NYCHESSKIDS

1 Day Chess Camp (January 16)

2012-01-09T12:25:00.000-05:00

Full Day: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Half Day: Morning Session 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Afternoon Session: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Location:
PS 116 - The Mary Lindley Murray School
210 East 33rd Street (between 2nd & 3rd Ave.) New York, NY 10016

PS 116 Tournament (January 15)

2012-01-09T12:23:00.000-05:00

8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Onsite registration for people who did not register online.

9:00 AM
Registration for round 1 closes. Non-registered players arriving after 9:00 will be paired for round 2 and will receive a half point bye for round 1. Registrations for rounds 2-4 will still be accepted after 9:00 AM.

9:30 AM
Parents & kids who registered online arrive. Sections will be posted on wall charts.

9:45 AM
Opening Ceremony. Round 1 of each section will be called and children gather in the tournament hall.

10:00 AM
Start of the tournament.

Holiday Chess Camp Your Kids Will Love

2011-11-19T12:06:00.000-05:00

Holiday Chess Camp Your Kids Will Love

American Chess Kids Take on the World

2011-11-18T08:57:00.000-05:00

American Chess Kids Take on the World

NYChessTournaments

2011-10-07T09:50:00.004-04:00

http://portal.sliderocket.com/ANBZL/NYChessKids-Chess-Tournaments

NYChessKids Summer Program

2011-10-07T09:28:00.000-04:00

NYChessKids Programs

2011-10-07T09:27:00.000-04:00

NYChessKids Chess Tournaments

2011-10-07T09:09:00.000-04:00

http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php

2011-06-30T08:31:00.000-04:00

http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php

2009-11-09T16:33:00.004-05:00

LOWER LAB

CHESS TOURNAMENT

Nov 8th, 2009

What a beautiful Fall day, and what a great day for chess! The NYChessKids tournament caravan moved uptown to the Lower Lab School on the Upper Eastside for the November 8th tournament, and what a pleasant experience it was. The tournament hall was well lit, the auditorium seating was comfortable, and the entire place had a bright, airy feel. And, lots of new tournament players availed themselves of the opportunity to break into chess competition for the first time in the pleasant Lower Lab surroundings.

Fortunately for Lower Lab, though unfortunately for other schools, Lower Lab was dominant in various sections in the team-honors category. They won Novice 1, Novice 2, and Reserve.

NO SCORE had 13 players from 5 different schools. Each student received a medal for participation and a trophy for tying for 1st place. Notable standouts were Preston Shirazi who is home-schooled for chalking up his second strong showing over the board in one week, and Yara Saabneh from Trevor Day who was his school's sole representative in this section for the day.

NOVICE 1 had 28 students from 12 different schools, which makes this section the biggest one at this event, and even makes it bigger than any of the sections last week at PS116 which was a much bigger event in terms of turn-out. Several schools were in the hunt for 3rd place team honors but at last count it was Calhoun that won on tie-breaks. Clear 2nd went to PS41 and Lower Lab commanded this section to take the top honor. Henry Herzog from Lower Lab had the only perfect individual score, thus taking 1st place, Kyle Jung from Lower Lab took 2nd place on tie-breaks, and Gabriel Markowitz from PS41 took 3rd. A notable standout in this section was Theodore King from St Bernard's who was playing in only his 2nd tournament ever and who was his school's sole rep for the day.

NOVICE 2 had 14 students from 5 different schools. Lower Lab commandeered the 1st place trophy by a wide margin, Brooklyn Friends took clear 2nd, and Trevor Day took clear 3rd. Solo honors went to Julian Melendez from Lower Lab who took clear 1st with a perfect score, Andrew Kornfeld from Lower Lab took 2nd place on tie-breaks, and Matthew Burnett from Lower Lab took 3rd place on tie-breaks. Notable standouts in this section was the team from Brooklyn Friends School who fielded four players for the first time this year, with Isaiah Richards garnering the 9th place trophy, his first ever.

K-1 had 9 players from 5 different schools. Nest easily took the 1st place team trophy and the next 4 top teams tied in the point column though on tie-breaks it was PS116 which took 2nd place, and Heschel took 3rd also on tie-breaks. Solo honors went to Kyle Miller from Nest who took clear 1st with a perfect score, Mario Tutunco also from Nest took clear 2nd, and Jason Jiang also from Nest took 3rd place on tie-breaks. Of note in this section, Natalie Kleiner from Nightgale made her first appearance to the Lower Lab tournament this year scoring at the midway point in her field.

PRIMARY had 16 kids from 12 different schools. Team points were thus hard to come by. At final tally It was PS89 that secured 1st place by a point, Nest secured clear 2nd place, and it was Heschel that secured 3rd place team honors. Individual awards went to Kaelyn Ha from PS89 who took clear 1st with a perfect score, Austin Stapleton from Browning took 2nd place on tie-breaks, and Matthew Furman from Hunter taking 3rd place also on tie-breaks. Of note in this section Of note in this section, Kira Berman from Ramaz who placed better than half the field was her school's only representative in this section.

RESERVE had 20 kids from 16 different schools present, and the struggle for team honors was close. Lower Lab edged out Browning for 1st place at final tally, and Spence then took clear 3rd. Top solo honors went to Arthur Elghouayel from Browning who took 1st place with a perfect score. Romy Vassilev from Spence took clear 2nd and 3rd place went to Solomon Canada from Anderson. Of note in this section, Aiden McGorry from PS116 achieved a draw in his first-round game though a pawn down in a notorious opposite-colored bishops endgame, and Romy Vassilev's high performance in this mostly all-boy section was impressive. If her first-round game against a much lower-rated player had gone differently she would have contended for 1st place in a blitz play-off.

CLASSIC had 5 players from 4 different schools. PS116 easily took 1st place team honors, in 2nd place was Lower Lab, and Spence took 3rd place. Flrizelle Songco from PS116 took clear 1st with a perfect score, Ethan Joo from Lower Lab took clear 2nd, and Natalie Berger from Spence took 3rd place on tie-breaks. Of note in this section, siblings Florizelle and Jason Songco went into this tournament thinking one of them might wind up atop the winner's podium, but not even mom or dad could venture a guess which one it might be. This time it was Florizelle who took home the top prize and who achieved home bragging rights. The tension has already begun to build for their next tournament.

CHAMPIONSHIP had 6 players from 5 different schools. This time it was Kassa Korley from Dalton who won 1st place by a full point over perennial nemesis Raven Sturt from Bronx Science who took 2nd place on tie-breaks, and it was Matthew Zeitlin from Horace Mann who too 3rd. Top team honors went to Dalton which edged out Horace Mann on tie-breaks for 1st place, and it was Bronx Science taking 3rd place at final count.

The next NYChessKids tournament will be December 20th at PS116. As usual sign up early for fee discounts. And remember, the top two schools in terms of number of registrations will get a team room free of charge. Hope to see you there.

In the in-between time, play good chess and have great fun doing so.

You can see more pictures on our server: http://nychesskids.com/main/slideshow/photo/

See you on next tournament.

Lower Lab Tournament on Nov 8

2009-11-03T01:02:00.003-05:00

Dear parents here you can see the link for registration at Lower Lab School on Nov 8.

https://nychesskids.wufoo.com/reports/lower-lab-tournament-8-november-2009/

PS116 ON OCTOBER 13, PRE-REGISTERED KIDS

2008-10-13T02:23:00.000-04:00

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: Championship (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Michael Ainsworth	NY
	1637 13331764	MAMARO
2	Andrew D Berger	NY
	1527 12882652	COLLEG
3	Joshua Colas	NY
	1818 13242201	MAMARO
4	JULIE E FLAMMANG
	1557 12906623	SPENCE
5	Miles Hinson	NY
	1859 12893979	COLLEG
6	Musa Jamshed	NY
	1625 12930048	HUNTER
7	Yuta Kakutani	NY
	1739 12873621	HUNTER
8	Tamir Membership Koren	NY
	1658 12801892	HUNTER
9	KASSA KORLEY
	2252 12832679	DALTON
10	Dylan Kosinski
	1709	TREVOR
11	Danie Kostovetsky	NY
	1411 13454854	HEWLET
12	Jack Millman	NY
	1396 12925708	HORACE
13	Amir Moazami	NY
	1492 13361544	HORACE
14	Kyle* Moon	NY
	1585 13076084	PS116
15	Nicholas Ng	NY
	1745 12937091	DALTON
16	Kadhir And Pillai	NY
	1625 13344871	PS116
17	Lilia Meil Poteat	NY
	1598 12920065	CGPS
18	Hal Rives	NY
	1407 13410242	TREVOR
19	Gabrielle Rivkin	NY
	1577 12851276	HORACE
20	Zachary A Rivkin	NY
	1777 12847028	HORACE
21	Kevin Rosenberg	NY
	1946 12933557	ALMS
22	Aaron O Schein	NY
	1624 12901676	HORACE
23	Philip Shin	NY
	1520 12903921	ST.LUK
24	Alexande Spinnell	NY
	1618 13072906	MNS
25	Raven M Sturt	NY
	2116 12836880	BXSCI
26	Lenn Uchima	NY
	1556 12933506	HORACE
27	Gordon Yang	NY
	1648 13264415	NEST
28	Alan J Zhang	NY
	1566 13649363	WESTLA
29	Vance Zuo	NY
	1525 12846544	HERRIC

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: Open (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Alexander J Crump	NY
	1240 13607663	PS116
2	RAY FISHMAN
	1228 12938440	PS6
3	Jere Gershonowitz	NY
	1304 12917968	HCES
4	BEN GOLDSTEIN
	1192 13509986	DALTON
5	Benjamin* Gordon	NY
	1183 12911032	LOWLAB
6	Takayuki Ishikawa	NY
	1090 13698838	BROWNI
7	Benjamin Katz	NY
	1230 13130958	HUNTER
8	Thomas Knoff	NY
	1028 13615286	BROWNI
9	Jonathan Kogan	NY
	1224 13253490	LOWLAB
10	Etan Koren	NY
	1150 12937194	PS116
11	Christopher C Lee	NY
	1393 12930011	HUNTER
12	Salief Lewis	NY
	1332 12901673	HUNTER
13	Teodor Alex Lipan	NY
	1115 13500567	PS116
14	ARTHUR LOWENSTEIN
	1229 13284308	HUNTER
15	Albert Daniel Shub
	1234 13618244
16	Jonathan Spinnell	NY
	1333 13072892	MNS
17	ZACHARY TANENBAUM
	1271 13616253	BIRCH
18	Leo Vigna	NY
	1305 13452361	LFNY
19	Max Wiegand	MA
	1147 13141545	BROWNE
20	Matthew Fra Zafra	NY
	1369 13237484	HUNTER

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: Reserve (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Natalie Berger	NY
	702 12906622	SPENCE
2	MATTHEW A BURNETT
	107 13876902	PS77
3	Graeme Cohen	NY
	469 13769405	PS115
4	BRYCE DEMOPOULOS
	836 13821662	HUNTER
5	Gardner Howe	NY
	825 13347027	BUCKLE
6	Lisako M Ishikawa	NY
	772 13715462	MARYMO
7	Kai Kronberg	NY
	701 13452637	PS41
8	Ethan Kue	NY
	529 13870106	PS116
9	Nathaniel Kue	NY
	593 13870112	PS116
10	Leon Lai	NY
	762 13466815	PS130
11	SILVER LIFTIN
	848 13510145	SAINTA
12	CHARLIE MATHER
	686 13084393	BUCKLE
13	Daniel Mintz	NY
	779 13845721	PS158
14	Matthew Miyasaka	NY
	661 13941286	PS6
15	David Moon	NY
	874 13185085	COLLEG
16	Michael Fr Morigi	NY
	678 13512822	SALK
17	CURTIS,Membership MOTULSKY
	868 13502935	DALTON
18	ELLA PAPANEK
	605 13796480	MONTES
19	David Witdorchic	NY
	613 13500332	NEST
20	ETHAN YANG
	102 13456610	PS41
21	Isaiah Yim	NY
	737 13768821	NEST

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: Classic (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	JORDAN CHAMBERS
	1010 13203591	DALTON
2	Sam Chapin	NY
	845 12908188	DALTON
3	Nicholas Golin	NY
	942 12907684	HUNTER
4	Spenc Gordon-sand	NY
	1094 13130964	HUNTER
5	GEORGE GRIMBILAS
	1001 13617957	BROWNE
6	BENJAMIN GROSS
	938 13203763	TRINIT
7	James Hull	NY
	994 12927967	NYHUNT
8	Jacks Keel-atkins	NY
	1029 13486646	HUNTER
9	John Foss Kelly	NY
	868 13593112	HOME
10	Alisa Kikuchi	NY
	984 13332835	PS116
11	Isabell Lecrichia	NY
	811 13835017	PS116
12	ASHER LIFTIN
	1106 13102521	HUNTER
13	Remi* Moon	NY
	918 13076078	NEST
14	Anne-gai Moreland	NY
	909 13084428	PS116
15	Brandon Nydick	NY
	848 13809493	COLLEG
16	Nicholas Pizzo	NY
	887 12917958	NEST
17	Andy Price	NY
	926 13758673	ST.ANN
18	Gabriel Schneier	NY
	986 13362636	HUNTER
19	Lorraine Shub
	939 13782391
20	Florizelle Songco	NY
	842 13865332	PS116
21	Andrew Tai	NY
	815 13579172	HUNTER
22	Liza Vigna	NY
	898 13641660	LFNY
23	Jesse Weinstein	NY
	934 13551668	HUNTER
24	Elliot Witdorchic	NY
	979 13258674	NEST
25	Jane Zhang	NY
	936 13817398	PS158

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: K-1 (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Max Aeon Chung	NY
	374 13777578	BROWNI
2	Nicholas Evans
	unr.	PS116
3	KEVIN GOLUB
	232 13779203	COLLEG
4	Horatio M Hamkins	NY
	154 13966862	HUNTER
5	Marcus Miyasaka
	unr. 14026082	PS6
6	Elena Morgan	NY
	unr. 14011878	NEST
7	Axel Motulsky
	unr. 14029206	COLLEG
8	Lauren Pehlivanian	NY
	282 13870050	HUNTER
9	Felix Roz	NY
	230 13909526	PS116
10	Brian She	NY
	175 13974381	PS158
11	ETHAN J TODD
	143 13910716	PS116
12	Benjamin Wiegand	MA
	240 13873175	BROWNE
13	Jonathan Zhang	NY
	338 13845831	HUNTER

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: Primary (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Oliver Bass	DC
	266 13676137	JPDS
2	Koby Bernstein	NY
	488 13603262	DALTON
3	ALEXANDER BURNETT
	100 13876917	PS41
4	Solomon Ta Canada	NY
	442 13854552	PS334
5	Kyle Ru Chan-shue	NY
	756 13833047	DALTON
6	Will Chapin	NY
	597 13822157	DALTON
7	Andrew Conkey
	586 13656678	HUNTER
8	SAGE DEMOPOULOS
	404 13956096	PS183
9	ELIE FARAH
	532 13871980	DALTON
10	MATTHEW M GRIFFIN
	unr. 13982835	CWS
11	Violet Hull	NY
	743 13449132	PS334
12	Kaylen Hunte	NY
	108 13833858	DALTON
13	SAMUEL P JACOVITZ
	725 13801790	PS183
14	Jeremy Kogan	NY
	532 13779230	CGPS
15	Ethan Kwok	NY
	354 13961033	HUNTER
16	Shaan Lalvani
	unr.	DALTON
17	CHARLIE MATHER
	686 13084393	BUCKLE
18	Aiden McGorry	NY
	498 13830727	PS116
19	Stephen Moon	NY
	634 13312675	COLLEG
20	ESZTER MORVAY
	708 13784795	HEWITT
21	Arno Motulsky
	unr. 14029192	PS116
22	Matthew Palombini	NY
	184 13352280	PS41
23	CLAY PAPANEK
	561 13804083	MONTES
24	CHARLIE PA REEDER
	466 13512686	PS334
25	Taylor Roberts	NY
	735 13573412	DALTON
26	ALEXANDER KU ROTI
	unr. 14010058	HEWLET
27	Teddy Sandler	NY
	626 13722248	PS334
28	Max Schliesman	NY
	257 13851745	PS334
29	SEAN SIDI
	516 13830231	HUNTER
30	Tristan Sollecito	NY
	716 13870828	DALTON
31	Jason Songco	NY
	582 13865326	PS116
32	Madison Verschleiser	NY
	301 13641681	HESCHE
33	Catherine Ye	NY
	625 13796337	BREARL
34	Joseph Yim	NY
	244 13768836	NEST
35	Peter Yim	NY
	132 13768842	NEST

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: Novice 1 (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Emma Basch
	unr.	PS116
2	Sam Brill
	unr.	PS77
3	Dylan Burfield
	unr.	PS116
4	Patrick Flood
	unr.	NEST
5	William Knoff
	unr.	BRICK
6	Nicolet Lecrichia	NY
	112 13856261	PS11
7	Reddy Lee
	unr.	DALTON
8	Howard Lin
	unr.	SMS
9	Sean McAlarney
	unr.	ISOM
10	Kayla Nejat
	unr.	LAB
11	Fanny Noriega
	unr.	PS116
12	Ethan Perez
	unr.	PS116
13	Kirby Rudy
	unr.	PS116
14	Mirabel Sandler
	unr.	PS334
15	Maya Sapozhnikova
	unr.	PS116
16	Max Selendy
	unr.	HUNTER
17	William Seong
	unr.	PS116
18	Henri Serverius
	unr.	PS116
19	Alexander Sisk
	unr.	PS116
20	Kai Yamamoto
	unr.	LAB

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: Novice 2 (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Sophie Bass	DC
	unr. 13684006	JPDS
2	Zachary Lee
	unr.	BCS
3	Jack McElduff
	unr.	PS116
4	Felix Parker
	unr.	PS234

SwissSys Wall Chart. NYCHESSKIDS October 2008: No Score (Alphabetical)

#	Name/Rtng/ID	St/Tm
1	Kieran Leibovitz
	unr.	PS306
2	Raquelle Mintz
	unr.	PS158
3	Cameron Nejat
	unr.	LAB
4	Jack Palombini
	unr.	PS41
5	Dox Roy
	unr.	PS41

SAR ACADEMY TOURNAMENT

2008-06-18T14:51:00.002-04:00

SAR ACADEMY chess tournament on June 15 was exellent. This school has very beautiful facilities. 70 kids participated in this event. The tournament was organized by tristatechess.
Next year this should be bigger event.

Potluck at PS116

2008-06-18T07:17:00.006-04:00

On June 17 PS116 school had potluck dinner for chess students. It was so nice to see parents playing chess against their kids. I think it is very important for parents to learn the game. They will be able to understand better children's chess education.
Mom Keisha having fun with her son Jalen. Hey take care of your king. Kid is not three years old anymore.United States Champion Kadhir Pillai is observing the game between his dad Kovan and Alexander's dad Jeff.

Chess is a friendly game.It brings joy to people and can unite the families.
Mom is checking on Alex. Let me see how much did you learn this year.

Chess Party

2008-06-16T07:18:00.006-04:00

Playing ball on chess board.
Both girls and boys enjoyed the soccer game.
Playground was fun.

It is the end of school year. We had fun day with our students on JUNE 12. Older students were teaching younger kids, tensed soccer game, play ground games, pizza and ice cream and everyone went home happy.

My New Student

2008-06-10T07:45:00.003-04:00

Zoe and Saudin. Zoe is only 3 years old. Believe it or not this girl was with us at the April camp from 10am to 5pm. She has so much energy. I think she will become a very special person.

Enjoy the pictures

2008-06-10T07:43:00.005-04:00

Ps116 tournament just looked great on Sunday. I really enjoyed it very much. Thanks to all of our students for participation on such a hot day.Gary had fun with his students in between the rounds. He did a great job hosting the event.
Milos helps Alexander with Monroi.It seems so he is very good with new technology.I wonder how long did it take him . Press the clock Alex.

Enjoy pictures from PS116 June 8 tournament

2008-06-10T07:36:00.013-04:00

Kids are raising hands for the sponsored week at NYChesskids Summer Camp.
Final ceremony is what we are waiting for. Gary stop talking. Give us trophies.
Our French princess Anne-Gail helps kindergarten kids with medals. she was approved NYChessKids director. The tradition in our classes is that older kids help younger ones.
Finaly. Trophies and nice smile. Every child in No Score section gets trophy for the first place and the medal. It must be computer mistake. I don't get it, how do they all get in first place.
We love trophies
Novice 1 trio.
NYChessKids has the best trophies. Some of them are bigger than kids. next year we will have even better ones.
Lab team had a great performance on June 8 tournament.
Reserve winners

Enjoy pictures from PS116 June 8 tournament

2008-06-10T07:30:00.008-04:00

Nice smile. Chess makes kids happy.
Why is he so happy. It must be that he captured a pawn.
Anna from Hunter is a new young talented girl.
I love this picture. She looks so focused.
Vernita from PS130 in her first tournament.
Madeline from PS116 in NO Score section.
Charlie from PS334 is not only a good chess player but also a very good musician.

VIDEO FROM JUNE 8 Tournament

2008-06-09T15:20:00.003-04:00

Kids had such great time on our last tournament at PS116. It was very hot,but still 140 kids showed up. Enjoy the video with kids playing chess on June 8.

Blitz Match

2008-06-09T14:41:00.005-04:00

Both Nicholas and Raven played perfect tournament. With 3 out of 3 they played two blitz games. Nicholas was in winning postion here but lost on time.
You should play RC1 instead of Ba6
.Part 1. This first game was very exiting in the
middle game. You can see second game here on our Europe's blog

Championship section

2008-06-09T09:45:00.000-04:00

Championship section attracts very talented kids. Nobody likes the trophies in this section.They enjoyed their electronic gifts.
It seems to me we are getting tired of MP3 players. Kids suggested put some chekels on the table man.

GREAT TALENT

2008-06-09T09:36:00.000-04:00

Zachary Tanenbaum is one of the most talented first graders in the country. Watch this gyu. He got in second place in open section.
Not easy in his age, but Zachary doesn't mind to play older students. Next year time for championship section.

PS116 june 8 tournament

2008-06-09T09:26:00.000-04:00

Saudin, Steven and Franceska. Steven from trevor day School played exellent tournament in Open section. He was fortunate to get Franceska's help in between the rounds.

PS116 JUNE 8 TOURNAMENT

2008-06-07T07:29:00.002-04:00

Hello from NYChess Kids

At the moment 126 kids are registered for NYChessKids tournament hosted by PS116 on June 8.
We will post new list today at 4pm and 9pm.
NYChessKids Staff

PS163 CHESS TOURNAMENT,MAY 31

2008-06-04T17:37:00.011-04:00

WE LOVE TROPHIES!!

PS163 tournament

2008-06-03T16:30:00.002-04:00

We really had a great time on this tournament. It seems to me kids enjoyed this event.

Chess Parents

2008-06-02T10:31:00.000-04:00

Parents at PS163 worked very hard on Saturday, May 31 to raise money for their chess program.
they helped a lot to make PS163 chess tournament a successful event.

NYChessKids Championship section

2008-06-02T10:17:00.005-04:00

Championship section attracts the most talented players in the country. Those kids got the promise from NYChessKids. We are going to sponsor this section with more money and more tournaments. you worked hard and you deserved it.

The video is made at NYChessKids tournament hosted by PS163 on May 31,20008

PS163 Chess Tournament

2008-06-02T07:39:00.003-04:00

NYChessKids organized our first tournament at PS163 School on May 31.
93 kids from New York city area played this event.

Primary Section Video.

New born chess player

2008-05-27T07:33:00.001-04:00

My swing dance friend Mom Claudia said she wants her son to start playing chess wright away. Ethan Sean Baker was born on April 26 in California. He's
10lbs...big boy! He can't wait to come to NY and be your student.
Definitely definitely we want him to play chess. What age? 2 or 3?

I suggest we start with en-passant. Good luck to our new member.
Saudin

Chess in Bosnien schools

2008-05-26T10:23:00.000-04:00

Schools in Bosnia started with chess education. Learning thinking skills will help a lot of children.

Favourite Mom

2008-05-26T10:16:00.000-04:00

Julie Livingston is one of NYChesskids favourite moms. In a last 10 years she had two sons involved in chess. She did so much for children and chess in New York City . Our respect for Julie is enormous. Good luck in new school.

The best teachers in the city

2008-05-26T10:10:00.000-04:00

Anatoly Trubman is one of the best chess teachers in New York City.He works for NYChessKids for already 5 years.
Anatoly made a lot of kids very succesful. Few monts ago he got married.He looks much happier now.

The best kindergarten classes

2008-05-26T09:48:00.006-04:00

PS116 school has one of the best kindergarten classes in the country. 40 kindergartens study chess in the after school program and 150 kids study chess in the morning classes.
Enjoy this video from NYChessKids after school program.

Kids study with NYChessKids teacher Gary Ryan.

Kids look very relaxed.

The nap time before the chess class

Chess in Bosnia

2008-05-25T09:05:00.002-04:00

Bosnien kids are cleaning chess club in new established NYChessKids school for children. NYChessKids is going to sponsor and bring chess to schools in Bosnia in september.

Third Place in K-5 under 900

2008-05-20T08:37:00.000-04:00

PS116 finished in third place in K-5 under 900. It is a great success for our school. Team to be remembered. Remi, Nicholas, Aki, Nathaniel, Graeme,Alisa and saudin

So much fun

2008-05-20T08:34:00.000-04:00

We had so much fun in Nationals. Graeme,Nataniel, Jesse and little one in good mood.
Can we please go one more time to Pittsburgh next week.

PS116 Team

2008-05-14T22:58:00.000-04:00

What a fantastic team. One of the best group of kids PS116 ever had. 29 kids from PS116 represented school in Pittsburgh on United States Championship. we will remember this photo forever.

Fantastic performance

2008-05-13T09:32:00.003-04:00

Kadhir Pillai had a great performance in Pittsburgh. He ended up with 51/2 points what gave his team fourth place.
Last game against Matthew Zeitlin was one of the best kids could play. After 4 hours he lost the game,but look at this art. See the game on our Europe's blog http://www.chesstheatre.com/?act=4_193&sr=1210688143

Anatoly

2008-05-13T07:45:00.000-04:00

NYChessKids teacher anatoly Trubman did a great job helping the kids. Surrounded by his students during the analysis time.
Next please. He probably had to see more than hundred games.

Too much enegy

2008-05-13T07:41:00.000-04:00

Eugene Dolan represented his PS116 school in k-3 under 800. Many kids don't have enough energy to compete. He has too much of it.
Eugene helped his team a lot. It was his first time on US Championship.

Meeting area

2008-05-13T07:37:00.000-04:00

Meetings before the games are regular procedures before the game. It is hard to mantain the energy for three days.
Saudin trying to motivate kids, and inspire them for next game. Not easy at all.

Post mortem

2008-05-13T07:32:00.000-04:00

Etan,Inna and Saudin. By analysing games kids can learn from the mistakes they made.
Etan played wonderful games and helped his team to get fourth place trophy in k-3 championship.

What a tournament

2008-05-13T07:28:00.000-04:00

This picture shows you what a great event US Championship was. It was so nice to be part of it.

Help needed

2008-05-13T07:26:00.000-04:00

NYChessKids teacher Gregory Cesar came on Saturday from New York to help his students.
Nice gesture Gregory.

Happy kid

2008-05-13T07:22:00.000-04:00

No party without Hal Rives. He represented his Trevor day school.

Trader

2008-05-13T07:21:00.000-04:00

Jonathan Alony with Saudin. Jonathan transfered from PS116 to Nest School. He was one of the few kids to represent Nest+M school.
He still likes our team room.

Talented Kid

2008-05-13T07:17:00.000-04:00

Fifth grade kid Vidya Bollavaram from PS116 focusing before sixth round. She helped her k-5 championship team

Friends

2008-05-13T07:15:00.000-04:00

First graders Jordana and Alexandra learned a lot on US Championship. They are good friends

Getting ready for a game

2008-05-13T07:12:00.000-04:00

Graeme Cohen helped his K-5 team under 900. He had a blast on US championship

Good time

2008-05-13T07:10:00.000-04:00

Liam from PS130 represented his school in k-3 under 800. Good time before the third round.

Alex and his mom

2008-05-13T07:07:00.000-04:00

Mom is looking for chocolate before 6th round. Alex did a great job for his K-3 primary championship team.

Ramaz power

2008-05-13T07:06:00.000-04:00

Lisa with Matthew and Alex discussing the strategy to get big trophy.

Ben and his mom

2008-05-13T07:04:00.000-04:00

Ben from Horace Mann school with his mom. His team got in second place in k-3 championship.

Great friends

2008-05-13T07:02:00.000-04:00

Judi,Steven and Joann preparing with the glass of cranbury juice for the fifth round.

Grandma is giving advice to Eric

2008-05-13T07:00:00.000-04:00

I'm sorry grandma but I can't play 1.c4. Eric Spyropoulos before fifth round

Jonathan and his mom

2008-05-13T06:57:00.000-04:00

Jonathan Kogan from Lab school supported by his mom Emily before the third round.

Steven and Saudin

2008-05-13T06:56:00.000-04:00

Two young fellows. Steven represented his Trevor Day school.

Talented kid from PS158

2008-05-13T06:54:00.000-04:00

Jane Zhang from PS158 got in fifth place in K-3 under 800. Great success for a talented girl.

Mom's help

2008-05-13T06:47:00.000-04:00

Peter and his mom before third round.
Peter helped his team under 800.

PS130 was represented

2008-05-13T06:45:00.000-04:00

Marcus and his dad before fourth round. Marcus was one of the three kids from PS130 to represent his school.

Dady and Bella

2008-05-13T06:43:00.000-04:00

Tony and Bella before third round.Bella helped her team a lot.

Good time in K-5 Championship section

2008-05-13T06:40:00.000-04:00

PS116 was able to compete in k-5 championship. Kyle,Demos and Eric on the stage receiving a well deserved trophy for 9th place.

4th place

2008-05-13T06:35:00.000-04:00

Kadhir and Alexander celebrate their fourth place in primary championship section.
Exelent result in one of the most difficult sections.

Nicky: An Inspiration to All

2008-05-10T21:55:00.000-04:00

Nicky had to have surgery on his knee and ankle 2 weeks before the U.S Nationals in Pittsburgh. He had fought a broken knee before, so he was sort've used to it. But Nicky came to the Nationals to play for the PS116 team with his injury's. So far he has won 4 out of 5 games. If I were you, I would tip your hats to him. What a great kid.

Mom's help is important

2008-05-10T19:15:00.000-04:00

Jesse before third round. It is nice to have a relaxed mom on chess tournaments.

Anne-Gail and Michael

2008-05-10T12:59:00.000-04:00

Don't read. Just look.

Thinking Girl

2008-05-10T08:55:00.000-04:00

Charlie from PS334 before the second round. Look how focus she is. We are very happy she joined NYChessKids group.

Ben and Saudin

2008-05-09T21:28:00.000-04:00

2 very handsome monkeys. What is better: this or 2 real monkeys? We win.
Published by mistagwoo.

bella and bria

2008-05-09T21:13:00.000-04:00

It is fun to hug each other like these 2 beautiful gals.

Exellent conditions for playing

2008-05-09T18:19:00.000-04:00

Florizzelle before the tournament. great conditions for playing. Parents are allowed to watch the games.

Trophies

2008-05-09T18:14:00.000-04:00

Look at this room.
Did you ever see so many trophies. What a great tournament. Im sorry if you are not here with us.
All the kids playing US Championship are winners.

Graeme Cohen won first game

2008-05-09T18:09:00.000-04:00

We are following results of NYchessKids students. Graeme won first game in K-5 under 900 section. Picture was taken by his dad.

I wonder who is playing

2008-05-09T18:05:00.000-04:00

Who is playing here. Jason or dady. Jason won first round in K-1 section.

38 kids in our team room

2008-05-09T17:51:00.000-04:00

Anatoly and Saudin talking to kids before the firs round. 38 kids in our PS116 team room.

US Championship started

2008-05-09T17:11:00.001-04:00

United States Championship started at 1pm on Friday. Over 2500 kids are registered to play this event.
The tournament is held at the conventional center in Pittsburgh. Exelent conditions for playing, wonderful educational experience for children.

The youngest granmaster in the world

2008-05-08T06:40:00.003-04:00

The youngest grandmaster in the world is Filipino Wesley So, who last December made his final norm at the tender age of 14 years and two months. That was no fluke, as Wesley went on to win the 10th Dubai Open this April, with a 2708

PS130 Afterschool Chess

2008-05-07T16:16:00.000-04:00

PS130 after school chess meets on Wednesday 3pm to 4:45. Kids are very serious and good chess players. A lot of kids in public schools are bright and have a potential to become great players.

Serious guy

2008-05-07T16:11:00.000-04:00

Kyle Liang one of the wonderkids at PS130. exellent chess player, very focused and patient.
Keep studying Kyle.

Very funny kid

2008-05-07T16:07:00.000-04:00

Leon Lai from PS130 in last Wednesday class before United States Championship.
He is one of the most talented kids in this school. Realy loves chess and has a lot of fun at chess classes.
Good luck in Pitsburgh.

Ready for US Championship

2008-05-07T11:42:00.000-04:00

Eric and Vidya preparing for US Championship. Both kids are playing at K-5 championship section. Good luck from NYChessKids.

What a beautiful kid

2008-05-06T21:45:00.001-04:00

My friend Alexandra has a lot of fun at chess class. I realy like her hair ribbon. She is playing on National championship in K-1 section.
Good luck little one.

Florizelle wins Hunter

2008-05-06T06:25:00.003-04:00

I just got this picture from Florizelle's dad. She looked great and very happy. Not many kids can win Hunter. This is a great victory for Florizzele. She worked very hard.

Fantastic Win

2008-05-05T06:45:00.001-04:00

Florizelle Songco wins Hunter primary section. Florizzelle just started to play in September. Hard work, commitment and great results are already here. Good sign before National Championship. With this victory Florizelle will join PS116 primary team. Probably the best team PS116 ever had.

Hard work today

2008-05-04T22:10:00.001-04:00

Lisa, Bella,Leo and Saudin were working hard today at Hunter school.

Wonderful Performance Today

2008-05-04T22:06:00.001-04:00

Kadhir Pillai won PS6 Open 4 section with his best friend William Grief.Both of them are in fantastic form before National championship. See the game http://saudin.chesstheatre.com
Good luck boys.

Winner

2008-05-04T22:02:00.002-04:00

Daniel Levey of Ramaz school was a big winner today. First place with four out of four in K-2 rated section.
Very impressive young man.

Happy

2008-05-04T22:00:00.001-04:00

Jason Songco looks happy with his medal at PS6 tournament.Imagine what kind of smile he would have with the trophy in his hands.

Future Master Section

2008-05-04T21:57:00.001-04:00

Hunter's future Master Section attracts the smartest kids.It was a real show today.The best kids in the city used last chance to prepare for National Championship.

Chess is great

2008-05-04T21:55:00.001-04:00

Hey look at those kids. They are so focused. This was analysis of the first round in Hunter school. NYChessKids students performed very well today.

Friends

2008-05-04T21:51:00.001-04:00

Saudin and his new kindergarten friend Veronika during the special Friday team training.

Key player

2008-05-03T08:12:00.001-04:00

Alexander crump is one of those key players. Big hope for PS116 team.
We need this guy to be on fire.
Alex good luck on US Championship

New great talent

2008-05-03T08:05:00.001-04:00

Zachary tanenbaum is one of the most talented first graders in the country. He joined the master class at PS116 few weeks ago.
Acording to his teacher grandmaster Miron Sher this kid will become an amazing chess player.
Zachary good luck on US Championship

Sport and chess

2008-05-03T08:01:00.001-04:00

Of course sport activities are very important for chess kids. It makes them stronger and more self confident.
PS116 kids play for half an hour at the gymeteria before chess class.
jason songco looks very optimistic. Yes we will win National championship.

Last Friday training

2008-05-02T17:05:00.001-04:00

For couple of months PS116 team had a very intensive training on Fridays.Today was the last one before the Natinal championship.
Good luck to our great kids. Play well and have fun.

Talented French lady

2008-05-02T16:14:00.001-04:00

Her name is Anne-Gail Moreland. She is a fourth grader in PS116 school.
She wants to tell to her parents "hello" and to say "thank you for bringing me to the chess class.Thank you thank you thank you sooooooooooooooo much I love you. "

Who is this guy

2008-05-02T13:56:00.001-04:00

He seems to me very focused. Is he hiding or calculating.
I think his name is Kyle Moon. His chess is like a poetry. He creates wonderful combinations on the chess board. for years one of the best in the city.
good luck in Pitsburgh.

New talented student

2008-05-02T13:51:00.001-04:00

Jane is from PS158 and she just joined Master class at PS116 school. Kid is very talented and we are very happy she will study with us.
Welcome Jane.

The best kid

2008-05-02T13:48:00.001-04:00

Michael Morigi represents PS116 for last 5 years. He is in fifth grade now and next week he is traveling with chess team to Pitsburgh.
Michael is one the most talented kids, but also one of the nicest students we ever had.
Good luck on the National championship big boy.