Alex Ursu of Whitney Young won the Advanced Section of the January YCFC tournament with four wins and a second-round draw.

The free event attracted 319 from 39 teams competing in five sections at Gwendolyn Brooks school in Chicago on January 16. It was co-sponsored by Youth Chess Foundation of Chicago and the Chicago Chess Foundation.

Chris Gora of Ogden International had the top tiebreak in a five-way tie for second place at 4.0. Rahul Ravisundar (Clarendon Hills), Avi Kaplan (Decatur), Leonard Rionaula (Bateman) and Matthew Li (Skinner North) were all in that scoregroup.

Ursu defeated Gora in the final round and Ravisundar in the penultimate round to secure the championship.

Bateman was the team winner with 11.0, just ahead of Skinner North (10.5) and Whitney Young (10.0).

John Seward of Decatur won the Novice K-2 section with a perfect 5-for-5 effort.

William Wang of Edgebrook was second with four wins and a draw.

Decatur also won the K-2 team competition with 14.0, Edgebrook was second with 11.5, and Skinner North third at 10.0.

Three perfect scores were posted in the Grades 3-4, including Luke Roasado of Bateman, Nathan Caropreso of Wildwood and Collin Jung of Edison.

Skinner North was the top team with 16.0, ahead of Bateman (14.5) and Newberry (12.5).

In Grades 5-6, Diego Bolanos of Gallistel was 5-for-5 while Declan Rodgers was a close second with four wins and a third-round draw.

Edgebrook won the team championship with 16.0, outpointing Lenart (14.5) and Waters (14.0).

In Novice 7-8, Liam Jackson of Coonley posted the lone perfect 5.0 score, defeating Lane Tech's Harry Heller in the final round. On tiebreaks, Harry took the second place trophy with a 4.0 score, a result shared by several others including Davione Thrower (Cook), Traolach O'Sullivan (Ogden International), Erik Tolbert (Earle STEM), Adam Chaparro (Waters), and Cristian Tovar (Beaubian).

Earle STEM narrowly won the team competition with 13.0, a half-point better than Cook (12.5) and Kinzie (12.5).

The next YCFC event is February 20 at Rickover Academy on the northside of Chicago.

 

Grades K-2 Novice

Grades 3-4 Novice

Grades 5-6 Novice

Place

Name

School

Score

Place

Name

School

Score

Place

Name

School

Score

1

John Seward

DEC

5.0

T-1

Luke Rosado

BAT

5.0

1

Diego Bolanos

GAL

5.0

2

William Wang

EDG

4.5

T-1

Nathan Caropreso

WLD

5.0

2

Declan Rodgers

EDG

4.5

T-3

Grant Poorman

SAC

4.0

T-1

Colin Jung

EDS

5.0

T-3

Tamaria Reasnover

COO

4.0

T-3

Noah Shankman

SKN

4.0

T-4

Joshua Liu

LEN

4.0

T-3

Charlie Wade-Schroeder

WAT

4.0

T-3

Joaquin Hong

DEC

4.0

T-4

Matei Cotefrea

PKV

4.0

T-3

Jana Zivanovic

BAT

4.0

T-6

Evan Lee

SKW

3.5

T-4

Anisha Oberai

AUR

4.0

T-3

Charlotte Prus

EDG

4.0

T-6

Collin Nunez

JEF

3.5

T-4

Boaz Lee

SKN

4.0

T-3

Kevin Cordoba

BAT

4.0

T-6

Aya Bareket

HOM

3.5

T-4

Aaron Nunez

JEF

4.0

T-3

Armando Besa

EDG

4.0

T-6

Alex Ivascu

BAT

3.5

T-4

Preston Ellis

SKN

4.0

T-3

Jack Edwards

LEN

4.0

T-4

Theo Mairoca

WAT

4.0

T-3

Philip Kujawa

LEN

4.0

T-4

Paul Stiles

SKN

4.0

T-3

Harry Dobrow

SKN

4.0

T-4

Daniel Lim

SKN

4.0

T-3

Hunter Fleming

WAT

4.0

Grades K-2 Novice Team Results

Grades 3-4 Novice Team Results

Grades 5-6 Novice Team Results

Place

Team (Players)

Code

Score

Place

Team (Players)

Code

Score

Place

Team (Players)

Code

Score

1

Decatur (7)

DEC

14.0

1

Skinner North (9)

SKN

16.0

1

Edgebrook (12)

EDG

16.0

2

Edgebrook (4)

EDG

11.5

2

Bateman (9)

BAT

14.5

2

Lenart (4)

LEN

14.5

3

Skinner North (3)

SKN

10.0

3

Newberry (11)

NEW

12.5

3

Waters (5)

WAT

14.0

Grades 7-8 Novice

Advanced Section

Place

Name

School

Score

Place

Name

School

Score

1

Liam Jackson

CON

5.0

1

Alex Ursu

WTY

4.5

T-2

Harry Heller

LAN

4.0

T-2

Chris Gora

OGD

4.0

T-2

Davione Thrower

COO

4.0

T-2

Rahul Ravisundar

CLH

4.0

T-2

Traolach O'Sullivan

OGD

4.0

T-2

Avi Kaplan

DEC

4.0

T-2

Erik Tolbert

ERL

4.0

T-2

Leonard Rionaula

BAT

4.0

T-2

Adam Chaparro

WAT

4.0

T-2

Matthew Li

SKN

4.0

T-2

Cristian Tovar

BEU

4.0

T-7

Umair Ahmed

BAT

3.5

T-2

Gabby Cisneros

KIN

4.0

T-7

Jack Heller

SKN

3.5

T-2

Will Kiely

BEL

4.0

T-7

Ernest Rionaula

BAT

3.5

T-2

Elijah Williams

STE

4.0

T-7

Vikram Oberai

AUR

3.5

Grades 7-8 Novice Team Results

Advanced Team Results

Place

Team (Players)

Code

Score

Place

Team (Players)

Code

Score

1

Earle STEM (10)

ERL

13.0

1

Bateman (8)

BAT

11.0

T-2

Cook (6)

COO

12.5

2

Skinner North (4)

SKN

10.5

T-2

Kinzie (5)

KIN

12.5

3

Whitney Young (4)

WTY

10.0