2010: Stanford Final Update

Against Palatine, Olympia lost quickly. They finished 3-4 for the season.

2010: Mahomet Update Round 7

Mahomet, currently 3-3, is playing Palos Hills Stagg. Evan Millam is the last game, and he needs to either draw or win to claim the match. Mr. Millam is up a minor piece and has every expectation of winning against Khalil Hasan.

2010: Heyworth Update Round 7

One has to admire the Heyworth effort. There are no quick games or gimmes. Against Chicago De La Salle, Heyworth needs to win its last three matches to pull out a victory. Currently they are 3-3.

2010: Normal Community Final Results

Normal seems in control against Morton in the last round, with wins by Kallakuri, Wadia, and Coon. Normal ended up 4-3 for the day.

2010: Danville Round 7 Update

Danville looks headed for defeat against St. Charles. With the loss, Danville should end up 3-4. Ritesh Uppuluri and Manan Bhavsar are still playing.

2010: Uni High Update Round 7

With losses by Boards 1, 3, and 8, Uni has its work cut out for It against IMSA.

2010 U-High Final Standings

U-High won with Ayers, Nibbelin, Frank, Evans, and Kahn to pick up their last win. With the win over Wheaton, U-High finishes 5-2.

2010 Charleston Final Standings

Charleston dropped their top three boards to fall against McHenry. Charleston ends the tournament 4-3.

2010: Bismarck Final Standings

Bismarck edged out Oak Park to end up 3.5-3.5. They had some very difficult games early on, and struggled to get back to .500. A draw by 1st Board Larry Porter clinched the victory.

2010: Early Round 6

Bismark Henning is losing their match and probably will not recover.
Bloomington has already lost with a couple games still to finish.
Danville needs a win in the final two to get the win.
U-High needs a draw in the last two games to win their match,
Uni has lost board 8 and is in trouble on board 1. The middle will have to hold to win this match.
Normal Community has won board 1 but dropped 7 and 8.
Standford is losing badly.
Mahomet has won boards 3 and 8 while losing 5.
Heyworth has lost boards 4 and 6.
Georgetown has to win all 4 remaining games to save this round.
Chaleston has lost 6 and 8 and may be in danger of losing the 2A trophy.

2010: ECICL Standings Going Into Final Round

Overall, Uni High is #9 with a 5-1 record. Charleston is #29 at 4-2, with U-High close behind at #35 and 4-2.

Other teams are Normal Community at #57, Bloomington at #56, Mahomet at #65, Danville at #75, Heyworth at #80, Stanford at #81, Bismarck at #87, and Georgetown at #114.

Top Teams by Class: 1A Uni #1 and Heyworth #2; 2A Charleston #1 and U-High #4; 3A Bloomington #8 and Danville #10.

Top Ten Individual Finishes After Round 6: Board 2 Max Sigalov Uni 5-1; Michael Reilly Board 3 Bloomington 5.5-.5; Board 4 Kent Frantz Bloomington 6-0 and Daniel Cheng Uni 6-0; Board 7 Levi Oliver Stanford 5-1.

2010: Race for the hardware

Congratualtions to Uni High. For the sixth straight year Uni will be the highest scoring 1A team. Right now Heyworth, Olympia, and Bismark-Henning are pulling for the Illineks to win their last round against rival IMSA and score one of the IHSA trophies leaving the 1A prize for one of them.
In class 2A Charleston and U-High are tied with 4 points along with two other teams. Charleston is paired down and U-High is paired up and it appears Charleston has the tiebreaker edge. It should be an exciting finish.
In class 3A Bloomington, Danville, and Normal Community are two points behind leader IMSA and also trail a number of 4 point teams. This makes them very long shots to win the 3A trophy even if IMSA wins its last round and gets a IHSA trophy They would still need quite a bit of help to come from so far back.

2010: Round 7 Pairings

Bismarck Table 44 vs. OP River Forest
Bloomington Table 29 vs. Downer's Grove
Danville Table 32 vs. St. Charles
U-High Table 20 vs. Wheaton Warrenville
Uni Table 4 vs. IMSA
Normal Community Table 35 vs. Morton
Stanford Table 40 vs. Palatine
Mahomet Table 38 vs. Palos Heights Stagg
Heyworth Table 37 vs. Chicago De La Salle
Georgetown Table 47 vs. Oswego
Charleston Table 19 vs. McHenry

2010: Uni High Wins Round 6!

In a must win position, Daniel Cheng pulled out the win to propel Uni to 5-1. With the win over Naperville North, Uni has a chance to go 6-1 and be squarely in the top 10. Coach Merli and Coach Garvey must be very excited as Uni just destroys the competition.

2010: Bismarck Round 6 Update

The match against Elk Grove Village hinges on 4th Board Tim Geiselman pulling out a win. Both sides have approximately 2 minutes left, but Elk Grove's Tim Whiddon should be able to pull out the win. If Bismarck loses, they fall to 2.5-3.5. Still, Bismarck has played extremely difficult competition this year at the tournament, and Coach Hasty has gotten the team dedicated and a force to be reckoned with at State.

2010: Uni High Update Round 6

Uni is playing #13 Naperville North on Table 11. With wins by Max Sigalov, Kathy Qui, and John Vaughen, the match comes down to 4th Board Daniel Cheng needing a win. The match is extremely close, with Naperville's Daniel Kumor very low on time.

2010: Normal Community Update Round 6

Even though 1st Board Krishna Kallakuri won, it was not enough as the Ironmen fell to #47 McHenry.

2010: Heyworth Update Round 6

Heyworth won on Board 2 with Brett Farrell and Austin Thompson and Casey Babb. With the match still going on, Heyworth looks to defeat Streamwood.

2010: Danville Update Round 6

Danville could not overcome Hoffman Estates Andrews HS. Anthony Robertson won in an inferior position where he was down a whole queen. Love Shah and Ashish Patel played tough, with Love ultimately losing. Trent Randle and Patel are still playing. With the loss, Danville falls to 3-3.

2010: Early Round 6

Bismark is leading Elk Grove early in the match
Charleston is already lost against Winnetka New Trier
Danville is losing to Hoffman
Bloomington is slightly behind but still in their match
The Georgetown Stampede is thundering over Peoria Richwoods
Mahomet looks to be losing against Tinley Park
Normal community is already in serious trouble versus McHenry and looks to be lost.
U-High is beating Roselle Park handily.
Standford and Lemont have traded wins and it looks like this one will be down to the wire.
Uni is in early trouble against Naperville North after dropping boards 7 and 8 but it appears they are coimg back on the higher boards. this one could be very close.
Heyworth and Streamwood is too early to call.

2010: Notable Players Round 5

Bismarck : 3rd Board Ken Albin ranked 18
Charleston: 1st Board Kenton Banyai ranked 9th and 2nd Board Nathan Fritz ranked 21 and 3rd Board Nick Yamamoto ranked 7th
Danville: 4th Board Love Shah ranked 13
Bloomington: 1st Board Dylan Johnson ranked 10 and 3rd Board Michael Reilly ranked 10 and 4th Board Kent Frantz ranked 3
Normal Community: 2nd. Board Malcolm Wadia ranked 12
Uni: George Ruan at 1st Board ranked 16th and Max Sigalov 2nd Board ranked 13 and 4th Board Daniel Cheng ranked 5 and 5th Board Danny Ge ranked 8 and 7th Board Michael Meyer ranked 10
Stanford: 7th Board Levi Oliver ranked 16
U-High: 3rd Board Dan Nibbelin ranked 15 and 5th Board Jordan Evans ranked 9

2010: ECICL Round 6 Pairings

Bismarck vs. Elk Grove Table 33
Charleston vs. Winnetka Table 10
Danville vs. Hoffman Estates Table 24
Bloomington vs. Glenview Table 13
Georgetown vs Peoria Richwoods Table 57
Heyworth vs. Streamwood Table 42
Mahomet vs. Tinley Park Andrew Table 27
Normal Community vs. McHenry Table 31
U-High vs. Roselle Table 30
Stanford vs. Lemont Table 51
Uni vs. Naperville North Table 11

2010: In the Hunt After 5

University High School is now a full point ahead of the next 1A school and looks to be on the way to being the top scoring 1A school for the 6th straight year!
Charleston is also a full point ahead of the field in class 2A with Mahomet and U-High just one game back. In 3A Normal Community, Bloomington and Danville are 1 game back of the leaders with two games to play.

2010: Round 5 Results

The ECICL had a mixed result in round 5. All teams are listed below with their current score

Winning round 5 were
University High Urbana -4
Charleston -4
Danville -3
Bloomington -3
Mahomet Seymour -3

Losing round 5 were
Bismark Henning -2.5
Heyworth -2
Standford Olympia - 2
Georgetown Ridge Farm -2

2010: Georgetown Round 5 Update

Unfortunately, Georgetown could not sustain its early lead and fell to Fox Lake. Georgetown is 1-4 and hopes to reach 3-4 by the end of the tournament.

2010: Bismarck Round 5

Bismarck, at 2.5-1.5, is playing on Table 19 against Naperville North. Austin Childers drew, Ken Albin won, and Jon Rogers has lost. With 1st Board Larry Porter down a rook and Tim Geiselman with a dead heat, the match is still up in the air.

2010: Uni High Round 5

Uni High is facing number 40 Bradley. With George Ruan headed to victory, Uni should improve to 4-1. Max Sigalov, John Vaughen, and Kevin Li won their matches.

2010: U-High Round 5

U-High needs to win Board 2 by Josh Ayers to pick up the victory. Unfortunately, he is on the bad side of a rook and pawn ending and will have to hope for a draw. Looks like Naperville Central should pick up the point.
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2010: Normal Community Round 5

Normal Community just could get anything goin on the lower boards, dropping Boards 5-8. First board Krishna Kallakieu seems to have a lot of chances on the white side of the Sicilian, but it was not enough as Malcolm Wadia fell to Eric Emer.

2010: Charleston Round 5

Charleston seems to be in charge of a match against #71 Oak Park Fenwick. Kenton Banyai continues his winning ways, along with an impressive victory by Nick Yamamoto. James Melton added a speedy victory. With #2 Board Nathan Fritz up a rook, Charleston should be headed to 4-1.

2010: Danville Round 5

#43 Calumet City proved no match for the Danville Vikings. Trent Randle, Manan Bhavsar, Love Shah, and Anthony Robertson all scored to improve Danville to 3-2.

2010: Mahomet Round 5

Mahomet is squaring off against #53 Richton Park. Behind wins by Evan Millam, John Bellafiore, Nathan Rowe, and Caleb Wright, they picked up the win and improve to 3-2.

2010: Stanford Round 5

Stanford unfortunately went down to defeat against #64 Aurora Waubonsie. Nick Garland did pick up a win on Board 3 and Levi Oliver drew.

2010: Heyworth Round 5

Heyworth is playing #103 Roselle on Board 41. Hayden Kingery on Board 1 is locked in a close but probably drawn position. Currently Heyworth is up 9-0. Something one notices is very methodical, dedicated play on the part of all Heyworth players.

2010: Georgetown Round 5

Georgetown is currently going against #130 Fox Lake. Georgetown is up 27-15, with games by William Childers and John Woodard still in progress. Ethan Fitzwater, Matthew Campbell, and Mallory Pitts all picked up wins.

2010: Early Round 5

Normal community appears to be in early trouble in their match but most of the rest of the ECICL teams are faring better.
Charleston is already ahead of Oak Park.
Danville has an edge over the higher ranked Calumet City.
Mahomet Seymour looks like they will win against Richton Park.
Georgetown Ridge Farm is on its way to another win against Fox Lake.
Finally Standford Olympia in in a real dogfight against Aurora.

2010: ECICL Pairings 5th Round

Table 32 Calumet City vs. Danville

Table 11 Bradley vs. Uni High

Table 37 Mahomet vs. Richton Park South

Table 18 Charleston vs. Oak Park Fenwick

Table 44 Aurora Waubonsie vs. Stanford

Table 13 U-High vs. Naperville Central

Table 17 Normal Community vs. Highland Park

Table 41 Heyworth vs. Roselle

Table 61 Fox Lake vs. Georgetown Ridge Farm

Table 37 Mahomet vs. Richton Park

2010: State Notable Players Days 1

The following players have the top scores for ECICL players broken down by board:

Board 1: Kenton Banyai (Charleston) 13th place and George Ruan (Uni High) 22nd place
Board 2: Malcolm Wadia (Normal Community) 5th place and Max Sigalov (Uni High) 16th place
Board 3: Nick Yamamoto (Charleston) 10th place with a perfect 4-0 and Dan Nibbelin (U-High) 21st place
Board 4: Daniel Cheng (Uni High) 2nd place with a perfect 4-0 and Kurtis Waldron-Young (Charleston) 13th place
Board 5: Danny Ge (Uni High) 11th place and Jordan Evans (U-High) 17th place
Board 6: Ben Cross (Heyworth) 11th place and Steven Bate (Stanford) 15th place
Board 7: Michael Meyer (Uni High) 2nd place with a perfect 4-0 and Levi Oliver (Stanford) 19th place
Board 8: Tabi Nelson (Heyworth) 32nd place and Ken Li (Uni High) 36th place

2010: Uni High Round 4 and ECICL Standings

Uni High Stormed back in round 4 with a whitewash of Aurora East.
Uni High is now alone at the top of the 1A division with Bismark Henning 1/2 game back.
Charleston and U-High are currently tied for first in the 2A class.
Normal Community is tied for first in Class 3A.
The Pairings for Round 5 are on the IHSA Website at www.IHSA.org/activity/ct

2010: U-High Round 4

Against Saint Patrick High School, the match came down to the wire. With a last minute win by 3rd Board Dan Nibbelin, U-High clinched the win and ended up 3-1. Another ECICL team vying for the top title in its class.

2010: Mahomet Round 4

Mahomet winds up 2-2 with a win over Summit Argo. Evan Millam and Levi Perry at boards 1 and 2 went 2-0. Kaleb Schwaiger remains undefeated for the day, with John Belliafiore and Caleb Wright with the impressive scores of 3-1.

2010: Charleston Round 4

With wins by 1st Board Kenton Banyai and 4th Board Kurtis Waldron-Young, Charleston takes down Stagg High School and improves to 3-1.

2010: Danville Individual Scores Day 1

Board 1: Marisellis Randle went 2-2. Currently he is in 69th place.
Board 2: Manan Bhavsar had a tough day at 1.5-2.5. He easily should have drawn game three instead of losing and blundered a better position in round 4. Overall, some missed opportunities. 82th place
Board 3: Ashish Patel went 2.5-1.5 for the day. He drew a position in round three when he hung a knight late in the game. 47th place
Board 4: Love Shah has continued to improve, at 2-1 with his 4th round game still in progress. 16th place
Board 5: Anthony Robertson is 2-2. After a first round miniature, he struggled in rounds 2 and 3. 58th place
Board 6: Steven Huff is 0-4. The Freshman is still looking for his first win. 129th place
Board 7: Jamie Clutter is 0-4. She has played hard, but she just hasn't finished it. 127 place
Board 8: Josh Forester played rounds 1 and 2, going 0-2. Ritesh Uppuluri replaced him in rounds 3 and 4, going 2-0. Way to go Ritesh!
Coach: Coach Mr. Collins continues to work hard keeping track of scores, showing problems to the players, and offering his words of wisdom.

2010: Danville Day #1

Danville finishes the day 2-2. Overall, Danville had a rough first day. While Danville defeated Chicago Marshall and Chicago Ace, Danville fared poorly against Chicago Northside and Wheaton Warrenville. Danville is currently in 76th place out of 130 teams.

2010: ECICL Round 4 Pairings

Subject: ECICL Round 4 pairings

Uni High lost a tough match to Whitney Young and will try to rebound Against Aurora East

Chicago St. Patrick vs U-High

Bloomington vs Riverside Brookfield

Palos Hills vs Charleston

Bismark Henning vs Carol Stream Glenbard north

Sandburg vs Normal community

Summit Argo vs Mohamet Seymour

Georgetown Ridge Farm vs Aurora West

Standford Olympia vs Peoria Notre Dame

Danville vs Chicago ACE

Highland Park vs Heyworth

 

Currently Heyworth, Uni High and Bismark Henning are tied for first in class 1A

Charleston and U-High are tied for first in class 2A

Bloomington and Normal Community are tied for first in Class 3A

2010: Round 3 Results

Uni High lost a tough 3rd round to Chicago Whitney Young 23-45. This dropped Uni to 2-1. Meanwhile Bismarck improved to 2-1 behind strong wins by 1st Board Larry Porter and 2nd Board Austin Childers.

Charleston took down Stillman Valley to be 2-1 after 3 rounds. Other ECICL teams are U-High at 2-1, Danville at 1-2, Normal Community at 2-1, Georgetown at 1-2, Stanford at 1-2, Heyworth at 2-1, and Mahomet 1-2.

Top ECICL players on the boards are as follows: 1. Kenton Banyai Charleston 2.5-.5, 2. Malcolm Wadia Normal Comm. 3-0, 3. Nick Yamamoto Charleston 3-0, 4. Daniel Cheng Uni 3-0, 5. Sam Cross Heyworth 3-0, 6. Ben Cross Heyworth 3-0 and Steven Bate Stanford 3-0, 7. Michael Meyer Uni 3-0, and 8. Tabi Nelson Heyworth 2.5-.5.
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2010: ECICL Round 3 Pairings

Round 3 Pairings for ECICL teams.

University High is playing Top Ranked Whitney Young.  Right now it looks like Uni High is ahead in the match.  This would represent a major upset on the top board.

 

Normal community has won its first two games and now faces 10th seed New Lenox Lincoln Way Central.

 

Charleston is playing Stillman Valley and appears to be winning easily.

 

Danville has another tough pairing against 29 Weaton Warrensville West.

 

Bismark is faces South Holland.

 

Mohamet is playing up against Elgin.

 

Normal is paired well down agains Streamwood.

 

Georgetown is facing Aurora East.

 

Bloomington is playing Oak Forest.

 

Heyworth is playing local team Peoria Richwoods.

 

Olympia is looking for its first win again Midlothian.

2010: Round 1 and 2 Results

Urbana Uni High has jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, blasting Bensenville and Schaumburg.

Normal Community has 1 win and 1 draw after two rounds. U-High had tough luck in the first round against Winnetka, but the bounced back with a win in round 2.

Charleston is also 1-1, narrowly missing a win in round 1. Bismarck is 1-1 as well, having a tough first match against Hinsdale Central.

Georgetown, Danville, and Heyworth are also currently 1-2. Stanford is 0-2, but they have played very strong at the start of round 3.

Mahomet remains at 0-2, having played tough against both opponents but not quite enough to get the win.

Players to note after Round 2: George Ruan Uni 2-0 Bd 1, Nathan Fritz Charleston 2-0 Bd 2, Tom Splittatoesser Normal Comm. 2-0 Bd 3, Kathy Qui Uni 2-0 Bd 3, Daniel Cheng Uni 2-0 Bd 4, John Sid Normall Comm. 2-0 Bd 5, Sam Cross Heyworth 2-0 Bd 5, Ben Cross Heyworth 2-0 Bd 6, Steve Bates Stanford 2-0 Bd 6, Michael Meyer Uni 2-0 Bd 7.

Round 3 is in progress. Uni High is currently in 2nd place.
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2010: State Chess Tournament

The Illinois High School Chess Tournament will be held February 12-13, 2010, at the Peoria Civic Center. Representing the East Central Illinois Chess League are the following teams: defending IHSA State Champion Uni High, Bismarck-Henning, Charleston, Danville, Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Heyworth, Normal U-High, Normal Community, and Olympia. Besides taking home the state championship last year, the ECICL also captured several division titles. This post will be updated regularly during the tournament. Please check back frequently to find out how each team is doing. Good luck to all players.