After two years of online competition, Evanston chess players from kindergarten through eighth grade returned to in-person competition at last month’s Evanston Scholastic Chess Championships. The tournament was organized by […]
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Keith Holzmueller has been the head coach of the Evanston Township High School Chess Club and Team since 2017. He became a serious chess player during his high school years. As an adult player, he obtained a USCF Expert rating for over-the-board play and was awarded the Senior International Master title by the International Correspondence Chess Federation. Keith now puts most of his chess energy into helping young chess players in Evanston learn to enjoy chess and improve their play.
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Rank and File | ETHS ties for 5th at All-Girls Chess Nationals
After a two-year pause during the pandemic, the All-Girls National Chess Championships returned to Chicago last weekend. The team of Isabela Maiewski, Lucia Scrimenti and Orlagh Reardon ably represented Evanston […]
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Rank and File | ETHS teams finish second at High School Chess Nationals
The Evanston Township High School Chess Team had its best national performance in years at last weekend’s National High School Championships in Memphis. The 18-player team won two second place […]
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Rank and File | U.S. Grandmaster Nakamura qualifies for World Championship Tournament
U.S. Grandmaster Hideki Nakamura has won the last automatic qualifying spot in the Candidates Tournament that will be held this June and July to select the challenger to Magnus Carlsen […]
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Rank and File | Platnick leads ETHS with perfect record at state tournament
Although every player on the team contributed to Evanston Township High School’s third-place finish at last month’s Illinois High School Association’s State Chess Finals, junior Elie Platnick was clearly the […]
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Rank and File | World chess community responds to Russian invasion of Ukraine
Global and U.S. chess organizations have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and have taken action to punish Russia and support Ukraine. FIDE, the International Chess Federation, is removing the 2022 […]
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Rank and File | ETHS takes third place at state chess finals
The Evanston Township High School Chess Team won a hard-to-get Illinois High School Association trophy by finishing in third place out of 126 teams, at the State Chess Finals held […]
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Rank and File | ETHS chess team advances to State Finals
The ETHS Chess Team defeated Whitney Young, the current state champion, for the second time this season on the way to a second-place finish at the Niles West Sectional on […]
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Rank and File | ETHS chess shows depth at conference championship
The ETHS chess team continues to post consistent results in its high school tournament play. At last weekend’s North Suburban Chess League Conference Championship, the eight-board varsity team tied for […]
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Find the winning chess moves
The Evanston Township High School chess team won many games and matches in 2021. For each of the positions shown below, see if you can find the decisive moves that […]