National Scholastic Chess Foundation
 
The NSCF provides chess instruction to over 30 communities and 70 schools.


May 2010. The Bronxville and Columbus teams tied for sixth place (1/2 point out of second!) in the K-5 Under 900 section of the 2010 National Elementary K-6 Chess Championships. GCDS tied for 6th in the K-3 Under 800 while Hunter College Campus tied for second and won the overall K-3 title. Also, All America Team members Joshua Colas and William Graif won trophies in the K-6 section. See all results.
May 2010. You may also want to see this article about the performance of the third-grade Bronxville school team at this year's Westchester County Chess Championships.
April 2010.The Hunter College Campus
team won the 2010 National High School Championship. Alec Getz won an individual
Co-Championship. See the USCHESS article.
Polly's Highlights
See Polly Wright's interviews with the 2008-9 season's most active player Gabriel Joseph and with the sibling 2008-9 NSCF Grand Prix finalists Jonathan and Christian Baccay.
In September 2009, FM Sunil Weeramantry engaged over twenty children and adults in a simultaneous exhibition at the Chappaqua Library theater, yielding no draws or losses.

Welcome to the 2010-2011 school season.
Here's a brief view of the new NSCF 2010-2011 Scholastic Grand Prix tournament calendar. (Use this for planning purposes; registration is not yet open.)
Mail and online registration is now available for the Fall 2010 Scarsdale Girl Scout House chess program. The session starts Ocober 23.
April 2010. A pleasant surprise in Ohio. The Greenwich Academy school team made their debut on the National scene in the All Girls' National Championships and returned with the Girls 10 and Under Team Championship! The team members were Drew and Hunter Korn, Karina Schulze, Eleanor Urdang and Phoebe Jacoby. Results.
The Lady GACAs just Love chess!
 		February 2010. Solomon Schechter wins States again! The Solomon Schechter team has won the New York State High School Championship for the second straight year.
The Solomon Schechter Team        
NSCF instructor FM Adnan Kobas, Max Steinberg, Josh Abady, Alexander Reis, Michael Bodek and Jared Goldfarb (not in photo Ben Gershenov). See the results.

In the Elementary section, the Bedford Village School team finished 3rd, William Graif and Jonathan Baccay tied for individual 2nd, and Joshua Colas and Michael Ainsworth were also among the leaders. See the results.
See the striking Woodlands, Ward and Ridgeway school tournament pictures posted
at JonThaler.com.


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