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2009 News Archive
  • November
    • Congratulations to local winners of 2009 National Youth Action Chess Tournament Nov 20-22 in Oak Brook
      • K-6 Blitz: Washington School - 5th Place
      • K-9 Team: Hallstrom - 9th place, Washington 14th place
      • K-6 Team: Washington - 9th place
      • K-3 team: Washington - 14th place
      • K-6 Individual: Vincent Do - 16th place
    • Congratulations to local winners of the 2009 Illinois All-grades Nov 11 in Bloomington
      • 2nd Grade: Vincent Do - 1st place
      • (other results pending publication on the internet)
    • Results from the Rockford Chess Challenge Fall 2009 ( Press Release)
    • Freeport starts a chess club! Called the "Route 20 Chess Club", for more details, see http://sites.google.com/site/route20chess/
  • May
  • April
    • Congratulations to local winners of 2009 Supernationals Chess Championship April 3-5 in Nashville
      • Vincent Do - 1st Place - K-1 Championship
      • Riley Brands - 10th place - K-6 (U1000)
  • March
    • Congratulations to winners of the 11th Annual Invitational Team Tournament at North Boone MS on 3/14 (full results).
      Undefeated players:
      • K-5 section: Greydon Westin, Jade Manivong, Dominick Welte
      • 6-8 section: Caleb Larsen, Ben Spinello, Zachery Larsen, Kirland Shun, Grant Germano, Max Alexander
    • Congratulations to local winners at the 2009 Illinois Scholastic K-8 Championships held March 7+8 in Normal, IL
      • Team Finishes:
        • Grade K-1: Washington - 5th place
        • Grade 2-3: Montessori - 16th place, Washington - 19th place
        • Grade 4-5: Washington - 3rd place
        • Grade 6-8: Hallstrom - 9th place, Washington - 11th place
      • Individual Awards (in their section and class)
        • Vincent Do - 1st place (Grade K-1 Overall)
        • Sengdao Inthavong - 2nd place (Grade K-1 unrated)
        • Yug Mahajan - 11th Place (Grade 2-3 Overall)
        • Steven Do - 11th place (Grade 4-5 overall)
        • Asia Keomanivong - 2nd Place (Grade 4-5 U800)
        • Kirkland Shun - 2nd place (Grade 4-5 - 4th graders)
        • Ashwin Puri - 2nd place (Grade 6-8 U700)
    • Local player Vincent Do makes top 100 USCF rated players (Age 7 and Under) and named Warren Scholar
  • January