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Chess

February 01, 2007

Lane Tech Fields Another Very Strong Chess Team

  • Lane Tech is seeded 17th in the state for the upcoming state chess tournament

  • Lane Tech finished 12th last year losing only to state champion Niles North and state 8th place state finisher Maine South in the 7 round state tournament. Lane's 12th place finish was the highest state finish Lane had in any sport or activity in the 2005-06 season.

  • Lane lost a very close match 37.5-30.0 versus state champion Niles North at the Glenbard South Raider team tournament on January 20, 2007.

  • Participation for chess is very high for Lane with at least an incredible 32 players with an official chess rating. Kelly has the second greatest number of players with a chess rating with 14 players. Only 8 players compete at state so competition is fierce.

  • Lane also has at least 5 girls on their team with chess ratings in a sport which is traditionally male dominated.

    Lane Tech team roster at the Chicago Varsity Team Championship held at Simeon H.S 01/27/07

     coach : Steve Parsons

    Board

    Player

    1

    Velazquez, Kevin J (jr)

    2

    Modi, Paaras J (Fr)

    3

    Jaworska, Olena (Sr)

    4

    Maciejewski, Patrick (So.)

    5

    Wieczorek, Jan (Jr)

    6

    Morales, Christian (jr)

    7

    Lee, Jae Hyun (so)

    8

    Martinez, Javier (so)

2007 IHSA state tournament seeds (1-20) out of 121 teams

1   Skokie (Niles North)         
2   Chicago (Young)                              
3   Urbana (University)          
4   New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)      
5   Evanston (Twp.)              
6   Lincolnshire (Stevenson)                
7   Barrington                   
8   Park Ridge (Maine South)         
9   Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South)  
10   Aurora (Illinois Math and Scie      
11   Cary (C.-Grove)              
12   Wheaton (W. Warrenville South)
13   Naperville (Neuqua Valley)   
14   Carol Stream (Glenbard North) 
15   Naperville (North)           
16   Chicago (St. Patrick)
17   Chicago (Lane)               
18   Winnetka (New Trier)          
19   Mundelein (Carmel)           
20   Normal (University)

 

Lane Tech's 2006-07 chess team has been boosted by the addition of chess whiz freshman Paaras Modi, the 2006 City of Chicago Public School 8th grade champion. In June 2005, Paaras was the 3rd highest rated 12 year old in Illinois and the 62nd highest in the nation.