With the lone perfect score in the first-ever Sevan's Scholastic, Layla Rodriguez was declared champion in the November 26 event.

The event was held to benefit the Muradian family in the wake of Sevan's passing in February of 2016. Mr. Muradian had been a tireless supporter of youth chess in Illinois.

With a fourth round victory over Sanjeev Devarajan, Layla wrapped up first place. Andrey Novikov and Margarita Tsyganova tied for second place with 3.5's, drawing head to head in the second round.

The event attracted 21 players who competed at the Hyatt Schaumburg hours before the main event, the Muradian Memorial, kicked off.

Rahul Rajeshkumar had the top score of players starting the event with a rating Under 1000, finishing with 3.0.

Constantin Stanescu-Bellu, Jerry Gu, and Anthony Tsyganov all posted 2.5's, also with U1000 ratings.

Nathaniel Mathew had the top score for players starting the tournament Under 800 with 2.5.

Jind Kaur, OM Gandhi and Julian Czysz all posted 2.0's with U800 ratings.

Excellent performances were turned in by previously unrated brothers, Yash and Amar Gupta, playing in their very first US Chess rated event.

Thanks to Layla and Andrey's performances, Bateman School won the team trophy with Fox Valley Chess Club nabbing second place.

Due to back up site restoration, the original detailed article for this event was lost. Further details have been lost to history.

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