24 of the best chess teams in Illinois came to the Evanston Chess Tournament last Saturday.

The ETHS Team earned a tough 3-1 score to tie for second place.

Earning individual awards for ETHS were:

Board 1  Soph Liam O’Carroll  3-1  Tie for Second

Board 7 Soph Nickolas Marcotte  3-0-1 Second Place

Board 8 Soph Dhruva Mohnalkar  Tie for Third.

Also playing were

2. Nate Tracy-Amoroso 2-1-1

3. Evan Franchere 2-1-1

4. Riley Wilson  1-3-0

5. Aaron Smith 0-2 and Alec Jacobson 2-0

6. Alex Fogel  2-1-1

There was also a JV Team Section. The ETHS Team also earned a 3-1 score and a tie for third.  Evanston also fielded a second team that earned a 2-2 scored for 9th Place (out of 20)

Results

1. Nick Roberts  2-1-1  Fifth Place

Nicklas Kanzok 2-1-1 Seventh Place

2. Morgan Riley 1-2-1

Gianni Pinna 0-3-1

3. Cameron Aplanalp  3-1-0  Tie for Fourth

Michael Frim  1-3

4. Robert Pardoe 2-2-0

Owen Blackwood 1-2-1

5. Frederick Pardoe 3-1  Third Place

Zev Grodzin  3-1  (Tie for Third)