NM Marc Arnold, NY Junior and USCL New York Knights team member, completed a tri-fecta of IM scalping on Friday night taking out junior IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan in a R+P endgame. As a result of taking his final scalp,...
2008 IL Polgar Qualifier
2008 IL Polgar Qualifier and 2008 All Girls State Championship March 30, 2008. 2008 Illinois State Girls Chess Championship and Qualifier for the Susan Polgar National All-Girls Championship. Games Analysis for players by IM Irina Krush, reigning US Women’s...
Pasalic earns 2nd IM norm
Last night, local Chicago player FM Mehmed Pasalic scored a victory over IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan to secure his second IM norm. FM Pasalic gained his first IM norm at the 3rd North American FIDE Invitational in April 2006 with...
Krush – Mkrtchian match in Chicago
1st North American Match ChallengeIM Krush (USA) vs IM Mkrtchian (ARM)March 31 – April 3, 2008 The North American Chess Association is pround to announce the 1st North American Match Challenge featuring two-time US Women’s Champion, IM Irina Krush,...
9th North American FIDE Invitational
North American Chess Association Announces9th North American FIDE InvitationalChicago, IL – March 22 – March 28, 2008 10 players from around North America come together in the ultimate mental challenage with 7 of them in search of gaining their...
Karpov visits Chicago school
Chess legend Karpov visits with Stevenson High School teamBy Russell LissauDaily Herald Staff In what one coach called a “once-in-a-lifetime wonder,” seven-time world chess champion Anatoly Karpov met with Stevenson High School’s state-champion chess team this morning. Some of...
NA Chess Association March Events
North American Chess Association March Events: March is a busy month for chess no doubt! The NACA is organizing 4 events, and there are still other events going on as well in Illinois from other organizers. A quick list...
The delicate pounding of chess
Chess player calculates how to share his love of the gameBy Vince PierriDaily Herald Columnist There’s a section at Libertyville’s Cook Memorial Library called the “Quiet Area,” but it’s not completely silent. The tapping of computer keys; a student...
Within a hair for Dennis Monokroussos
Needing a win in the last round for an IM norm, it was not meant to be for chess blogger / teacher Dennis Monokroussos. [Event “8th North American FIDE Invitational”][Site “Chicago”][Date “2008.02.23”][Round “9”][White “Monokroussos, Dennis”][Black “Burgess, Jon”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.0-1...
8th North American FIDE Invitational
The final round of the 8th North American FIDE Invitational will begin at 4pm Chicago Time. The week has seen a great set of ups and downs and 2 fantastic upsets by the same player. Michael Thaler of New...