Announcements
IECS awarded 2011 Illinois Class Tournament
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- Created: 14 July 2011 14 July 2011
International Educational and Cultural Services, Inc. will hold the 2011 Illinois Class Tournament on December 10th and 11th. The event will be a two day tournament with two games per day in the upper sections, time control will be G90 + 30 sec. The site is the beautiful Orland Park Cultural Center in Orland Park, IL. Complementary parking is available at the Cultural Center property for over 200 vehicles and the event organizers will provide free pick-up and drop-out at the Orland Park Metra station.
The ICA Board unanimously confirmed the recommendation of the Bid Committee during last Thursday's ICA board meeting. The ICA also wishes to thank the Joliet Junior College Chess Club for its bid. Both bids were of good quality and the decision was not easy. We are grateful to everyone for their work in organizing and submitting their bids.
ICA Bringing 20,000 Illinois Games to Your Browser
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- Written by Bill Brock Bill Brock
- Created: 07 July 2011 07 July 2011
Thanks to the work of ICA President Tom Sprandel, ICA has just posted a database of 10,004 games. The update coming soon will have almost 20,000 chess games: it begins with an 1858 Louis Paulsen simul in Chicago and ends with games from the 2011 Chicago Open. The collection draws heavily from ChessBase, CICL, and the ICA archives.
We'd like to include as many annotated games as possible, but we don't want to infringe on any copyrights. If you have a collection of games that you'd like to contribute to the project (clean PGN or CBV files strongly preferred), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
To see the database, click here. You can search by game number or last name. Or choose a random game to view.
Call for Bids for the 2012 Illinois K-8 Chess Championships
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- Written by Garrett Scott Garrett Scott
- Created: 27 February 2010 27 February 2010
The ICA Bid Committee is seeking bids for the 2012 Illinois State K-8 Chess Championship. This annual Illinois championship crowns individual and team champions in Lower Primary (K-1), Upper Primary (2-3), Elementary (4-5) and Junior High (6-8).
Traditionally the championship rotates between upstate and downstate and 2012 is an upstate year. The tournament is generally put on the calendar the first or second weekend of March. It has been played as early as the last weekend of February and an early 4th weekend of March. The first two weekends of March are strongly preferred. Bid specifications and procedures are available on this web site. Refer to the main menu at left and click on “Bids”.
Register to Vote in USCF Elections
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- Written by Maret Thorpe Maret Thorpe
- Created: 21 February 2011 21 February 2011
The United States Chess Federation will hold an executive board election in July. In order to vote in this election, you must be a USCF member in good standing, and you must register to vote. The deadline to register is March 31. To check your status as a registered voting member, go to http://msa.uschess.org. To register as a voting member, go to: https://secure2.uschess.org/voter-registration.php. For more information on voter registration, click here. Ballots will go to registered voters with the June edition of Chess Life.
Executive Board re-elected for two more years
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- Written by Pattie Zinski Pattie Zinski
- Created: 23 December 2010 23 December 2010
Joe Splinter, Larry Cohen and I [Pattie Zinski] counted ballots today [Dec 5th] at the
Glen Ellyn Library. Here are the results:
President: Tom Sprandel 16 votes, no write-in candidates
Metro V.P.: Michael Cardinale 15 votes, no write-in candidates
Treasurer: Carl Dolson 16 votes, no write-in candidates
Secretary: Maret Thorpe 16 votes, no write-in candidates
Downstate Vice President: David Long 10 votes, Mark Nibbelin 1 vote
We did not count two ballots that we received. The first one had no name or return address, so we could not verify that whoever sent it was eligible to vote. The second ballot had checks next to the printed list of candidates, as well as checks and names written for write-in candidates.