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IM Young Ties for First at Missouri Open
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- Written by Maret Thorpe Maret Thorpe
- Created: 28 March 2011 28 March 2011
Chicago-based International Master (IM) Angelo Young and seven-time Illinois State Champion made another milestone when he finished in a tie for first to seventh places in the 2011 Mid-America Open Chess Tournament last March 18 to 20 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St.Louis-Clayton in Missouri, USA. Angelo Young, next in line in the long list of talented US IMs hoping to become a GM in the future finished with 4 points on three wins and two draw in the annual prestigious tournament. Also with 4 points are Grandmasters (GMs) Sergey Kudrin and Benjamin Finegold, IM Ronald Burnett, Fide Master (FM) Andrew Karklins, Conrad Holt and Jialin Ding."I would like to dedicate this win to my all my students and chess friends " said Young, owner and manager of Touch Move Chess Center in Chicago, Ilinois. "I hope my success in the international competition will somehow inspire my students to follow in my footsteps."
Last year, IM Young spearheaded Pinoy of Chicago to bag the championship trophy at the United States Amateur Team-North Championship, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Milwaukee. The team comsisted of Filipinos with IM Young leading on board one: FM Camilo Pangan, NM Florentino Inumerable, Experts Rene Ancheta and Virgillio Forro and Manager Ethelbert Gazmen, and they garnered a total of 4.5 points over games.
Santarius Wins Blitz, Angelo Young Wins State Title
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- Written by Maret Thorpe Maret Thorpe
- Created: 21 February 2011 21 February 2011
NM Erik Santarius won the ICA Blitz Championship with an excellent 9-1 score against very tough competition. As Erik is a Wisconsin resident, the second-place finisher, IM Angelo Young, adds the title of 2011 Illinois Blitz Champion to his five "slow" titles. Anglelo scored 7½-2½. Two-time US Game/30 champion Michael Auger, NM Eric Rosen, NM Atulya Shetty, and Matthew Wilber tied for third with 7-3.
Class prizes went to: Zhaozhi Li (U2000), Jeremy Van Hatten (U1800), Robert Lewis (U1400) and Leo Vilker (U1600). The Illinois State Blitz Championship was held on Saturday, February 19, during the two-day US Amateur Team-North event in Northbrook.
US Amateur Team Tournament Returns to Chicago Area
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- Written by Maret Thorpe Maret Thorpe
- Created: 13 January 2011 13 January 2011
The U. S. Amateur Team (USAT) North, a popular USCF national event, is returning to the Chicago area for the first time since 2005. The USCF invited veteran organizers Tim Just and Glenn Panner to run the event, which will be held February 18-20 at the Crowne Plaza in Northbrook, Illinois. The event includes a Scholastic Team side event on Saturday, as well as ICA’s 2011 Illinois Blitz Championship on Saturday night.
Parmet Draws U.S. Champ at Simul
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- Created: 25 December 2010 25 December 2010
He's not yet rated high enough to be part of the Chicago Blaze team he manages, but last weekend Illinois' own Dan Parmet proved he knows a thing or two about chess when he drew reigning U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky at an 8-player simul in Atlantic City. Parmet discusses the game and the simul on a Chess Scoop video, and the game is featured on the USCF site. In the main event after the simul, Parmet went on to score 4.5/6 points, breaking the 2000 mark and officially becoming an expert. Congrats to Dan on a great event.
The tournament was organized by two other prominent Illinois Chess figures, Glenn Panner and Tim Just, and helping with TD duties was fellow Illinoisian Wayne Clark.
Helen Warren Honored at ICA Banquet
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- Created: 09 November 2010 09 November 2010
More than 40 ICA members from near and far gathered Sunday to celebrate Helen Warren, for her decades of contributions to Illinois and United States chess. While Warren is best known among current ICA members because her name is attached to the state program she founded for Illinois’ top junior players, her contributions over the years were much broader and far-reaching.
She served as the longtime editor of what at the time was the highly regarded Illinois Chess Bulletin, and held numerous leadership roles in the United States Chess Federation. Past ICA president Fred Gruenberg, the banquet’s keynote speaker, praised her organization and running of the Midwest Masters tournaments in the 1980s, which brought top chess players from around the country and the world to Chicago. “Those tournaments were run to perfection, as was everything she did,” Gruenberg said.