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2019 Chicago Cup
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- Written by Larry Cohen Larry Cohen
- Created: 28 September 2019 28 September 2019
Hoesley and Ladan win 3rd annual Chicago Cup [Open], while Loftis, Knox, & Zhang win reserve.
The 3rd annual Chicago Cup was held August 17-18 at the Hilton Hotel near McCormick Place, with a total of 60 players in the 2 sections. In the open section finishing with 4 out of 5 points were Aria Hoesley and Nicholas Ladan. The crowd at 3.5 point included Akhil & Nikhil Kalghatgi [both now rated over 2200], Steven Cooklev, Shreyas Reddy, and Deniz Gulecyuz [top u2000]. In the Reserve section three players finished the event with 4 points. Terrence Knox and Mulan Zhang drew their final round game, while Madison Loftis beat Eli Friedman in a tough Rook and Pawn endgame. Close behind at 3.5 points were Mark Parnaby, James Webb, Merrill Lee, Srihas Rao, and Eli Friedman. The story of the tournament had to be the play of Eli Friedman who gained almost 200 points even with the loss in the final game. It is not every tournament where a player’s rating goes from 1268 up to 1452 in five rounds with at least one loss! You can definitely plan for this tournament in the city of Chicago next August.
Historic International Detainee Chess Tournament Held
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- Written by Mikhail Korenman Mikhail Korenman
- Created: 15 August 2019 15 August 2019
Historic International Detainee Chess Tournament Held
COOK COUNTY, IL – Detainees in seven countries spanning multiple continents participated in a historic chess tournament that concluded Tuesday, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.
Detainees at Cook County Jail competed against prisoners from Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, England, Italy and Russia. After seven matches involving four players from each country, Russia was declared the winner, having amassed 22.5 wins over the two-day event. Belarus and Italy tied for second place, Armenia came in fourth, the United States came in fifth, Brazil sixth and England seventh.
Illinois Scholastic Players Battle It Out at the National Elementary Championship
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- Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited
- Created: 02 June 2019 02 June 2019
Illinois Players were well represnted at the recent National Elementary Championship Tournament held May 10th through the 12th in Nashville TN.
K-6 Championship Division
Avi Harrison Kaplan 14th with 5 points. He represents Decatur Classical of Chicago
In the same division, with ratings based from 1100 to 1199, Josephine Swan, also of Decatur Classical, finished thrid on tiebreak.Jenna Cinco also of Decatur Classical finished first in the 900-999 rations section.
Decatur Classical of Chicago finished 9th in the team competition for the K-6 Championship Division
Chess at the Chicago Ridge Mall
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- Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited
- Created: 02 June 2019 02 June 2019
Chicago Ridge Mall “Chess at the Mall V” Chess Simultaneous Exhibition Results
Scott Escalera “bounced” from each player, 7 in total, in a “u” shaped table formation. His opponents can think about their move until he comes back to them. Scott then takes approximately 3 seconds per his chess move after theirs, then he moves on. He wins 5. Draws 1 and has 1 loss. This would be amazing for almost anybody, but he is just a kindergartener!
Ok, he isn’t just a kindergartener. He is the Illinois State K1 Champion and the 3rd place kindergartener at the scholastic chess national tournament this year. This was Scott’s first chess simultaneous exhibition or “simul” for short and both Illinois Chess Vets and Chicago Ridge Mall are proud Scott made is simul exhibition debut at this month’s chess event. Scott will be invited back this summer to conduct another event.
Chess at the Promenade Mall
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- Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited
- Created: 02 June 2019 02 June 2019
Chess at The Promenade Bolingbrook 2019
When: Saturday June 8th, 11am - 3pm
Cost: Free
Main Event:Simultaneous Exhibition with World-renowned chess Grandmaster Boris Avrukh (peak rating 2668).