providing CPS students the opportunity to learn, play, & compete in chess
Join us online for our Fall 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.
Join us during the holidays for our Winter online chess tournament on ChessKid. 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.
We need your help to send 100 Chicago Public Schools students to Washington D.C. for the US Chess National High School Chess Championship in March 2023. We ask that you share the below fundraising presentation with companies, foundations, friends, and family members who may be able to help.
Academic Competitions prides itself on being a pillar of academic excellence through our enrichment programs. Studies have shown that participating in academic competitions programs, such as chess, enhances students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a constructive setting. To that end, it is our goal to expose students to diverse opportunities and experiences through academia and scholarship. Often deemed ‘the game of life, chess is an outlet to the negativity that plagues our communities. Chess requires patience, attention to detail, and builds confidence which are all traits that are applicable to everyday living.
We lean on the generosity of corporate partners to help optimize these opportunities for our future leaders. Your investment will help shape the minds of the next generation.
Below is our presentation for your consideration. Within it you’ll find an overview of our plans for the students and ways your financial contributions will assist us in providing our students with this dynamic opportunity.
There were a total of 14 Cops & Kids schools that responded that they would participate in the event. This event will take place at Guaranteed Rate Field overlooking the ballpark.
Student registration will take place from November 28 through December 1. For this event we will allow onsite substitutions.
| PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS |
|---|
| ACERO – Garcia High School |
| Brooks College Prep |
| Calmeca |
| CVCA |
| Ella Flagg Young Elementary School |
| Gallistel Language Academy |
| Haley Academy |
| Hubbard High School |
| Keller |
| Kellman |
| Kinzie |
| Reinberg Elementary school. |
| Richardson Middle School |
| Waters |
267 students from 33 school participated in the 2022 Junior / Senior Prep Bowl. At the end of the day, that saw the first snowflakes of the winter, the Edison K-4 team, Whitney Young Academic Center K-8 team, and the Lane Tech HS team, all finished in clear first place, while in the K-6 section the Pritzker & Keller teams tied for 1st place.
ChessKid has created a new ebook for teachers, coaches, parents, who want to learn to use ChessKid to teach chess. Using this eBook format, we can link you directly to the right resources, videos, articles, and case studies that will guide you step by step.
Download the ebook to get their expert advice on teaching chess such as:
Join us online for our Fall 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 Junior / Senior Prep Bowl is a 5-player team tournament that takes place at Dunbar High School. The Junior Prep Bowl is for students in grades K-8: Primary K-4, Intermediate K-6, Junior High K-8. The Senior Prep Bowl is for high school students in grades 9-12. Registration by coaches opens Oct 24 and ends Nov 2 – MORE INFO/REGISTRATION
On Saturday, October 22, 278 students from 37 schools participated in our first tournament of the season. The tournament saw many student returning to compete for another year and many new faces competing at their first tournament. The students, chaperones, and staff had a fun filled day of chess and went home well fed.
One coach wrote “Most of our students were nervous, anxious and timid coming into the day. For many of them, it was their first inter-school competition of any sort ever, much less chess. Being able to play in a tournament that was so well run with such great direction and a general sense of joy was huge for them: they left the tournament today totally bought into chess. They’re asking for more practice, more tournaments, more play with other students.”
Congratulations to all the students who came out and competed in this wonderful tournament.
Players will need to record or notate their moves as they play in over-the-board tournaments. This is a good thing because it helps them slow down as they have to make a record of the moves they made in a game that can be analyzed later. To help them learn this before playing in a tournament, here is a ChessKid video explaining how to record moves.
