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The Berkeley Chess School


The Berkeley Chess School is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to sharing the joys and wonders of chess with as many young people as possible through instruction in the schools and tournament play.
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Berkeley Bishops Challenge Match Feb. 11th!

Calling all Berkeley Bishops! Want a chance to take on another Bishop? Want to add some points to your Berkeley Bishops score? Want pizza? All these things can be accomplished on February 11th after the Berkeley Chess School quad tournament as the Berkeley Bishops will be having a challenge match! Entry is $10, which covers pizza and drinks. One match will be played against a Berkeley Bishop teammate. Each win counts as two points, each draw is one point and a loss is zero points. To sign up for the challenge match, just follow this link: Berkeley Bishops Challenge Match. To see what your preexisting Berkeley Bishops score is, follow this link here: Berkeley Bishops Scores.
Berkeley Bishops vs Norcal House of Chess!
This past weekend, the Berkeley Bishops had a match versus the Norcal House of Chess team. How did they do? Read all about it here: Bishops vs. House of Chess write-up.

You can find photos, pairings and result, an exclusive interview with a Berkeley Bishop member, and more!
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Sam Shankland finishes 1st at the Northern California International

The Northern California International tournament wrapped up January 8th with one of the Berkeley Chess School's alumni finishing first! Sam Shankland went undefeated with 7/9 points. David Pruess, another BCS Alum, finished 27th with 4.5/9. This was an extremely competitive tournament featuring the top players from California. From uschess.org:

"The last but definitely not the least of the reasons that this tournament should be regarded to as elite is the extremely strong field participating, which includes seven Grandmasters and sixteen international masters. Furthermore, entry was limited to players with a FIDE rating of above 2000, and the number of players let in under 2200 FIDE was also limited, to keep the average rating of the tournament high, thus increasing norm chances."

Check out the standings here.

Congratulations to Sam for yet another great win!
Tournament Results Moved to New Location on the Website!
The tournament results for the Berkeley Friday Night Scholastic tournaments, the Walnut Creek Friday Night Scholastic tournaments and the Orinda Advanced Tuesday Night Scholastic tournaments have been moved to a new, easier to find location on the website. You can simply click on tournaments at the top of the website and all of the tournament results will be listed on the left hand side of the website. If you have any questions, comments, or general inquires about the tournaments, please contact: tournaments@berkeleychessschool.org.

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