Join Chess in the Schools for an evening of games featuring Jennifer Shahade and other poker and chess celebrities! 

Play in a No-Limit Hold'em Poker Shootout Fundraising Tournament with unlimited rebuys for rounds 1-3. Enjoy cocktails and blitz chess with grandmasters. Buffet dinner is included and available throughout the evening.

Please come in business casual attire. 

We welcome guests over 21 years old.

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Chess in the Schools (CIS) is a New York City based non-profit organization that fosters the intellectual and social development of low-income youth through chess education. Since its inception in 1986, Chess in the Schools has taught chess to more than half a million students. All CIS programs are free of charge to all youth. Through classroom instruction in 50+ New York City public schools, after-school chess clubs, college access services, and weekly scholastic tournaments, CIS reaches annually 10,000+ students helping them develop analytic and social-emotional skills, confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to succeed in school and lead productive and fulfilling lives in the future.