28-years

Since 1982, the Berkeley Chess School has enriched

the lives of thousands of Bay Area children.


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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 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? Well you can read all about it by clicking this link: Bishops vs. House of Chess write-up.

You can find photos, pairings and result, an exclusive interview with a Berkeley Bishop member, and the stunning upset!

BCS Prevails at the Alameda/Costa Contra County Grade Level Championship!

Over the weekend the Berkeley Chess School was incredibly busy! Not only were the Berkeley Bishops challenged to a match by Norcal Chess House, but BCS students were also busy taking home trophies! Nathan Auyoung took home the 6th grade championship, Ryan Yick won the 5th grade championship, Robert "Bobby" Reyes conquered the K-1st grade, and the BCS team won the 2nd grade division! Way to go everyone!


All Girls Tournament Write up is live!

The Berkeley Chess School would like to thank all the girls who participated in the All Girls tournament last Saturday! Strong chess competition and fun were in abundance as the girls played four rounds of swiss. To read all about the tournament, just follow this link: All Girls Tournament Write Up.

Good luck to all the girls who will participate in the CalChess 6th Annual All Girls Tournament on the 28th and 29th in San Rafael! For more information, follow the link here: CalChess 6th Annual All Girls Tournament.

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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!

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