The 2017 Illinois Youth Invitational was held April 21 - 23 at the Schaumburg Hyatt Regency. The Denker section featured 12 of the top high school players in Illinois. The Barber included a dozen of the best K-8 players. The third section pitted eight of the highest-rated girls in the state. The winners of each section will represent Illinois at their respective national competition at the U.S. Open in Norfolk, VA this summer. 

A three-way tie in the Denker saw George Li prevail in a blitz playoff. Aydin Turgut won the Barber with a clear 4.0/5 tally, a half-point better than runner-up Arthur Xu. Xu managed to eclipse the 2000-mark for the first time to earn his USCF Candidate Master title. Marissa Li won the Girls section outright with 3.5, ahead of four girls with 3.0's.  Final standings and complete crosstables are listed below.

IL Youth Invitational 2017: Denker

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	FM Zhaozhi Li	13646954	2422	W6	W2	D3	D5	D4	3.5
2	CM Jacob Furfine	13089315	2295	W11	L1	W4	W8	D3	3.5
3	FM Alex Bian	13257335	2314	W10	W12	D1	D4	D2	3.5
4	Spencer Lehmann	13457744	2274	W9	W5	L2	D3	D1	3.0
5	FM David Tianji Peng	14195454	2361	W8	L4	W10	D1	D6	3.0
6	Matthew J Stevens	13788934	2200	L1	W11	L8	W12	D5	2.5
7	Anshul Adve	13296020	2201	L12	L10	W9	D11	W8	2.5
8	Vincent Do	13666696	2188	L5	W9	W6	L2	L7	2.0
9	Nikhil Kalghatgi	13797221	2150	L4	L8	L7	W10	W11	2.0
10	Nicholas Bartochowski	13216472	2160	L3	W7	L5	L9	D12	1.5
11	Daniel Bronfeyn	13720325	2150	L2	L6	W12	D7	L9	1.5
12	Akhil Kalghatgi	13797215	2098	W7	L3	L11	L6	D10	1.5

 

IL Youth Invitational 2017: Barber

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Aydin Turgut	14284734	2203	W12	W3	W4	D2	D5	4.0
2	Arthur Xu	14968896	1962	D9	W6	D3	D1	W8	3.5
3	Ricky Wang	14403974	2081	W10	L1	D2	W9	D4	3.0
4	Dimitar Mardov	15205818	1950	W11	D8	L1	W10	D3	3.0
5	Patrick Rao	14855075	1902	D8	D7	D10	W11	D1	3.0
6	Edward Zhang	14685367	1974	D7	L2	W12	D8	W10	3.0
7	Kevin Ho	14701285	1851	D6	D5	L8	W12	W11	3.0
8	Jason Daniels	14107163	2067	D5	D4	W7	D6	L2	2.5
9	Aidan M Carey	14949435	1844	D2	L10	W11	L3	W12	2.5
10	Neel Jay	14803101	1917	L3	W9	D5	L4	L6	1.5
11	Aren C Emrikian	15766785	1791	L4	W12	L9	L5	L7	1.0
12	Adam Bareket	14949325	1939	L1	L11	L6	L7	L9	0.0

 

IL Youth Invitational 2017: Girls

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	WCM Marissa Li	14468490	2077	W8	D3	L2	W6	W7	3.5
2	Shreya B Mangalam	14385521	2035	W4	D6	W1	D3	L5	3.0
3	Emma K Wang	13797242	1856	W7	D1	W6	D2	L4	3.0
4	Aria Hoesley	14631046	1734	L2	L5	W8	W7	W3	3.0
5	Bethany Simos	13520005	1606	L6	W4	L7	W8	W2	3.0
6	WCM Miranda Liu	14042343	2010	W5	D2	L3	L1	W8	2.5
7	Ashley Yan	14957435	1582	L3	D8	W5	L4	L1	1.5
8	Shayna Provine	14137968	1744	L1	D7	L4	L5	L6	0.5