Chess Foundation
The Knights Quest is a series of USCF rated tournaments that are held monthly in which players will receive points for games played. Upon completion of the yearly series in December, the top player from each section shall be declared the Champion of the Quest and receive a golden cup trophy as a reward. The point system for the series is: Win 1.0, Draw .5, Loss .25.
Betsy Carina Dynako wrote a very nice article on the Greater Chicago K-12 Championship and how through this tournament we gifted free entry into the tournament and complimentary US Chess memberships to 325 children who attend Title I schools. One hundred and eighty players benefited this year.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Greater Chicago Championship. This year’s record breaking tournament had 354 players from 116 schools.
As of 2-5-16 there are 400 advanced entries for the 2016 Greater Chicago K-12 Championships which will take place today in Chicago. This puts us over last year’s record attendance of 327 players.
Congratulations to our 2015 Champions
Georgia Wolf – Open
Matthew Varga – U1400
Jackie Christiansen – U1000
Jacob Komorowski – U600
Through our continued partnership with Chicago Public Schools, we want to give every kid in Chicago the opportunity to learn, play and compete in chess.
We are sponsoring programs at 5 Chicago Public schools: Goethe, Lozano, Moos, Sabin, and Yates. But we need your help to continue funding these schools through the end of this school year.
Help support our fundraiser on Generosity today for #GivingTuesday, the global day of giving back to kick off the holiday season!
14th District police officer Jim Regnier managed to put the police on the board with a win against a 3rd grader. He joked that it was a little nerve-wracking playing a 3rd grader. He said his heart was pounding like he was about to serve a search warrant as he savored the victory with some other officers who weren’t so fortunate.
Join us for this free epic chess tournament that aims to foster positive community relations at Moos Elementary School in Chicago on Saturday November 7.
The tournament is open to kids in Grades K-8.
