Join us for the 2021 Spring Charity Chess Challenge, a special online tournament benefitting Chess in the Schools, America’s original chess education organization. The evening, hosted by Chess24.com, will feature simultaneous games where participants will challenge several leading grandmasters including

Pascal Charbonneau, a Canadian Grandmaster who has won two closed Canadian Chess Championships and represented Canada in five Chess Olympiads

Irina Krush, an eight-time U.S. women's champion, the only active female American Grandmaster 

Daniel Naroditsky, an American Grandmaster and published chess author since age 14, one of the top blitz, bullet, and ultrabullet players

Andrew Tang, an American Grandmaster and a popular streamer known online for his bullet, hyperbullet, and ultrabullet skills, even playing blindfolded.

Carissa Yip, the youngest Female International Master in U.S. history

Christopher Yoo, the youngest International Master in American history

Hans Nieman, a popular Twitch streamer, one of the Top 100 Junior players, who received his Grandmaster title on January 22, 2021.

Tanitoluwa Adewumi. In 2019, just a year after learning chess, Tani was crowned New York State scholastic champion among 3rd graders and younger. Two years on, his national rating has surpassed Master-level at 2223.

 The registration for the simul games closes on June 9, 2021 at 3.00pm ET.

While the simultaneous exhibitions are in progress, CIS and Chess24 will stream a live show highlighting games from the event and interviewing top players. 

The stream anchors are Alex Wiener, Goldman Sachs corporate chess team leader, and Kwad Acheampong, CIS's alum and Board Member.

All proceeds from the evening will support Chess in the Schools helping it offer free chess instruction to thousands of public school children from low-income communities.

About Chess in the Schools

Since its inception in 1986, CIS has provided chess instruction to 500,000+ children from underserved communities helping them develop essential analytic and socio-emotional skills, and putting them on track to succeed in school and in life. CIS is the only organization in New York City that offers free chess education to 10,000+ diverse students using its own unique curriculum accompanied by a full spectrum of free scholastic programs, from chess tournaments to an individualized college-prep training. To learn more about CIS and its programs visit www.chessintheschools.org