Chicago's Premier Chess Program
providing CPS students the opportunity to learn, play, & compete in chess
Our Cops & Kids culminating event will take place at Stanton Park. The tournament is open students in grades 5-12 from schools participating in this year’s Cops & Kids Program. Registration takes place from November 20 – 29.
After 5 rounds of intense competition, this year’s K-8 championship teams and individuals were crowned. All the players enjoyed the day and at the end they all walked away as winners having advanced to the final stage of the 2023-2024 chess season.
| SECTION | TEAM | INDIVIDUAL |
| Junior High | Whitney Young AC | Agastya Vanama – Skinner North |
| Intermediate | Skinner North | Micah – Gostelow – Skinner North Shane Veale – Edison RGC Rohit Sankisa – Edison RGC Jacob Chan – Keller Ryan Huang – Lenart |
| Primary | Skinner North | Bishrelt Munkhsuld – Bateman |
This year’s tournament will be taking place at Senn High School. Registration is open from February 26 – March 6 by school coaches only. Schools are limited to 15 players.
Busing may be available for your school and the request must be submitted online using the form on the event page by March 6.
The top 3 teams and the top 4 individuals not associated with an advancing team in each section will advance to the K-8 Championship taking place on March 23. Advancing teams are limited to 5 players.
If a school is missing from this list, email David Heiser at daheiser@cps.edu
| Southside | Northside | |
| Brooks Acad Center | Alcott | |
| Calmeca | Bateman | |
| Carson | Beaubien | |
| Colemon | Bell | |
| Gallistel | Burbank | |
| Goode | Chase | |
| Haley | Chicago Acad ES | |
| Hampton | Coonley | |
| Hendricks | Decatur | |
| Kanoon | Edison Gifted | |
| Keller | Henry | |
| Kinzie | Hughes | |
| Lenart | La Salle | |
| Monroe | Lane Tech Acad. Center | |
| Nightingale | Lincoln | |
| Ninos Heroes | Linne | |
| Ruiz | Peirce | |
| Sadlowski | Pritzker | |
| Sheridan | Ravenswood | |
| Sor Juana | Skinner North | |
| Spry | Taft Acad. Center | |
| STEM | Thorp, O.A. | |
| Taylor | Virtual Academy | |
| Wells | Waters | |
| Whittier | Young ES | |
| Young Acad. Center |
Join us online for our Spring online chess tournament on ChessKid while you enjoy you break from school. The tournament is open to all CPS students in grades K-12. To participate in the tournament students must have their ChessKid account associated with our Enterprise Account 3 days prior to the tournament. Click here for more info.
Join tournament opens at 9:30 am and Round 1 starts at 10:00 pm. The tournament features 1 section for all players.
Advancing to the Championship are the top 3 teams and top 4 individuals not associated with an advancing team in each section.
| SECTION | TEAMS | INDIVIDUALS |
| PRIMARY K-4 SOUTH | KELLER STEM MAGNET GALLISTEL | FELIX LIU – SHERIDAN ANDY GONZALEZ – CARSON LOCIA LOFRANCO – SADLOWSKI ISAAC TRAN – SHERIDAN |
| PRIMARY K-4 NORTH | SKINNER NORTH EDISON RGC DECATUR | BRAYDEN PATTERSON – RAVENSWOOD AJITESH JANGALA – BEUBIEN BISHRELT MUNKHSULD – BATEMAN VIHAAN SHETTY – ALCOTT |
| INTERMEDIATE K-6 SOUTH | KELLER SHERIDAN LENART | MAXWELL KOZLOWSKI – MT GREENWOOD CHEPHREN SKINNER – STEM MAGNET ELAN TAN – STEM MAGNET SEBASTIAN SALAZAR – SADLOWSKI |
| INTERMEDIATE K-6 NORTH | SKINNER NORTH EDISON RGC LINCOLN | THEO MOULTON – LASALLE GAVIN LIU – BELL ANDREI BALOG – DECATUR HEMING LIU – BEAUBIEN |
| JUNIOR HIGH K-8 SOUTH | WHITNEY YOUNG AC KINZIE KELLER | ISAAC LOFRANCO – SADLOWSKI MICHAEL CARRILLO – GALLISTEL ELEAZAR MUNOZ – TAYLOR ASHER TU – SHERIDAN |
| JUNIOR HIGH K-8 NORTH | LANE TECH AC TAFT AC DECATUR | AGASTYA VANAMA – SKINNER NORTH SEAN GAO – EDISON RGC GABRIEL TREJO – CHASE PRANAV PRABHU – SKINNER NORTH |
For 2024 we are offering 3 in-person Summer Chess Experience Camps for students entering grades 5-12 at Whitney Young Magnet High School. Students need to have previous chess experience and must have participated in their school’s Academic Chess and/or Cops & Kids Chess programs.
This year, we are implementing a selection process to determine a student’s level of chess engagement and participation. Please note these camps are not for students with no prior chess experience.
| HIGH SCHOOL | QUEENS | MIDDLE SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|
| June 24 – Jul 12 | Jun 24 – 28 | Jul 1 – 12 |
| entering 9-12 grade | females entering 5-12 grade | entering 5-8 grade |
| MORE INFO | MORE INFO | MORE INFO |
During our Summer camps students will:
High school students have the opportunity to earn $$$ while they learn*
Students interested in participating in one of these camps need to complete the SUMMER CHESS EXPERIENCE INTEREST FORM by March 22. Students will be notified via email by April 5 if they are selected to attend. Females may request to participate in both the Queens camp and the High School or Middle School camp.
This 3-day US Chess rated tournament takes place at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel and is open to all girls under 18 years old as of January 1, 2024. Players participate in the following categories: Under 8 years old, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16, and under 18; sections.
CPS Academic Competition will only be covering the entry fee and US Chess membership for CPS students wanting to play in this tournament. Students will have to cover all other expenses.
Students will need to use the following coupon codes when registering to reduce the entry fee to zero. Must register by April 10th.
Student’s US Chess membership number is needed for registration. Membership numbers can be looked up at http://www.uschess.org/datapage/player-search.php. For students without a US Chess membership enter 999 on the registration form for US Chess membership number
Join us online for our President’s Day online chess tournament on ChessKid while you enjoy you break from school. The tournament is open to all CPS students in grades K-12. To participate in the tournament students must have their ChessKid account associated with our Enterprise Account 3 days prior to the tournament. Click here for more info.
Join tournament opens at 9:30 am and Round 1 starts at 10:00 pm. The tournament features 1 section for all players.
The final standings of the 2024 Greater Chicago K-12 Chess Championship have been posted at – https://greaterchicago.rknights.org/index.php/2024-standings/
Photos from the event will soon be posted on the standings page
Congratulations to all all the CPS players that came out and had fun.
As the City of Chicago’s official chess championship, the top individual & team from Chicago, in each of the championship sections, are recognized as the City Champions.
| Section | Team | Individual |
| K-12 | Walter Payton H.S. | Avi Kaplan – Lane Tech |
| K-8 | Whitney Young A.C. | Matthew Yu – Skinner North |
| K-6 | Skinner North | Heming Liu – Beaubien Elementary |
| K-4 | Skinner North | Eesha Kumar – LaSalle Language |
We are teaming up with Project sWish to have 10-15 male high school chess students participate the 27 Hours of Peace event at Kennedy King College from February 24, 10 am – February 25, 1 PM.
The students will spend part of the time at the chess pavilion playing/teaching chess to the other participants.
Students interested in participating in the 27 hours of peace at Kennedy King College need to complete the INTEREST FORM.
This is an outside event and the parents of the students selected will have to complete a permission form and arrange for their child to be dropped off and picked up from the college.