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)