Showing posts with label Illinois K-8 Championship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illinois K-8 Championship. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

595 at 2013 Illinois K-8 Championships

Bloomington-Normal Area Scholastic did their typically wonderful job hosting the 2013 K-8 Championships, held March 9-10 at the Bone Student Center on the Illinois State University campus.

It's tax season, so the congratulations are much briefer than they should be.

Individual results:
  • Vincent Do of Thurgood Marshall in Rockford took the Junior High section with a 7-0 score.
  • Edward Zhang of Hoffman Estates took the Elementary (grades 4-5) section with 6½-½.
  • Aydin Turgut (1852!) of Decatur took the Upper Primary section with 6½-½.
  • Aaron Gan of Sprague Half Day in Lincolnshire and David Zimmerman of Monroe Elementary in Hinsdale tied for first in the Lower Primary 6½-½.
Team results:
Hmm, Chicagolanders, the Downstate kids more than held their own...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Illinois Chess Association affiliate upcoming events

Hot off the e-mail press, courtesy of ICA Secretary (and Immediate Past President) Tom Sprandel.

This Saturday in particular looks like a great day for players and students at all levels.  The North Shore Chess Center is hosting GM Robert Hungaski for a lecture and simul (great for adults and advanced students), William Aramil and Carl Boor are teaching in Oak Park (great for all young players), and UNAM Chicago in conjunction with the Chicago Chess Center is hosting Super Bowl quads with a $10 entry fee (such a deal).

Whether it's sixty degrees or six below, play chess this weekend!

Highlights later this month include the U.S. Amateur Team in Schaumburg on Feb. 15-17 and the Illinois Blitz Championship on Saturday the 16th at the same site.  Travelers should mark their calendars the K-8 Championship in Bloomington and the Greater Peoria Open (an Illinois Tour event).

For more events, see the ICA Tournament Calendar.

Affiliate Events

DateTitle with ICA LinkLocation
2013-02-02NSCC - GM Robert Hungaski Lecture and SimulSkokie
2013-02-02Dynamic Chess Oak Park Monthly LectureOak Park
2013-02-02Super Bowl Quads at UNAM ChicagoChicago
2013-02-03North Shore Chess Center Game-45 - Plus Score EventSkokie
2013-02-09North Shore Chess Center Game-60 - Plus Score EventSkokie
2013-02-09Village of Park Forest Chess Challenge?New LocationHomewood
2013-02-09Wheaton Christian Scholastic Chess TournamentWinfield
2013-02-102nd NSCC ScholasticSkokie
2013-02-15
2013-02-17
2013 U.S. Amateur Team Championship -- North and Illinois Blitz CSchaumburg
2013-02-16Scholastic Class: Studying GM Lev AronianSkokie
2013-02-16Central Illinois Holiday Scholastic Chess TournamentJacksonville
2013-02-16Illinois Blitz ChampionshipSchaumburg
2013-02-16Dynamic Chess Unrated Tournament in Oak ParkOak Park
2013-02-18IECS Naperville Scholastic Chess TournamentNaperville
2013-02-23Thomas Middle School Chess Tournament for Grades 6-7-8Arlington Heights
2013-02-241st Skyrocket Chess TournamentGlenwood
2013-02-241st Skyrocket Chess TournamentGlenwood
2013-03-03North Shore Chess Center Game-45 - Plus Score EventSkokie
2013-03-09NSCC - GM Alexander Shabalov Lecture and SimulSkokie
2013-03-09
2013-03-10
2013 Illinois K-8 Chess ChampionshipsNormal
2013-03-10North Shore Chess Center Game-60 - Plus Score EventSkokie
2013-03-173rd NSCC ScholasticSkokie
2013-03-30
2013-03-31
17th North American Amateur - Plus Score EventSkokie
2013-04-06NSCC - GM Nick de Firmian Lecture and SimulSkokie
2013-04-07North Shore Chess Center Game-45 - Plus Score EventSkokie
2013-04-13North Shore Chess Center Game-60 - Plus Score EventSkokie
2013-04-144th NSCC ScholasticSkokie
2013-04-20
2013-04-21
Greater Peoria Open -- ILLINOIS CHESS TOURPeoria
2013-04-27
2013-04-28
18th North American Amateur - Plus Score EventSkokie

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Jason Daniels wins Grade 2-3 section

162 players!!  Crosstable here.

Top-ranked Jason Daniels (1576) was held to a draw by Si Li (1019) in round 4, but won all other games to take clear first with 6½-½.  Shreya Mangalam, Sean Yu Li, Brian Gong, Kushal Mungee, and Ivan Mitkov tied for second with impressive 6-1 scores.

Gary Janssen and Donna Wallach directed for Bubbacat Chess.


ICA K-8 Championships - Samuel Heil wins Grade 6-8 Title

The results are in from Rockford!

Samuel Heil won the 109-player Grades 6-8 section with an undefeated 6½-½ score.  Phillip Parker-Turner, Joey Bikus, Andrew Fei, and Ryan Toepfer tied for second with 6-1.

Crostsable here!  Matthew Wiewel directed for Bubbacat Chess, assisted by Mike Zacate.

(Pardon my telegraphic style: tax season.)

Tuesday, February 28, 2012