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98th Knights Quest Winners

130 players participated in 98th edition of the monthly Knights Quest Tournament.

 

Congratulation to the section winners

Open – Jack Curico

U1400 – Arthur Xu, Jonas Vriend & Kevin Roberts

U1000 – Dimitar Mardov & Matthew Li

U600 – Alex Zhao

2014 CPS H.S. Champions

Team:  Whitney Young

Board 1: Acquah, Philip, Lane Tech

Board 2: Caen, Andy, Lincoln Park HS

Board 3: Parker-Turner phillip, Whitney Young

Board 4: Natarajan,Oliver, Whitney Young

Board 5: Fan, James, Northside College Prep

Board 6: Rodriguez, Ronald, Northside College Prep

Board 7: Horvath, stephan, Whitney Young

Board 8: Ruprect,Christopher, Whitney Young

 

 

SBB Research Group Open

SBB Logo

Our National Chess Day tournament was a great success.  Thank you to our sponsor SBB Research Group for making this tournament possible.  Congratulations to the winners:

Dimitar Mardov  K-2           Aditya Pillal 3-4

Jacob Furfine 5-6               Georgia Wolf 7-8

Rahul Dhiman 9-12

Photos / Results

Mayor Rahm Emanuel Opens All-Girls Nationals

Mayor Rahm Emanuel made an appearance for the opening of the 10th Annual All-Girls National Championships on Friday April 26th.

From left to right in the photo is Chief TD Glenn Panner, USCF President Ruth Haring, David Heiser of Renaissance Knights, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and KCF president Michael Khodarkovsky.

Benefits of Chess

Involves critical thinking

Stimulates intellectual creativity

Improves problem-solving

Develops higher order thinking skill

Creates a positive competitive attitude

Increases math and reading skills

Chess in the Classroom

Chess is one of the most powerful educational tools available to strengthen a child’s mind.  It’s fairly easy to learn how to play and the skills the students acquire are imperative for them to succeed in school and life.