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by Polly Wright The NSCF Grand Prix Awards for the 2012 – 2013 season were awarded at the first NSCF tournament of the new school… Read More »Grand Prix Champ Shawn Cobb

Led by NSCF instructors, the co-ed chess club at Bronxville first started at lunchtimes in 1982. It grew to 145 players in 2012 with 72 participating… Read More »Chess Popular at Bronxville

“Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History” is a blended learning textbook from the NSCF that teaches chess and social studies. Tracing the development of chess… Read More »Cross-Curricular Learning

Despite persistent rain and gusty breezes, over 150 children and parents came out for an afternoon of chess on Columbus Day at the New Rochelle… Read More »Fun for All at NSCF Chess Event

The NSCF is expanding its operations in Broward County, Florida by hiring teacher-mentors to assist some of many teachers who have taken the Demystifying Chess Workshops… Read More »Teacher Mentors Chess Educators

Tharin Chadwick, affectionately known as “Dr. Chess” to his students, and beloved member of the NSCF family, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 6, 2016,… Read More »Honoring Dr. Chess (1966–2016)

More than just a game, throughout its history chess has had an intrinsic relationship with cultures around the world. From its origin in India over… Read More »Queen’s Journey: Chess & the Arts

The National Scholastic Chess Foundation recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with an intimate fundraising dinner at the home of Betsy & Doug Korn. NSCF Executive… Read More »Celebrating 25 Years of NSCF Chess

Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and his dad, Sunil Weeramantry went to Detroit where Hikaru took on the Mighty Members of the Detroit City Chess Club. The… Read More »The Showdown in Motown

Mayor Noam Branson, Senior Master Josh Colas and NSCF Executive Director Sunil Weeramantry The rainy forecast did not deter over 100 area chess players who… Read More »Chess in the Park a Grand Success