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2009–2010 academic year

High School Novice Tournament, September 26, 2009

A High School tournament targeted toward inexperienced players

Early Fall Tournament (EFT), October 3, 2009

We are the Midwest host for the fourth iteration of this national kick-off tournament.

Illinois Earlybird, October 10, 2009

Our annual high school tournament

Illinois Open, November 14, 2009

Our annual open tournament that features difficult questions and top competition.


2008–2009 academic year

Early Fall Tournament (EFT), October 4, 2008

This was a mirror of Brown University’s tournament. Statistics and the packets are available.

Earlybird, October 25, 2008 (high school)

Earlybird took place on HSAPQ ACF set #1 due to the cancellation of Brown’s Ubu Roi. Statistics are now available.

Illinois Open, November 15, 2008

We hosted Illinois Open, written by Trygve Meade. Statistics and the packets are available.

TRASH Regionals, November 16, 2008

This followed Illinois Open. Statistics are available.

High School Solo, March 7, 2009

We held this in conjunction with the Illinois NAQT State Qualifier at Fenton High School in Bensenville. Statistics are available.

Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament, March 14, 2009

This tournament was a mirror of the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament. Statistics are available.

Fake Intercollegiate Championship Tournament Experiment 2, March 21, 2009

This was a mirror of Matt Weiner’s FIChTE. Statistics are up.

Ryan Westbrook Presents: The Experiment II, night of March 21, 2009

Statistics are up.

COMICS Midwest, March 22, 2009

Jon and Rom beat Matt Lafer and Mike Sorice; third and fourth were Trygve Meade/Rob Carson and Micah Hodosh/Chris V., but we’re not sure in which order those last two finished.