convention Center in Nashville, TN. Seventy-eight (78) players from Illinois are participating in this K-6 championship event.
The tournament runs from May 10 through May 13. The Bughouse and Blitz side-events were held on Thursday May 10th. The main event, a 7 round G90/d5 tournament runs from May 11-13.
Illinois Youth Invitational Selects Illinois Representatives to Denker, Barber, Girls and SPF Girls Invitationals
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- Written by Rose Grandy Rose Grandy
- Created: 09 May 2018 09 May 2018
Thirty-two of Illinois top scholastic players participated in the Illinois Youth Invitational Tournament on May 4-6 in Schaumburg. This 3-section tournament determined which players will have the honor of representing the state of Illinois in 4 prestigious invitational tournaments to be held this summer.
Twelve high school players competed in the Denker section to select the player for the Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Warren Junior Scholar David Peng, a Sophomore at New Trier High School was the first place winner, with 4.5 of 5 points. Warren Junior Scholar Zhaozhi George Li, a Senior at Illinois Math and Science Academy, took second place, with a score of 3.5 of 5 points. David and George both recently returned from the National High School Tournament where they also took 1st and 2nd place in the championship section.
National High School (K-12) Results are in! Whitney Young HS K-12 Co-National Champions! David Peng Wins the K-12 Championship!
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- Written by Rose Grandy Rose Grandy
- Created: 30 April 2018 30 April 2018
The National High School tournament, held April 26-29, has wrapped up in Columbus, Ohio. Based on the advanced entry report on the USCF website, 172 Illinois players competed, including players from Grade 1 through 12.
Blitz and Bughouse side-events were held on Thursday, April 26 and the main event was held April 27-29.
Warren Junior Scholar and New Trier Sophomore David Peng has taken the K-12 Championship with an uncontested 6.5 score! Warren Junior Scholar Zhaozhi (George) Li from IMSA has taken 2nd place, the top 6.0 score once tie-breaks were considered!
Illinois Shines at the National Junior High Tournament!
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- Written by Rose Grandy Rose Grandy
- Created: 16 April 2018 16 April 2018
The 2018 National Junior High Chess Championship was held April 5-8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Twenty-two players from Illinois participated in this event.
In the Bughouse event, Warren Junior Scholar Aydin Turgut teamed up with former Warren Junior Scholar, now Maryland resident, Jason Daniels to win the event. Thirty-two teams participated and the Turgut-Daniels team bested them all with 10 points, one point ahead of the nearest competing team.
In the Blitz event, Aydin Turgut once again came away with first place with 11.5 points. He was a full point ahead of the second place winner from Georgia. Seven other Illinois players also competed in the blitz event.
744 Compete in Largest K-8 State Championships in a Decade
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- Written by Patrick Cohen Patrick Cohen
- Created: 27 March 2018 27 March 2018
Congrats to Benjamin Chen, Yuvraj Rudra, Avi Harrison Kaplan, Colin Robert Wicks, and Ryan Zhang. Benjamin and Yuvraj are co-champions after both scored 6.5 points in the junior high section. Benjamin won first place on tiebreaks.
All five are now Illinois state champions thanks to their outstanding performances at the 2018 Illinois K-8 Championships completed March 11th in Schaumburg, IL. This tournament, with 744 participants, was the largest K-8 State Championships held in the last decade.