Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation
The right move for Chess in Chicago
After long day of tough competition, this year’s CPS Elementary Champions have been crowned. Congratulations to all the students and teams that qualified to advance to the Championship tournament. The exciting games were played, but at the end of the day our Champions had pulled ahead of their peers.
510 students from 39 schools from across the city competed in the 2019 CPS K-8 Chess Playoffs.This year was even more exciting with many of the players having just finished competing at the K-12 National Championship the weekend before this event.The top 3 teams & top 4 individuals not a part of team moving forward will advance to the CPS Championship on March 30, 2019.
Through our partnership with Chicago Public Schools, more than 250 students from across the city had the opportunity to participate in the HS National Championship at no cost to them or their parents.
The recent advancements made in the CPS chess program was evident at the end of the tournament. Matthew Stevens from Whitney Young was Co-Champion scoring 6.5 out of 7.0 and Whitney Young HS team came in 2nd place in the Championship section… read more Photos
More than 640 students from grades K-12th participated in Chicago’s largest US Chess Federation rated tournament of the year – the 10th Annual Greater Chicago K-12 Championship. The competition was fierce, but at the end of the day this year’s City of Chicago Chess Champions were crowned.
More than 100 students from 25 schools teamed up with nearly 30 Chicago police officers to compete in the Cops & Kids Invitational Chess Tournament as part of the Cops & Kids program designed to improve chess skills and boost positive relationships between youth and
law enforcement.
As we prepare to host for the first time the Mid-West Regional All-Girls Championship, advance registrations have reach 40 players. If you are interested in playing in the tournament, its not to late. Details & Registrations
We have transitioned to a new registration system for all our classes, tournaments, and events. The first time you register you will need to create a new account, or as Jumbula calls it – a new family.
This system has a lot of advantages over our old system including being able to see the advance entries for the tournaments, and the ability to look up USCF ID number and expiration date during the registration process.
After the phenomenal growth of chess in Chicago Public School and the success of our innovative Cops & Kids Chess program, we are in need of results-driven Chess Teachers to join our team for the upcoming school year.
Great news coverage (ABC, NBC, CBS & more) for our epic end of year event for our Cops & Kids Chess program that helps Chicago police officers and students connect, respect, & protect our communities. CPD Supt Johnson and CPS Chief Education Officer McDade were in attendance, Robin Robinson MC’d the event.
Please consider Donating today to expand the program additional schools/students.
