Youth Chess News
Illinois Players Shine in New Jersey
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Congratulations to four young players representing Chess Without Borders, who made a splash in New Jersey this weekend at the National Youth Action tournament, winning first place in K6 Blitz, and sixth place in the K6 main event.
Fourth-graders Akhil and Nikhil Kalghatgi and Jonathan Tan, and third-grader Ranadheer Tripuraneni made up the team. Chess Without Borders is the charitable arm of the Yury Shulman International Chess School in Barrington, which combines community service and philanthropic efforts with chess education.
Top Titled Players Endorse ICA’s Proposal for Chicago’s Public Schools
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Seven of Illinois’ Grandmasters and International Masters wrote to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on October 29 to ask him to support ICA’s July proposal to upgrade the chess program within CPS.
Entitled “Why Not Chicago?—A Proposal for a Free Program of Chess Instruction in Chicago’s Title 1 Schools,” the proposal, requested by a top administrator at CPS, outlines the research on how chess benefits kids and details how Chicago lags behind other major U.S. cities with respect to chess instruction in Title I schools. While programs elsewhere reach 60% to 100% of their Title 1 schools, Chicago’s current instructional programs reach only about 10%.
Chicago Poised to Shine at Illinois All-Grade
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Whitney Young High School, the prestigious Chicago public high school that boasts First Lady Michelle Obama and Matrix creators Andy and Larry Wachowski among its many notable alumni, is set to host the 2010 Illinois All-Grade Championship on November 13th, 2010. The three organizers are Chess Education Partners, with a wealth of big tournament experience; Whitney Young, one of the state's top high school chess programs; and the Youth Chess Foundation of Chicago, a leader in organizing free scholastic tournaments. They have pulled out all the stops to ensure a successful tournament with some unique features.
2011 Denker Qualifier Information
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The llinois Denker High School Qualifier is an invitational tournament for the state's top high school players sponsored by the ICA Warren Junior Scholar program. The winner of the qualifier is becomes the state's high school champion, and goes on to represent Illinois at the U.S. Denker High School Tournament of champions, to be held in Orlando from July 30 to August 2.
Date: Saturday, March 26 to Monday, March 28
Location: North Shore Chess Center, 5500 W. Touhy Avenue, Skokie, IL
Format: Round robin or 5-round swiss, depending on number of players*
Time Control: G90 plus 30-second increment
Tournament Organizer/Director: North American Chess Association/Sevan Muradian
How Players are Chosen: All eligible players who achieved a peak rating of 2000 or more from games played between Feb. 1, 2010 and Jan. 31, 2011 will be invited. The top-scoring player in the ICCA individual championship tournament, to be held Feb. 5, 2011, who would not have otherwise have been invited will also receive an invitation. If fewer than six players accept their invitations, alternates will be invited in order of peak rating.
Warren Scholars and Chicago Industrial Chess League Summer Match
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Twelve Warren Scholars and twelve members of the Chicago Industrial Chess League braved flooded roads and horrendous traffic Saturday, July 24 to play a match at the Wheaton Public Library. Each Warren Scholar played one G90 game with a higher-rated CICL member, with an average rating difference of 143 points per board. Despite being outrated, the Warren Scholars came pretty close to snagging the match, winding up with 5.5 points to the CICL's 6.5 points.
GM Mesgen Amanov was on hand to provide game analysis afterwards, aided by Warren Scholar NM Eric Rosen, and CICL NM Steven Tennant (who also played Board 1 for CICL).