IHSA State Chess Team Tournament Results
2023 - Individual Award Winners
On behalf of Chess Weekend, Wood Expressions, and Trophies Plus, Coach Glenn Panner has organized for individual players to earn Outstanding Individual Achievement medals this year based on their performance at the 2023 IHSA State Chess Tournament!
To distribute medals, Coach Panner will send the medals to a Conference Representative who will distribute them to the final team coaches who can then give the medal to the players. Congratulations to all!
7.0 (16 players, gold)
Adrian Folfas (Jr.) - Darien (Hinsdale South)
Anthony Chen (Jr.) - Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
Austin McMurtrie (Jr.) - Hinckley (H.-Big Rock)
Dario Pjevic (Fr.) - Chicago (Lane)
David Severiano (Jr.) - Bensenville (Fenton)
David Yong (Fr.) - Champaign (Central)
Dayton Fisher (Sr.) - Sterling
Ethan Conquest (Fr.) - Minooka
Gabe Panner (Sr.) - Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)
Giovani Hernandez (Jr.) - Round Lake
Jack Heller (Jr.) - Chicago (Payton)
Johnny Raicu (Jr.) - Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Joshua Wang (So.) - Dunlap
Juan Calzada (Jr.) - Aurora (East)
Peter O'Brien (So.) - West Chicago
Ria Raj (Fr.) - Aurora (Waubonsie Valley)
6.5 (11 players, gold)
Anthony Codrea (Jr.) - Skokie (Niles North)
Arnav Karthikeyan (Fr.) - Aurora (Waubonsie Valley)
Avi Kaplan (So.) - Chicago (Lane)
Brady Reneau (So.) - Peoria (Richwoods)
Jack Ewing (Jr.) - Normal (Community West)
Joe Enkhnyam (So.) - Buffalo Grove
Lazar Martic (Fr.) - Darien (Hinsdale South)
Liam Whitecotton (So.) - Normal (Community West)
Nicholas Bruha (Sr.) - Normal (Community)
Nicky Ladan (Sr.) - Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Rohit Guha (Sr.) - Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
6.0 (36 players, silver)
Aarav Shah (Fr.) - South Elgin
Adrian Montesino (Jr.) - Franklin Park (Leyden)
Andrew Mcclendon (Sr.) - Chicago (Morgan Park Academy)
Anthony Safonov (So.) - Buffalo Grove
Aron Amram (Sr.) - Highland Park
Brandon Cardozo (So.) - Elgin
Brandon Van (So.) - Burbank (Reavis)
Chaitanya Mehta (Jr.) - Downers Grove (North)
Christian Garza (Sr.) - Sterling
Ethan Wong (So.) - Elk Grove Village (Elk Grove)
Fatjon Rexhepi (Jr.) - Chicago (Taft)
Gavin Maugeri (So.) - Mattoon
Jakub Laczek (So.) - Bolingbrook
Jason Riedl (Jr.) - Lisle (Benet Academy)
Jimmy Zhang (Sr.) - Barrington
John Harvey (Jr.) - Naperville (North)
Jonah Chen (Jr.) - Evanston (Twp.)
Joseph Dai (So.) - Chicago (Whitney Young)
Kamran Jaffer (Fr.) - Peoria (Richwoods)
Kayden Zhu (So.) - Bolingbrook
Kyle Holzman (Jr.) - Batavia
Luke Nowak (Sr.) - LaGrange (Lyons)
Marcin Mietus (Sr.) - Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Mason Brown (Jr.) - East Peoria
Matthew Budde (Sr.) - Joliet (Central)
Matthew Pikus (Sr.) - Aurora (Waubonsie Valley)
Max Drees (Fr.) - Winnetka (New Trier)
Oliver Wolcott (Sr.) - Minooka
Patrick Rao (Sr.) - Naperville (Central)
Rehan Saraiya (Jr.) - Lemont
Reim Al Radi (So.) - Skokie (Niles West)
Sadkrith Malladi (So.) - Aurora (IMSA)
Thomas Mitchell (Sr.) - Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Tugstumer Yesuntumur (Jr.) - Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
Wendell Hughes (Sr.) - Carol Stream (Glenbard North)
Zubair Ahmed (Jr.) - Chicago (Northside)
5.5 (35 players, bronze)
Aaron Gan (Jr.) - Lincolnshire (Stevenson)
Aditya Gupta (Jr.) - Palatine (Fremd)
Ben Viramontes (Fr.) - Chicago (St. Ignatius)
Ben Witzel (Sr.) - Northbrook (Glenbrook North)
Beren Ozer (Fr.) - Champaign (Central)
Christopher Tung (Jr.) - Downers Grove (South)
Dan Drobnic (Jr.) - Lemont
Daniel Jirsa (Sr.) - Wheaton (North)
Declan McDonough (So.) - Highland Park
Giovanny Cruz (Sr.) - Joliet (Central)
Hasan Hammad (So.) - Elgin
Jack Gerrity (Sr.) - Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
Jacob Brown (Jr.) - Sterling
James Montella (So.) - Palatine (Fremd)
Jaymil Parikh (Jr.) - Hoffman Estates (Conant)
Joe Baxtrom (Fr.) - Chicago (St. Rita)
Jon Stalsberg (Sr.) - Metamora
Maggie Tsyganova (Sr.) - Chicago (Payton)
Mathew Hipolito (Sr.) - Plainfield (North)
Max Wille (So.) - Normal (University)
Michael Pryzbyl (Sr.) - Naperville (North)
Nadar Thukral (Fr.) - Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)
Owen Zhang (Fr.) - Dunlap
Patrick Neibel-Spruill (Fr.) - Chicago (Lane)
Paul Hanrahan (So.) - Palatine (Fremd)
Paul Sun (So.) - Naperville (North)
Ronak Khatri (So.) - Aurora (Metea Valley)
Sanjith Prabhu (Jr.) - Winnetka (New Trier)
Sarah Lin (Sr.) - Winnetka (New Trier)
Sohan Bendre (Jr.) - Chicago (Payton)
Stanislau Tsvirko (Sr.) - Glenview (Glenbrook South)
Trevor Pak (Jr.) - Washington
Ved Shah (Sr.) - Orland Park (Sandburg)
Viktor Hrushka (Jr.) - Bensenville (Fenton)
Wilbert Chu (Jr.) - Hinsdale (Central)