175 players from USA, Mexico, & Canada participated in the NAYCC Blitz
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2021 North American Youth Blitz
Results of the Greater Chicago Online Scholastic Championship
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/
SBB Research Group Sponsors Greater Chicago K-12 Chess Championship for Seventh Consecutive Year
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
How we are Helping CPS Students Continue to Pursue Academic Enrichment While at Home
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:
- Weekly Thursday Nights Blitz tournaments
- Monthly Cops & Kids Blitz tournaments
- 1 or 2 Saturday tournaments per month
- Monthly Master and Intermediate level chess classes
- Monthly student empowerment workshops
- and much, much more.
Visit the CPSCHESS website for details
Quest Tournaments Canceled
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!
CPS K-8 Online Championship Results
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.
Postponement – 2020 North American Youth
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!
June & July Knights Quest Tournaments Canceled
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 Sponsors Greater Chicago K-12 Chess Championship for Sixth Year
SBB Research Group‘s sponsorship enables all participating CPS students to receive one-year USCF memberships as well as free tournament entries.
KCF All-Girls Nationals Canceled
Out of concern for the health and safety of the players, parents, coaches and staff with the potential spread of COVID-19, the Kasparov Chess Foundation, Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation and the US Chess Federation regretfully announce the cancellation of the 17th annual KCF All-Girls National Championships (AGN) due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced on March 16 that he was ordering gatherings of 50 or more people to be canceled in line with new CDC guidelines issued Sunday.
As the largest female chess tournament in the United States, we know that the tournament is the highlight of the year for many of the players. This is the first time in the events 17-year history that it has been canceled. The event will not be rescheduled. The next AGN will be place from April 23- 25, 2021 at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
Renaissance Knights will be providing full entry fee refunds to players that have already registered for the event. They will be processed automatically over the next few weeks; there is no need to contact us about this. We will also be refunding any team rooms that have been paid for. Our goal is to have all refunds processed in the next several weeks. Any questions should be directed to David Heiser at david.heiser@renaissanceknights.org.
It is not necessary to contact the Westin Chicago Northshore Hotel 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 Kasparov Chess Foundation, Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation and the US Chess Federation will continue to work hard to bring you top level scholastic tournaments.
Thank you for helping to keep our community healthy and safe!
