Like many extracurriculars, chess provides students with ample opportunities to learn beyond how the pieces move – chess can teach students how to win and lose with grace and propriety, chess teaches abstract geometry and sequencing, chess trains memory.  The study of chess itself is a study of cultural history, not dissimilar from the study of art or music.  We believe that all students should have the opportunity to follow their interests, to best suit their own learning – and we believe that there are many students in Cleveland, who, given the opportunity to learn chess, would greatly enjoy and thus benefit from its study.  If you find that our mission seems worth supporting, and have had positive experiences with our programs, please consider donating to support our initiatives to provide chess clubs and tournaments in Cleveland’s public schools.

We express the utmost gratitude to the local organizations and companies who sponsored this event. In addition to those already mentioned, we would like to thank our sponsors RPM, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the Cleveland Public Library, the George Gund Foundation, and the Cleveland Foundation, for their longstanding commitment to providing quality chess education through their support of our programs.