Chess Tournaments

Tournament participation is an important element of a child’s development as a chess player. Arts and Athletics hosts a chess tournament at PS 9 once a month to provide a friendly and familiar setting for children to explore tournament play! If children enjoy chess competition, these tournaments will help them to prepare for city, state, and nation-wide tournaments!

To promote the children’s participation, the Arts and Athletics chess coaches attend tournaments and review children’s games with them. 

Register for the April 27, 2025 tournament HERE.

Our tournament dates for the 2024-2025 school year are: You can click on the date to register for the tournament.

September 22, 2024
October 20, 2024
November 17, 2024
December 15, 2024
January 12, 2025
February 9, 2025
March 2, 2025
April 27, 2025
May 4, 2025
June 8, 2025

View Tournament Entries Here

P.S. 9 Chess Tournaments: Use guest registration option if you do not have an Arts and Athletics account. Basic information about our chess tournament logistics appears below.

DIRECTIONS

100 W 84th St, New York, NY 10024

Nearest Trains: 1 train to 79th or 86th Street, B or C trains at 81st or 86th Street

SECTIONS

• Unrated – unrated players U200 (4 rounds, no clock)

• Novice – U600 (4 rounds, G/25 d5)

• Reserve – USCF Under 1000 (4 rounds, G/25 d5)

• Advanced – USCF Under 1400 (4 rounds, G/25 d5)

Tie-breaks: Modified Median, Solkoff.

ROUND TIMES

All sections start at 10:00 a.m., please arrive between 9:00 am – 9:30 am.

Arrivals after 10:00 a.m. will play the second round and receive a half point bye.

Players in rated sections should bring clocks and score sheets.

USCF membership is required for all sections, except Unrated.

Please bring a chess clock if you have one. If neither player has a clock, one will be used for the end of game at the tournament director’s discretion.

 AWARDS

  • Trophies to top 5 in each section

  • Medals to top scorers

  • Team Awards to top 3 schools in each section (Three to make a team, Top 4 Scores Count)

  • Participation Prize for all participants

REGISTRATION

  • $45 – Early Bird Registration Fee 

  • $50 – Registration fee in place 5 days before event and day of by 9:30 AM

  • On site registration will be for rounds 2-4

 Scholastic Membership:

You can purchase a scholastic membership for your child at the following link:

https://new.uschess.org/become-member

FOOD AND DRINK:

Snacks, drinks, and pizza available for purchase. Proceeds benefit the PS 9 PA

Contact Us: 212-621-9166, info@artsandathletics.org

 

https://reg.artsandathletics.org/tournament_list.php?d=05/19/2024
https://reg.artsandathletics.org/tournament_list.php?d=02%2F11%2F2024