Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation
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The Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, the International Chess School, the United States Chess Federation, the Confederation of Chess for America, and the International Chess Federation (FIDE), thanks the 400 players from the USA, Mexico, and Canada, that participated in 17th Annual North American Youth Championship.
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175 players from USA, Mexico, & Canada participated in the NAYCC Blitz
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On Saturday, February 6, 305 students in grades K-12 from across the country participated in this year’s Greater Chicago Scholastic Championship. Unlike prior years where the students competed in person, this year’s event was held online on the ChessKid platform. This allow students to participate from the comfort and safety of the home.
A special thanks goes out to SBB Research Group that sponsored this event for the 7th year in a row.
Congratulations to all the players and the winning individuals and teams in each category.
Complete results are at http://greaterchicago.rknights.org/index.php/final-standings/
We are very grateful for the support SBB has given us over the years. This year we have 350 students from across America registered to compete online in the Greater Chicago Online Scholastic Championship on Saturday, February 6.
Read the article about SBB’s support of the tournament and chess in Chicago
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sbb-research-group-sponsors-greater-184900306.html
Since the shut down of schools in March 2020, we have successfully transitioned the Chicago Public Schools Academic chess programs online.
Since the transition, the program has thrived and expanded the opportunities we are providing to the students. Online programming includes:
Visit the CPSCHESS website for details
We have canceled our Quest tournaments until further notice out of concern for the health and safety of the players, parents, and staff with the potential spread of COVID-19.
Thank you for helping to keep our community healthy and safe!
Congratulations to all the students that played in this years’ 2020 Chicago Public Schools K-8 Chess Championship online. 127 students from 19 school battled it out over the virtual chess board in two section for 5 rounds. At the end of the day Chris Sakaliyski, a 4th grader from Edison, was the clear winner of the K-4 Section and Leon Cao, a 8th graded from Whitney Young and Rhett Severns, a 7th grader from Lane Tech, were the co-champions of the 5-8grade section.
Out of concern for the health and safety of the players, parents, coaches and staff with the potential spread of COVID-19, the Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, the International Chess School and the FIDE America regretfully announce the postponement of the 2020 North American Youth Chess Championship. Due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic we felt that we could not ensure they safety of the event at this time.
As the tournament was scheduled to be held in Chicago, we know that the tournament would have been the highlight of the year for many of the players. The event will be postponed to 2021 with the dates not yet determined.
Renaissance Knights will be providing full entry fee refunds to players that have already registered for the event. They will be processed automatically within a week; there is no need to contact us about this. Any questions should be directed to David Heiser at david.heiser@renaissanceknights.org.
It is not necessary to contact the Hilton Chicago to cancel your reservation as the hotel will be cancelling all reservations made for the event. The hotel will be sending out individual confirmation via email of each cancellation.
The Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, the International Chess School and the FIDE America will continue to work hard to bring you top level scholastic tournaments.
Thank you for helping to keep our community healthy and safe!
We have canceled our June & July Quest tournaments out of concern for the health and safety of the players, parents, and staff with the potential spread of COVID-19.
Thank you for helping to keep our community healthy and safe!
SBB Research Group‘s sponsorship enables all participating CPS students to receive one-year USCF memberships as well as free tournament entries.