The End Of Months Of Work: 2023 IHSA State Chess
Prologue Hello chess people! Hi, welcome to my State Blog. Here I recap all the games, funny anecdotes, and stories in the IHSA State Chess Tournament. Here I split the blog into multiple sections: Information About State Before State Day 1 Day 2 Traveling Back Results For The Team The Future Conclusions Information About IHSA Chess Tournament The IHSA chess state tournament is one of the largest team chess casual tournaments in the world/state. It is exactly like DVC format, where the top board gets 12 points, the second board gets 11 points, and so on, until at the end, the school with the highest amount of points wins (if it’s a tie, then usually there is a blitz playoff of some sort). IHSA State is a beautiful, grand tournament. It is a combination of multiple schools, the results of a single tournament (sectionals). Schools qualify for State only if they achieve a 2/4. This is easily achievable. All the schools below the 20th seed are horrible. This ...