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On Saturday March 11 we held the K-8 Northside and Southside Playoffs. 371 players from 38 schools competed to determine who will advance the K-8 Championship on March 25.

Advancing to the Championship are the top 3 teams and top 4 individuals not associated with an advancing team in each section.

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ADVANCING TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS

SECTION	TEAMS	INDIVIDUALS
Primary K-4 South	Keller Lenart STEM	Vincent Teran – Sor Juana Jacob Castillo – Taylor Trinity Lopez – Monroe Federico Leon – Whittier
Primary K-4 North	Skinner North Edsion Lincoln	Ethan Huang – Virtual Academy Conrad Robison – Chicago Academy Shrihaan Bathula – Decatur Yuhan Liu – Bell
Intermediate K-6 South	Keller Lenart Sheridan	Lee Sandoval – STEM Andrew Barrerra – Kinzie Zakaria Isahnounen – Calmeca Adolfo Sales Brito – Whittier
Intermediate K-6 North	Skinner North Pritzker Beaubien	Eneko Ramos – Lasalle Sebastian Gravrilescu – Waters Shane Veale – Edison Gabriel Jael – Bateman
Junior High K-8 South	Whitney Young AC Ella Young Kinzie	Raymond Chen – Sheridan Uziel Bahena – Monroe Jason Suarez-Camacho – Calmeca Eleazar Munoz – Taylor
Junior High K-8 North	Skinner North Decatur Lane AC	Aidan Baker – Lincoln Zachary Zurawski – Taft AC Benjamin Link – Taft AC Otto Linnenbringer – Lincoln

For 2023 we have 3 in-person Summer camps that will take place at Whitney Young Magnet High School. This year, Priority is being given to students from schools with the Cops & Kids program, followed by students from school with the Academic Chess Program.

During our Summer camps students will

• LEARN FROM CHESS MASTERS
• GO ON FIELD TRIPS
• PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS & FUN ACTIVITIES
• BE PROVIDED LUNCH & SNACKS
• PLAY BLITZ & BUGHOUSE
• AND A WHOLE LOT MORE

So come join the fun in one of our camps

HIGH SCHOOL	QUEENS	MIDDLE SCHOOL
June 26 – Jul 14	Jun 26 – 30	Jul 5 – 14
entering 9-12 grade	females entering 5-12 grade	entering 5-8 grade
MORE INFO	MORE INFO	MORE INFO

High school students earn $$$ while you learn

Our K-8 North & South Side Playoffs are fast approaching. This year’s tournament will be taking place at Solorio High School.

Registration is open from February 20 – March 1 by school coaches only. Schools are limited to 15 players and 3 coaches.

Busing may be available for your school and the request must be submitted online using the form on the event page by March 1.

ADVANCEMENT TO ELEMENTARY CHAMPIONSHIP

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 25. Advancing teams are limited to 5 players.

SEE EVENT PAGE FOR DETAILS & REGISTRATION

PLAYOFF ASSIGNMENTS

If a school is missing from this list, email David Heiser at daheiser@cps.edu

NORTHSIDE PLAYOFFS SCHOOLS	SOUTHSIDE PLAYOFFS SCHOOLS
Bateman	Calmeca
Beaubien	Gallistel
Bell	Haley
Chicago Academy Elementary	Hendricks
Decatur	Kanoon
Edison	Keller
Henry	Kinzie
Lane AC	Lenart
LaSalle	Hammond
Lincoln	Hampton
Linne	Monroe
Pierce	Sadlowski
Pritzker	Sheridan
Skinner North	Sor Juana
Taft AC	Spry
Thorp	STEM
Virtual Academy	Taylor
Waters	Whittier
	Young AC
	Young Elementary

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.

SEE THE EVENT PAGE FOR MORE INFO

8 CPS high school teams traveled to Peoria to compete in the annual IHSA State Championship. The tournament took place over 2 days, Feb 10 & 11, and at the conclusion of 7 rounds the Payton and Whitney Young chess teams tied for 2nd place with 6 points; Payton placed 3rd and Whitney Young placed 6th on tiebreaks.

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PLACE	TEAM
3	Payton
6	Whitney Young
12	Lane Tech
38	Taft
41	Northside Prep
64	Lincoln Park
93	Brooks
107	Kelly

More than 670 player competed in the annual Greater Chicago K-12 Chess Championship which took place at West Building of McCormick Place. At the end of a spectacular day of chess the winners were determined along with the City of Chicago Champions.

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The top individual & team from Chicago, in each of the championship sections, are recognized as the City Champions.

Section	Team	Individual
K-12	Whitney Young H.S.	Whitman Kosak – Lane Tech
K-8	Whitney Young A.C.	Agastya Vanama – Skinner North
K-6	Pritzker	Matthew Yu – Skinner North
K-4	Skinner North	Lucas Silvestre – University Of Chicago Lab

We will be posting pairings and standings online. Use the below links to view them online.

HS CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRINGS

HS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

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KINGS & QUEENS PAIRINGS

KINGS & QUEENS STANDINGS

68 Students from 23 Schools competed in our MLK Day online tournament. The top 3 finishers in each section receive a plaque.

VIEW RESULTS

The Greater Chicago K-12 Championship will take place at McCormick Place. The tournament features 4 sections that are divided into 3 subsections based on rating as this is a US Chess rated tournament. Students will be provided with a US Chess membership if they don’t already have one. Students with expired memberships will be renewed.

Schools are limited to bringing 25 students to this tournament. Registration open January 2 – 25.

SEE THE EVENT PAGE FOR MORE INFO

The High School Championship and the K-8 Kings & Queens tournament will take place this year at Clemente High School.

HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP

The event features 3 sections: 8-player Varsity team, 5-player Junior Varsity team, and Open sections. Registration open January 2 – 11. There is no restriction on the number of teams / players that a school can register.

SEE THE EVENT PAGE FOR MORE INFO

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K-8 KINGS & QUEENS

This is a 5-board team tournament. Teams must have a minimum of 4 players to compete and schools can only register 2 teams. Registration open January 2 – 11.

SEE THE EVENT PAGE FOR MORE INFO