Sunday, January 29, 2012

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.