I'll post the high school results later....

...but in the meantime, you might enjoy this link to event photographer Betsy Dynako's website. 

"Chicago Poised to Shine at Illinois All Grade"

Mike Cardinale previews this Saturday's event on the ICA website.  Rumor has it that preregistrations are already over 450 players!

Register here!   No onsite entries!

This event is free for the first 300 K-8 children on the Illinois Free and and Reduced Lunch Program. Verification from participating schools is required.

All Grade at Whitney Young November 13th!

From the Illinois Chess Coaches Association blog:

ALL-GRADE SPECIAL ENTRY

2010 ILLINOIS K-12 ALL-GRADE STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Entry Fee: $125 per High School until Nov 10th. BRING Everybody for the fee of five.

Coaches can pay team registration fee at the tournament or online.

Register your teams at www.chessteachers.org 

USCF Membership required--However, we can provide a one day membership that is valid for this event only. The fee for the one-day membership is $7 per player.

USCF Memberships can be purchased at USCHESS.org. We recommend a yearly membership for each player. 

Presented by  Whitney Young Magnet High School, Chess Education Partners, and the Youth Chess Foundation of Chicago

Individual entry fee is $25/player until Nov 5th.

If you have any questions, contact Paul Kash at pjkash@cps.edu or 773-512-2811

Illinois All Grade Championship: November 13 at Whitney Young HS

Details on the ICA Tournament Calendar!

Scholastic Section Sept. 4 at this year's Illinois Open!

We get email.  Jerry Neugarten writes:

As most of you know, one of the major events on the annual chess calendar is the Illinois Open, being held this year from September 4th to 6th in Oak Brook. This might be a good  warm-up for the coming scholastic season, including the Illinois All Grade championship on November 13th in Chicago.  Most young players won't be ready to play in the open sections (the lowest of which is for players under 1800), but there's a scholastic tournament on the first day (Saturday, September 4th). 

Although the scholastic event will be in a separate room, kids playing in that section, on their breaks, will be allowed to observe (and perhaps rub shoulders with) many top players, including Grandmasters Yury Shulman, Dmitry Gurevich and Nikola Mitkov, and International Masters Angelo Young and Florin Felecan. 

Details are at http://chessforlife.com/chess/Ilopen10/ilopen10.html. If you're interested in the scholastic event, click on "Scholastic Trophy Tournament" at the top.

In other email, my wife wants me to pick up a gallon of milk on the way home.