Youth Chess News
WYAC's Alex Ursu Wins YCFC Advanced at Brooks With 4.5
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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.
Ganesan, Bruha and Raghav Top BNASC's MLK Day Tourney
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A trio of perfect scores topped the results of the Junior High section of the 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event hosted by the Bloomington-Normal Area Scholastic Chess group. 309 competed in four sections on January 18, marking the 29th year of the event.
Top-rated Ishaar Ganesan, Nicholas Bruha and Mukundan Raghav all went four-for-four.
A foursome tied for fourth place with 3.5's including Jacob Davis, Abhiru Raut, Amith Hiremath and John Reutter.
Skeels, Wang and Bouzamondo top Winter Open U1200
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Three young entrants topped the Under 1200 upper section at the January 16 Winter Open Scholastic. The five-round event was Quick Rated for USCF purposes thanks to the Game/25, no-delay time control.
Daniel Skeels, Julian Wang and Elias Bouzamondo all posted 4.0/5's to claim top honors.
Elias recovered from a first-round loss with four consecutive victories including a final round triumph over Skeels.
Skeels defeated Wang in the penultimate round.
Illinois Trios Co-Champs at Stateline Shootout Scholastics
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Two scholastic sections both yielded co-champions from Illinois at the Kenosha $1000 Stateline Shootout.
The five-round, dual-rated event was hosted at the Radisson in Pleasant Prairie, WI on January 2nd. US Chess crosstables are posted.
Wisconsite Life Master Erik Santasius won the 63-player Open Section with 5.0/5, defeating Illinois high schooler George Li in the final round.
George tied for third place honors along with Illinois' Prashantha Amarasinghe, both with 4.0's.
367 Face Off at YCFC De La Salle Institute Tournament
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53 teams and 367 players competed in the December 19 YCFC tournament at De La Salle Institute, a stone's throw from Sox Park on the south side of Chicago.
The five-round, five-section event was co-hosted by George Dzuricsko of De La Salle and Kelli Moore of St. Columbanus and once again organized by Mike Cardinale.
Aria Hoesley of Decatur Classical blew away the Advanced Section with a perfect five-for-five. Daniel Zhang was a half-point back at 4.5. The Advanced drew a record 58 entrants.