US Chess Federation K-12 National Championships

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Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited

Published: 19 April 2019 19 April 2019

U.S. Chess K-12 Championship

Schaumburg IL

15-17 March 2019

Championship Section

The 2019 K-12 Championships were held in Schaumburg IL over the weekend of March 15-17th in Schaumburg IL. Illinois was well represented with David Peng of New Trier High School and Matthew Stevens of Whitney Young of Chicago finishing in a 3 way tie for first scoring 6.5 points each. Nicholas Checa of New York finished first based on tiebreaks,Peng was awarded second place on tiebreaks and Stevens placed third

. Other Illinois players in the top 25 include:

Dimitar Mardov, Anne Sullivan Elementary with 5.5 who finished in 11th place and Miranda Liu of Stevenson High School and

()Nikhil Kalchatgi,Whitney Young High School.tied for 25th place with 5 points..

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Raman Manandhar of Maine South placed first on tiebreak with 2 points, with Adam Lee Walker of Fremd, finishing second with 2 points, also on tiebreak and Vasilious Loutrianakis of Maine South finishing third with 1.5 points.

1900-1999 

In the 1900-1999 section,Illinois placed 1-2-3 with Henry Joseph Curcio of Maine South finishing first with 5 points and

Si R Li of New Trier. High School finishing tied for second and third with Aria Hosley of Whitney Young High School with 4.5 points, Li was awarded 2nd on tiebreak

and Si R Li of New Trier. High School finishing tied for second and third with Aria Hosley of Whitney Young High School with 4.5 points, Li was awarded 2nd on tiebreak.

U-1900

Ashley Mei Yan of Stevenson High School finished 3rd with 6 points on tiebreak.

U-1600

Francis Michael Sheehy of Glenbard West High School and Siv Muthupalaniappan of Glenbrook North High School tied for first with 6.5 points with first place being awarded to Francis Michael Sheehy on tiebreak

 U-1200

Adam Chapparo of Niles North scored 6.5 points and was awarded third place on tiebreak

 U-800

William Quinn of Mount Carmel High School scored 7 points and was awarded first place. Miguel Hernandez of Mount Carmel High School finished with 6.5 points and was awarded second place on tiebreak. James D. Ahern of Nichols Middle School in Evanston was awarded 3rd place on tiebreak.

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Jack Hensen of Stillman Valley High School placed first with 6.5 points. Matthew Daniel Bak of Glenbard West High School finished second on tiebreak and Josiah Schmitt of Sterling High School finished third, also on tiebreak.

Team Standings

Championship Section

Whitney Young High School 2nd Place Chicago IL

U-1900 Section

Stevenson High School First Place Lincolnshire IL

U-1600 Section

Glenbrook High School First Place Northbrook IL

Evanston High School Second Place Evanston IL

U-1200 Section

Community Normal West High School Tied for Second through Fourth Place Awarded Fourth Place on tiebreak, Normal IL

U-800 Section

Mount Carmel High School First Place Chicago IL

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Sterling High School First Place Sterling IL

Thomas Kelly High School Second Place Chicago IL

Glenbrook North High School Third Place Northbrook IL

Total number of players: 1681 players

Sponsoring Affiliate: U.S. Federation

Organizer: Boyd Reid

Chief TD: Glenn Panner

Assistant Chief T.D. Jeff K. Wiewel

Illinois did very well in this national event and congratulations are in order for all who played.

Illinois K-8 State Championship

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Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited

Published: 29 March 2019 29 March 2019

Location – ISU Bone Student Center

· Friday Night Blitz & Bughouse tournaments were held

 Blitz winner – Nicholas Laden

 Bughouse winners – Nicholas Laden & Jack Santner

· K8 Championship held Saturday & Sunday – 433 participants

· Lower Primary (K-1)Results

 Champion – Scott Matthew Escalera – Perfect Score 7 points

 Team Champion – Benjamin Elementary from Bloomington

· Upper Primary (2-3) Results

 Champion – Vamsi Munagnauri – Perfect Score 7 points

 Team Champion – Avery Coonley School from Downers Grove

· Elementary Results (4-5)

 4 players finished with 6 points

 Merrill Lee – Champion based on tiebreaks

 Sohum Mehta

 Mohit Sreejan Bayyarapu

 Michael Hutchins

 Team Champion – Colene Hoose from Normal

· Junior High (6-8) Results

 6 players finished with 6 points

 Jack Santner – Champion based on tiebreaks

 Nicholas Laden

 Tuoyu Toby Yang

 Avi Kaplan

 Brandon Cardozo

 Aaron Cho

 Team Champion – Avery Coonley School from Downers Grove

· Chief TD – Chris Merli

   Floor TD – Jeff Smith

· Co-Organizers – Jeff Smith & Amy Green from Bloomington/Normal Area Scholastic Chess

· Vendors

 Chess Store – Rochester Chess Center

 Tshirts – Ocean’s Apparel

March Top 100 Lists for Girls with 3 New Names

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Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison

Published: 24 March 2019 24 March 2019

Three new girls from Illinois made the Top 100 lists compiled by US Chess this month: Ashvika Lokesh, age 7 with a rating of 528; Devanshi Kothari, age 14 with a rating of 1084; and Bernadette Schwegel, age 15 with a rating of 872. Well done!

There were also three female players who managed to add more than 100 points to their rating over last month: Louisa Zhang, who went from 1210 (rank 78) to 1391 (rank 52); Sukhi Doddi, who was 767 (rank 66) and now boasts a rating of 878 (rank 49); and Anujin Namuunbayar, whose rating jumped from 1126 (rank 90) to 1241 (rank 69). Very impressive!

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Four Experts in the February Top 100 Lists for Girls

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Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison

Published: 25 February 2019 25 February 2019

Congratulations to Whitney Young freshman Aria Hoesley who made expert with her outstanding performance at the Tim Just Winter Open! The other three girls from Illinois with a USCF rating above 2000 are Shreya Mangalam (rated 2137), Marissa Li (rated 2061), and Miranda Liu (rated 2020).

There were big rating increases in the lower age categories. Just to name a few:

• 6-year old Olivia Lee went from a rating of 486 (rank 92) to 621 (rank 60).
• Mehak Jiandani increased her rating by 217 points to a new high of 827.

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