He's not yet rated high enough to be part of the Chicago Blaze team he manages, but last weekend Illinois' own Dan Parmet proved he knows a thing or two about chess when he drew reigning U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky at an 8-player simul in Atlantic City. Parmet discusses the game and the simul on a Chess Scoop video, and the game is featured on the USCF site. In the main event after the simul, Parmet went on to score 4.5/6 points, breaking the 2000 mark and officially becoming an expert. Congrats to Dan on a great event.
The tournament was organized by two other prominent Illinois Chess figures, Glenn Panner and Tim Just, and helping with TD duties was fellow Illinoisian Wayne Clark.