The CPS Academic Chess K-8 North & South Side Playoffs took place on Saturday March 12 at Whitney Young High School. The tournament saw 238 students from 35 schools compete to see who will advance to the CPS K-8 Championship on March 26.
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Below are the advancing teams and individuals
| Northside Teams | Northside Individuals | Southside Teams | Southside Individuals | |
| Primary K-4 | Lincoln Skinner North Edison | Ramos, Eneko – La Salle Platten, Nathaniel – Waters Hoffman, Alexander – Waters Hadj-Chikh, Ronan – Waters | Keller STEM Spry | Huang, Ryan – Lenart Huang, Ethan – Virtual Academy Arteaga, Daniela – Calmeca Ruiz, Benjamin – Calmeca |
| Intermediate K-6 | Decatur Beaubien Lincoln | Gataulin, Andrey – Skinner North Pothabathula, Rahul – Skinner North Jael, Gabriel – Bateman Desanto, Alex – Pritzker | Keller Gallistel Sheridan | Arteaga, Alejandro – Calmeca Moton, Leshan – Taylor Padilla, Sebastian – Taylor Bahena, Cesar – Calmeca |
| Junior High K-8 | Whitney Young AC Taft AC Skinner North | Dreghorn, Finn – Edison Mccloskey, William – Bateman Rodriguez, Alyssa – Bateman Linnenbringer, Otto – Lincoln | Kinzie Calmeca Sheridan | Villa, Francisco – Washington Elem Garza, Isabella – Brooks AC Anilao, Aidan – STEM Samano, Joel – Hampton |
