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NSCF Tournaments & Classes
NSCF Tournaments & Classes
About NSCF Tournaments
About NSCF Tournaments
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About the NSCF
About the NSCF
Why Chess?
Why Chess?
Sunil Weeramantry, Executive Director
Sunil Weeramantry, Executive Director
Dedicated to improving education and inspiring excellence through chess, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation specializes in curricular chess instruction and offers strategic development support for schools and other partners.
NSCF’s founder and executive director is FIDE Master Sunil Weeramantry, a nationally acclaimed instructor with over 40 years experience teaching, coaching and developing award-winning programs.
Our 2018-19 NSCF Grand Prix season has commenced and competition is already intense. The second event is Sunday, November 18 at Greenwich Country Day School. Registration for all event is open now. Awards for last year's Grand Prix will be presented immediately following the tournament. Download our flyer for the complete season.
| High School: | Kanganis,Alisa |
| Middle School: | Schiwek,Thomas |
| Fifth Grade: | Frankenberger,Xavier |
| Fourth Grade | Per,Gabriel |
| Third Grade: | Agarwal,Aaryan |
| Second Grade: | Ma,Sean |
| K-1: | Wang,Connor |
| Kindergarten: | Jiang,Alexander |
At 2018 Nationals, Sunil was interviewed by Ben Johnson for his Perpetual Chess podcast discussing his career and chess.
Visiting GMs and IMs each week plus chess & history. Players will be gaining skills for chess and for life!
Teaching chess has become as important as playing for hard-working Edgemont HS Senior William Graif.
For over 25 years, the NSCF has been dedicated to helping kids learn chess. I received chess instruction at the Ridgeway Elementary School in White Plains and started my tournament career in NSCF tournaments. Read More:Endorsements
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