by Neil Dietsch | Mar 9, 2023 | Chess in Education, Chess in Education - US, Chess in Education Initiative, Friends of Chess in Schools, US
Chess in Schools is now Chess in Education – US. Same Dream, Same team, Bigger theme! –> Our name change better reflects its mission of connecting chess to education in all its forms. Not all education takes place within the traditional K-12...
by Neil Dietsch | Nov 16, 2022 | Chess in Education, Chess in Education - US, International, US
We are delighted to announce that the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) has appointed Jerry Nash to be Chair of its Chess in Education (EDU) Commission. The Commission, comprised of representatives from around the globe, works to advance chess as an educational...
by Neil Dietsch | Jul 26, 2021 | Chess in Education, Chess in Education - US, Chess in Education Initiative, International, US
Chess in Schools (CIS) is pleased to announce a cooperative agreement with the European Chess Union (ECU) supporting Chess in Education (CIE) in the United States. Under the agreement, the ECU, a world leader in CIE development, authorizes CIS as the exclusive...
by Jerry Nash | Dec 15, 2020 | Chess in Education, Chess in Education - US, US
By GM Bartek Macieja Popularity of Scholastic and University Chess Scholastic and collegiate chess in Brownsville, Texas, is huge. Almost every primary, elementary, middle, and high school has a chess program. Simple scholastic tournaments gather a few hundred...
by Neil Dietsch | Dec 29, 2019 | Chess in Education, International, US
The 2019 London Chess Conference was an incredible opportunity to learn about the global chess community’s efforts to engage and sustain girl chess players. Girls To Grandmasters (G2GM), a New York City 501(c)(3), was one of the 38 international delegations hosted at...
by Neil Dietsch | Oct 29, 2019 | Chess in Education, Chess in Education - US, US
October 23, 2019 – CIS Managing Director Neil Dietsch travels to the Franklin Chess Center in Meadville, MS to check out a class titled Introduction to Teaching Chess in Schools. The class is offered by The University of Mississippi’s Center for...
