2023 North American Youth Championship
Angela Liu, Julian Colville, and Felix Guo from ICEA Chess proudly represented Team USA in this year's tournament. Congratulations to…
My First Tournament Directing Experience
Ever since I started playing chess, I would watch the tournament directors amble past each board as they attentively watched…
ICEA Qualifiers & Results of Judit Polgar’s Global Chess Festival
On September 15 and September 16, two qualifier tournaments were held to determine who would earn a coveted spot at…
Unexpectedly Rising Above Mediocrity in the 2023 Pacific Southwest Open
In the months leading up to the Pacific Southwest Open, I experienced a string of unsatisfactory results, my play having…
Surviving the Trials and Tribulations of One Remarkable US Open
The Beginning In March 2023, I played in Southern California’s Superstates tournament, an annual scholastic tournament held to decide California’s…