Remembering Mike McDermott
“A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.” These words from The
“A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.” These words from The
On Thursday, May 19, 2022, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation held its first-ever awards dinner at the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge. Presented in partnership
When Brian Wolfson and Connor Dong started learning chess in kindergarten, they had no idea it would become such an integral part of
Congratulations to Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura for winning the first leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin. Not only did he claim the
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
The chess world is remembering FIDE Arbiter Carol Jarecki who passed away on Sunday, June 13 after a lengthy battle with cancer. For
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
“When I was first introduced to the game of chess, I was five years old, and I remember thinking to myself that the
Ridgeway Elementary School was a chess powerhouse for two decades, so when a former student enrolled his own son in the school, it
When Bryan Nella’s wife returned from a Post Road Elementary School PTA meeting to report there was no parent coordinator for the chess
Teaching has become as important as playing for National Master William Graif, one of the NSCF’s star alumni. The 18-year-old senior at Edgemont
Sunil and the NSCF are involved in a lot of different chess initiatives. In this interview, GM Cristian Chirila asks FM Sunil Weeramantry,
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