League Championship: January 28, 2012

The Doug Phenicie League Championship was held January 28, 2012, at Normal Community High School. Garrett Scott, Erik Rich, and Jerry Parker organized the tournament. The facilities and schedule were excellent. Over 20 players had a perfect record for the day.

The Division 3 winner was LaSalette JV. They outperformed the other five teams in their division.

The Division 2 winner was Normal Community on tie breaks, with three other teams going 2-1: Urbana, Charleston, and Olympia.

The Division 1 winner was Bloomington. Bloomington went 3-0 and took down East Champion Uni High in the last round.


In the East-West match-up, the West won two of three divisions. A total of sixteen teams competed in three divisions. The tournament is named for Doug Phenicie, a Georgetown-Ridge Farm graduate that died in a car accident at 19 years of age. The previous year he led Georgetown-Ridge Farm to the 1989 IHSA State Championship. Doug displayed a level of sportsmanship and maturity that serves as an exemplary goal for all players. 

2012: East Final Results

East Team
1. Uni High
2. Bismarck-Henning High School
3. LaSalette
4. Charleston
5. Urbana
6. Danville
7. Mattoon
8. Georgetown-Ridge Farm

East Top Individuals
1. Penny Xu, Urbana "Corbin Award"
2. George Ruan, Uni
3. Nathan Beauchamp, Uni
4. Ken Albin, Bismarck-Henning
5. Anthyony Bloch, LaSalette
6. Troy Xu, Uni
7. Jaedon JeRue, Bismarck-Henning
8. (tie) Love Shah, Danville
    Jelani Hurtalt, Charleston

The top player is awarded the Corbin, in honor of long time Ridge Farm High School and Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School teacher Sam Corbin. He worked tirelessly to promote chess, taking his students to tournaments around the nation. Also, his players kept in touch with him; it was not unusual for graduates from twenty years ago to visit him at school.

2012: West Final Results

West Top Three Teams
1. Bloomington
2. Heyworth
3. Normal U-High

West Individual
1. Alex Russell, Heyworth "Corbin Award"
2. Chase Walbert, Bloomington
3. Narinjan Panneeselvan, Normal Community
4. Cole Frank, Normal U-High
5. Jarek Millberg, Olympia
6. Kaleb Schwaiger, Mahomet
7. Benjamin Nielson, Normal West
8. Aaron Walbert, Bloomington

The top player is awarded the Corbin, in honor of long time Ridge Farm High School and Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School teacher Sam Corbin. He worked tirelessly to promote chess, taking his students to tournaments around the nation. Also, his players kept in touch with him; it was not unusual for graduates from twenty years ago to visit him at school.

League Championship

The Doug Phenicie League Championship will be held January 28, 2012, at Normal Community High School. The format will be three rounds, with registration from 9:30-10. Please let Garrett Scott know by the Friday before if you can attend. All questions should be directed to him.

Round 7: January 19, 2012

Results have not yet been reported.

Round 6: January 12, 2012

Round 6 results have not yet been reported.