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Chess To Grow #1
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- Written by Stephen Plotnick Stephen Plotnick
- Created: 02 March 2020 02 March 2020
I would like to first thank Dr. Siva for trusting ChessForThePeople to organize his JoinToGrow chess club events. He has been very responsive and helpful and can’t find a much nicer person. I also want to thank my son Jacob, for not only doing his hired responsibility to be floor TD but doing all backroom WinTD process.
The 37th Annual Tim Just Winter Open
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- Written by Bill Buklis Bill Buklis
- Created: 05 February 2020 05 February 2020
The 37th Annual Tim Just Winter Open was held during the first weekend in January 2020. The competition was fierce as 179 players competed in this year’s event. View the complete final standings at https://www.kingregistration.com/results/winteropen20. Here are two interesting puzzles taken directly from games played in the tournament. Answers to the puzzles can be found at the end of the article.
2020 Winter Team Scholastic Chess Tournament
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- Written by Luis Peralta Luis Peralta
- Created: 30 January 2020 30 January 2020
Winter Scholastic Team Chess Tournament 2020
By Luis Peralta
Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament 2020
Last Saturday January 25th 16 school teams from nine different schools met at WIU in Moline in this chess event. Students from Western Illinois University, Pleasant Valley High School, Black Hawk College, QC Christian, Moline High School, United Township High School, Wilson Junior High, Colona Junior High, and Seton Catholic School participated at Western Illinois University during the first scholastic event of the year. Wilson Junior High got the first place in the Elementary/Middle School category; while Moline Maroon got also the first place in the High School/College category.
Bob Long 1945-2020
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- Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited
- Created: 11 January 2020 11 January 2020
I knew Bob well. An Iowa player, he often came to Ilinois to sell his books and to play. He was a strong player with a peak rating of 2051. In addition to his publishiing business, he also organized seminars. Below is a rememberance from English IM Andrew Martin.
Bill Whited
Earlier this week, I received the terrible news that my old friend Bob Long had been murdered. Strangled to death in his own home. He was 74. It has been a terrible shock. Bob was a one-off, in the chess world a promoter , a publisher of eclectic material, and a bookseller, all on his own terms. I knew him since 2004, when he kindly invited me to feature in one of his chess festivals. I returned to the USA many times after that, working with him on more of these events, for the most part staying in his home. We became firm friends. Bob had a loyal , but limited clientele. If you got to know him, he was kind, generous and scrupulously honest. He made friends for life.
2019 Illinois Open is held over the Labor Day Weekend, Vladimir Georgiev is crowned state champ.
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- Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited
- Created: 28 September 2019 28 September 2019
The Illinois Open was held over Labor Day weekend. 114 players competed in two sections. In the open section Vladimir Georgiev won first place and is the new Illinois State Champion. In the Reserve Section, Elbert Fang went undefeated to win clear first in the reserve.For more detailed results as well as the prize fund distribution go to http://www.chessweekend.com/2019/prizes2019ilopen/.