Youth Chess News
Discounted USCF Memberships Available For Juniors
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- Written by ICA Staff ICA Staff
From now through the end of May (2015), any juniors K-12 who are interested in a USCF one year membership at the rate of $9 may contact Carl Dolson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
This gives the member the right to play in USCF-rated events and to achieve a USCF rating.
This membership is part of a bulk purchase which does not provide for mailing of a printed magazine, but does include access so that the Chess Life (or CL for Kids) magazine can be viewed and selectively printed at home.
There are a limited number of vouchers and once the supply is depleted, the promotion may not be available to others.
Existing regular memberships are $17 for those Under 12, $22 for those Under 16 and $26 for other high schoolers, so this is quite a discount.
David Peng Claims 2015 USCF K-9 National Championship
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
With a seventh-round draw, 7th-Grader David Peng clinched top honors at the 2015 USCF National Junior High Championships, winning the K-9 section outright with a 6.5 tally.
David's final opponent, Sam Capocyan of Texas, tied for second with two others at 6.0.
Eighth-grader Matthew Stevens posted 5.0/7, tying for 10th place, 13th on tiebreaks. Hanson Hao tied for 25th with 4.5.
In the K-8 section of the same event, Rockford's Vincent Do, a seventh grader, tied for seventh place with a 5.5/7 result, drawing Ohio's Maggie Feng in the final round. Maggie had the top tiebreak among 5.5 scorers, having drawn the section champion in the sixth round. Marcus Miyasasaka of New York had the highest tiebreak among six 6.0 scorers to win the section.
Illinois Youth in USCF Top 100 as of April 2015
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- Written by Bill Feldman, data compiled by Chris Wellendorf Bill Feldman, data compiled by Chris Wellendorf
New names entering (or returning to) the top 100 lists this month include 7-year old William Wang, 14-year old James Wei, 16-year old Philip Parker-Turner and 18-year old Mark Reed. Caeley Harihara has reappeared on the Under 21 year old Girls list.
Jacob Furfine surpassed USCF 2200 to enter Master territory.
Stefan Musikic surpassed 1800 earning Class A distinction.
9-year old downstater Peter Zheng raised his rating 36 points to 1509 which would make him eligible for Warren Junior Scholars status next year under current rules, pending his participation in ten regular-rated games against all-ages competition during 2015.
79 Illinois Girls Compete in Nationals at McCormick Place
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
Illinois females showed up en masse for the 2015 All-Girls Nationals completed April 19.
| U8 | U10 | U12 | U14 | U16 | U18 | Total | |
| Entrants | 83 | 92 | 70 | 53 | 35 | 25 | 358 |
| From IL | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 79 |
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Best Illinois Placers |
T-7 | T-26 | T-5 | T-4 | T-5 | T-6 | |
| Neola Edwin |
Alice Fan |
Aria Hoesley |
Marissa Li |
Shayna Provine |
Caeley Harihara |
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| Esma Frieden |
Miranda Liu |
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Kalghatgi Twins 1-2 at Chicago Public School Championships, Whitney Young, Skinner North, Lenart, Decatur Win Team Titles
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
In the flip-flopping power struggle of brothers Nikhil and Akhil Kalghatgi, Nikhil grabbed the upperhand at this year's Chicago Public Schools K-8 Championships completed March 28.
Nikhil defeated Taft's Matthew Wong in the fifth round while Akhil only managed only a fourth-round draw against Matthew. This gave Nikhil top honors at 5.0 with Akhil nabbing clear second with 4.5.
With the twins' performances, Whitney Young Academic Center cruised to the team championship with 17.0 points. Taft, aided by Jonathan Lee's 3.5 and 3.0's from Matthew, Georgia Wolf and Danilo Velazquez, took second place on tiebreaks over Keller.