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“A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.” These words from The Wizard of… Read More »Remembering Mike McDermott

On Thursday, May 19, 2022, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation held its first-ever awards dinner at the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge. Presented in partnership with ICC,… Read More »NSCF/ICC Present Chess Service Awards

When Brian Wolfson and Connor Dong started learning chess in kindergarten, they had no idea it would become such an integral part of their lives.… Read More »Chess Connects 5 Students Since Kindergarten

Congratulations to Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura for winning the first leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin. Not only did he claim the €24,000 (app.… Read More »Hikaru Nakamura Wins in Berlin

On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, the NSCF’s Executive Director Sunil Weeramantry, acting in his capacity as a trustee and vice-president for scholastic chess of the… Read More »US Chess Hall of Fame Inductions

The chess world is remembering FIDE Arbiter Carol Jarecki who passed away on Sunday, June 13 after a lengthy battle with cancer. For NSCF Executive… Read More »Remembering Carol Jarecki

Only a few months ago it seemed unimaginable that someone would be rocking the streaming world with chess. But that’s what’s happened over the past… Read More »Hikaru Breaks One Million!

“When I was first introduced to the game of chess, I was five years old, and I remember thinking to myself that the pawns should… Read More »Chess in the Family

Ridgeway Elementary School was a chess powerhouse for two decades, so when a former student enrolled his own son in the school, it came as… Read More »Rebuilding a Chess Dynasty at Ridgeway

When Bryan Nella’s wife returned from a Post Road Elementary School PTA meeting to report there was no parent coordinator for the chess program last… Read More »Post Road Chess Spans Generations