Club News
Franklin Prevails at Chess IQ, Status of Center A Mystery
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- Written by Bill Feldman Bill Feldman
Expert David Franklin won all four rounds in Chess IQ's April Game/60 event held April 19. 36 competed in the Open section with junior Ricky Wang and Wisconsin's Avinash Rajendra finishing one-half point back.
Raul Aillon, Daniel Bronfeyn and Douglas Middleton tied for fourth with 3.0/4 tallies. Seven players tied for seventh place with 2.5/4's.
With a cryptic post on the Chicago Area Chess Facebook account, Center Director Sevan Muradian has evoked a rash of responses to his posting: "Tables cleared out, walls mostly empty now... just the TV's to take down now.... after three and a half years, priorities had to be set....."
February 2014 Chess Roundup
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In the world of chess, it may not be major breaking news, but in February for the first time, a Surinamese women's champ, Rosangela dos Ramos, held on to 4th place, qualifying for the next round of the World Chess Championship for women. The annual Brisith Problem solving championship took place with GM John Nunn winning it. Columbia won the 4th annual Inter-Ivy League Chess Tournament. The US Amateur Team Tournaments all took place: North, East, South, and West.
January 2014 Chess Roundup
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Some highlights from the world of chess include: Grandmaster Rogelio Antonio Jr. who won the National Rapid chess championship at the Philippine Sports Commission dining hall. Saina Salonika won the under-10 title at the World Youth Chess Championship. For the Under 14 year old girl section, Stavroula Tsolakidou from Greece won the World Individual Championships. Polish Grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtaszek took first place at the 37th Christmas Zurich Open.
In December some of the happenings in chess in the U.S. included, in Lubbock, Texas, Webster University won the PanAm Chess Championships. The same championship where the University of Illinois finished in the Final Four. In Las Vegas there was an eight way tie for first at the North American Open.
December 2013 Chess Roundup
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Let's see. What happened in the world of chess in November? Only a little match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen to determine who would be World Chess Champion. After ten rounds, Magnus Carlsen was crowned the new world champion.
A little closer to Illinois than Chaennai, was a lot of tournaments to determine who would be the winner of some local tournaments. Below is the listing.
November 2: The Bloomington Normal November 2013 Tournament had three sections and 22 players. In the Under 600 Section, Aatmodhee Goswami swept all five rounds. For the Under 1200 Section, with just a couple of draws, Arnav Sriram, took first place. In the Open Section, Joseph Alford went 4 for 4. Crosstables.
Second Annual DuPage County Chess Championship
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- Written by Jeff DiOrio Jeff DiOrio
The 2nd annual DuPage County Chess Championship was even more successful than the first. On December 29th, over 120 players in the rated and unrated sections gathered at Benedictine University to participate in the event run by Elite Chess. The field was larger and stronger than last year, with participants from both Illinois and Wisconsin. The Championship Section was especially strong with an average rating of just over 1820. In the end, Bennett Joseph was able to fight his way to a clear first place finish with 3.5 out of 4. He earned the right to have his name engraved on the coveted cup and will hopefully defend his title next year. The Bughouse side event was won by the team of Nate Olejnik (left) and Charles (Zack) Coffman (right). Email Jeff DiOrio at elite This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or go to www.elitechess.net for information on future events.