- Date : 17 January 2025 05:17:42 PM
ICA Illinois Tour Prizes 2025
Open: Awarded to players with the most Tour points accumulated in open or top-level sections, including the U2300 section at the Chicago Open. $500.00 1st $450 2nd $400 3rd $350…
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Meet our Affiliates
It is of great importance for the community to get to meet the members of the ICA community, which is already setup. Now, we have realized that it would be…
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2024 annual meeting; Notes from meeting
Opening statement - Stephen Plotnick (President) Reflecting on his tenure since 2017. He expressed satisfaction with the current state of the ICA and acknowledged the team effort it made in…
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Gukesh Wins 2024 FIDE World Championship
The era of India's GM Gukesh Dommaraju as chess world champion has begun, after an incredibly hard-fought 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore suddenly ended when the Chinese reigning champion GM Ding Liren blundered in…
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2024 National K-12 Grade Champonships
2024 National K-12 Grade Champonships The Illinois Chess Association is happy to congratulate United States Chess Association for excellently organizing their 2024 National K-12 Grade Championship in National Harber,…
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2024 Illinois Class Championship
2024 Illinois Class Championship The Illinois Chess Association is happy to congratulate Glenn Panner and Maret Thorpe from Chess Weekend for an impressive organization of our…
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FIDE WORLD CADET CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
FIDE WORLD CADET CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 In Montesilvano, Italy from November 15 to November 26 over 700 players, representing over 70 countires particpated in the FIDE World Cadet Championship 2024.…
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2024 Illinois All Grade Championship
2024 Illinois All Grade Championship The Illinois Chess Association is happy to congratulate Jeff Diorio from Elite Chess for brilliantly organizing our 2024 Illinois All Grade Championship in…
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Illinois Makes a Splash at 2024 US Chess Invitationals
Just over two months ago, in late May of this year, the Illinois Chess Association ran our Youth and Senior Invitationals – used to determine the strongest player in their…
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Jeff Smith recognized as TD of year for 2024 by US Chess
The most memorable part of any chess tournament is a powerful tactic during your game or talking with friends after your games, but none of that would be possible without…
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2024 Tim Just Open
Tim Just Winter Open 2024 The Illinois Chess Association would like to congratulate Bill Buklis for successfully running the initial tournament of the 2024 year for the Illinois Chess…
Read MoreFIDE officials to visit Chicago
On May 17-20, 2023, the Cook County Sheriff's Office and the International Chess Federation FIDE will co-host the first international Chess for Freedom conference (Chess in Prisons Project). Participants from…
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