Susan Polgar World Open for Boys and Girls www.polgarworldopen.com November 2 – 3, 2013 Special 3 hour Camp – November 1, 2013 Crowne Plaza Hotel – Northbrook, IL (near Chicago) Over $100,000 in Chess Prizes (including iPad Mini) and...
Illinois Open
The 2013 Illinois Open is scheduled to take place from 31st August to 2nd September at the DoubleTree Hotel, 1909 Spring Road, Oak Brook, Illinois. The tournament will be held in two sections – Open and Reserve (U1800), in...
$21,000 Greater Midwest Classic in Chicago (July 4th weekend)
July 5-6-7, 2013 / The Greater Midwest Classic and The Billy Colias Memorial Invitational $21,000 Unconditionally Guaranteed! Prizes: Billy Colias Memorial Invitational Sections A, B, C (FIDE rated): $500-300-200 per section. Classic Sections: U2200 (FIDE rated): Overall – $1500-1200-1000-700;...
5/5 decisive results at 29th North American Masters 1st round
Round 1 results FM Awonder Liang – IM Angelo Young: 0 – 1 FM Kostya Kavutisky – FM Gauri Shankar: 1 – 0 WIM Viktoria Ni – FM Tom Bartell: 0 – 1 IM Vitaly Neimer – NM Adithya...
The Cinderella Team from Illinois
Webster University Favored to win Final Four … of Chess In Education By Johnny Buse, special to the Beacon 12:16 am on Fri, 04.05.13 University of Illinois as the fierce underdog to Webster University’s likely championship, blue polo shirts...
1st annual Diamond Shakoor Chess Festival
Urban Kings & Queens Chess Academy And Young Men’s Legion PRESENTS 1st Annual Diamond Shakoor CHESS FESTIVAL @ Centreville City Hall 5800 Bond Ave. Centreville, Illinois 62207 May 4th, 2013 8 am – 4 pm The Program Includes: –...
Hundreds of youngsters compete for state titles
Checkmate: Hundreds of youngsters compete in state chess tournament 1 hour ago • By Karina Gonzalez NORMAL – As Bekah Nielsen sat at a checkered board-game Saturday morning she used one of her strategies to gain the edge over her competitor....
Whitney Young rules HS chess in Illinois
Whitney Young Chess Team gets congratulations on championship Story Posted:03/02/2013 “Congratulations to the Whitney Young Magnet High School chess team, their coaches and the school’s administration on this exciting win. Chess is a unique and challenging sport and these students...
Mara Kamphorst played the role of a hero for Webster U
Webster University Junior Mara Kamphorst played the role of a hero for Webster University at the 2013 US Amateur Team Championship in Chicago this past weekend. Her upset win again Adream Liang (Wisconsin) in the final round gave...