February 28, 2001
For Immediate Release
Contact: Evelyne Girardet
(312) 573-4646

Checkmate for Chess at The Latin School

CHICAGO–Some of the nation’s top young chess players will compete at Chicago’s largest scholastic chess tournament on March 3, at The Latin School of Chicago 59 W. North Blvd. (the corner of Clark and North).

About 300 students from 40 Illinois and Wisconsin schools will begin an intense morning and afternoon of matches at 9 a.m. in Latin’s field gym. The event is expected to wrap up around 3 p.m.

Players ranging in age from 4 years to 15, will be separated into three divisions–third grade and under, fourth grade and up, and Junior High School. They will play four or five games each, lasting from 50 minutes to an hour.

One of the event’s strongest competitors will be Latin’s Lower School Chess Team which has either won or tied for first place in all the large open events held in Illinois this season. The team also recently participated in the National Grade Championships in Orlando, Florida, where the school’s fifth graders finished second in the nation and two individual players tied for 11^th place in the nation in their respective divisions. Co-coaching the Latin team will be International Chess Master and former U.S. Chess Open Champion Albert Chow.

For more information about this event please contact Evelyne Girardet at (312) 573-4646, or (773) 529-6918 (weekend and after hours).