{"id":314,"date":"2015-01-28T00:22:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=314"},"modified":"2015-01-28T00:41:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:41:09","slug":"kasparov-chess-foundation-announces-2015-individual-and-team-regional-scholastic-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Kasparov Chess Foundation Announces  2015 Individual and Team Regional Scholastic Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Seventh Annual Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When:\u00a0 Saturday, January 31, 2015; 09:30am &#8211; 05:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where:\u00a0 Baltimore Polytechnic Institute &amp; Wester High School <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Sixth Annual Greater Chicago Scholastic Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When:\u00a0 February 7, 2015; 10:00 AM \u2013 6:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where:\u00a0 McCormick Place &#8211; West Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York, NY, Jan. 27, 2015<\/strong> \u2014 Kasparov Chess Foundation welcomes students from K \u2013 12 grades to take part in its 2015 Scholastic Championships Series, spanning across major metropolitan areas of the nation. The Foundation is sponsoring these tournaments in association with local chess organizations in each region, including Maryland State Chess Association in the Mid-Atlantic, and Renaissance Knights Foundation in the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament schedules are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jan. 31, Greater Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Chess Championships<\/strong> at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute &amp; Western High School, 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD; eMail: tournaments@mdchess.com; visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdchess.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mdchess.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 7, Greater Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Chess Championships<\/strong> at the McCormick Place \u2013 West Building, 2301 South Drive, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Chicago, IL.\u00a0 For further information, contact Renaissance Knights at david.heiser@renaissanceknights.org or via phone at (773) 844-0701. To register online, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/rknights.org\/registration\/tournaments\/greater-chicago-championships\">http:\/\/rknights.org\/registration\/tournaments\/greater-chicago-championships<\/a>\/.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to Kasparov Chess Foundation President, Michael Khodarkovsky, the tournaments are spread out throughout the country to make it accessible and affordable to all players and their families.\u00a0 For details on each regional Championship, please see links above. Let the games begin!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Kasparov Chess Foundation<\/strong><br \/>\nFounded by World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, KCF\u2019s mission is to bring the many educational benefits of chess to children worldwide by providing a complete chess curriculum and enrichment programs. The Foundation promotes the study of chess as a cognitive learning tool in curricular classes and after-school programs for elementary, middle and high schools, both in the public and private school sectors. The not-for-profit educational organization also organizes tournaments and competitions on a local and national basis. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh Annual Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Championships When:\u00a0 Saturday, January 31, 2015; 09:30am &#8211; 05:00pm Where:\u00a0 Baltimore Polytechnic Institute &amp; Wester High School The Sixth Annual Greater Chicago Scholastic Championships When:\u00a0 February 7, 2015; 10:00 AM \u2013 6:00 PM Where:\u00a0 McCormick Place &#8211; West Building New York, NY, Jan. 27, 2015 \u2014 Kasparov Chess Foundation welcomes students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}