A letter from Tom Sprandel

   
   
  Illinois Chess Association
  
Dear Chess Friend:
GM Dmitry Gurevich, GM Yury Shulman and IM Florin Felecan will be at the banquet to honor Helen Warren.  We'd love to have you there too.
Below is an invitation to the 2010 Illinois Chess Association banquet honoring Helen Warren, founder of the ICA Warren Junior Program. I hope you’ll be able to attend. 
Helen’s vision and tireless work has helped foster the growth of the state’s top youth chess players. Be sure to read Bill Brock's tribute to Helen Warren.  It's on the front page at http://il-chess.org/. I think you'll enjoy it.
The Warren program has a simple mission: to identify nationally ranked Illinois chess players
ages 7 to 18, and provide them with opportunities to study with masters and grandmasters and to participate in high-level invitational events. The program nurtures the highest-potential Illinois students so they can compete on a national and international stage, and provides students with an opportunity for rigorous study that will give them skills to become leaders in other fields as adults.
The program serves more than 35 Illinois children who are currently ranked among the top U.S. chess players for their age in the country. Many are academically gifted, and benefit greatly from the in-depth study required to learn chess at an advanced level. The program funds intensive individual instruction for those with financial need, organizes group instruction, and sponsors state high school and girls invitational competitions, with prizes for winners to attend U.S. national championship tournaments.
If you can’t make it to the banquet, I hope you’ll consider making a contribution in Helen’s
honor to this worthwhile cause. You may purchase tickets online at http://shop.il-chess.org/ or, you may mail your ticket order or donation to: ICA Warren Junior program, c/o Andrea Rosen, 8214 Keystone Ave., Skokie, IL 60076. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tom Sprandel, President
Illinois Chess Association, Inc.






ICA Banquet
Honoring Helen Warren
Former ICA president and founder, Warren Junior Program
Recipient of the ICA's Broughton Award for outstanding service to chess in Illinois.
Sunday, November 7, 2010, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
 Buca Di Beppo, 90 Yorktown Road, Lombard
Dear Illinois Chess Association Members and Friends,

 We hope you’ll join us at a luncheon honoring Helen Warren, one of the ICA’s original founding members and founder of the Warren Junior Chess Program. Back in 1992, Helen recognized that the state’s top junior chess talent needed mentoring and support in order to develop their full potential. Eighteen years later, the Warren Program continues to provide the top junior players in Illinois with         financial assistance for private and group instruction, and sponsors invitational events for the state’s top high school and female junior players.
MENU (Served Family Style):
 Apple Gorgonzola Salad
 Caesar Salad
 Ravioli al Pomodoro
 Chicken Limone
 Cheesecake
 Soft Drinks, Coffee and Tea
PROGRAM: Remarks by Fred Gruenberg
Blitz chess with Warren Scholars
Note: The ICA annual meeting will take place at the restaurant from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., immediately preceding the banquet. All ICA members are welcome to attend.
TICKETS
$30 Regular
 $60 Patron
 $100 Benefactor
 $250 Sustaining






To reserve your place, go to Banquet Tickets
or send check made payable to Illinois Chess Association, Inc. and # of tickets desired to:





Andrea Rosen 
 ICA Warren Program Director 
8214 Keystone Ave 
Skokie, IL 60076.
Be sure to include your email address to             receive confirmation.
All proceeds will benefit the ICA Warren Junior Scholar Program.
Individuals or companies who purchase tickets at the Benefactor level or above will be acknowledged on the ICA website.