The Bethany local area (where our founders Zoey, Ishaan, and Austin live & study) elementary and middle schools like Jacob Wismer Elementary, Hope Chinese Charter School, and Stoller Middle School have fantastic records at these team chess tournaments. The three schools combined have 10+ years of near flawless unbeaten record at…
Yes, of course! Although team tournaments are not as frequently held in Oregon and across the world, they are a lot of fun and enable young players to represent their schools alongside the best of the best from their schools. In these team tournaments, usually 5 players (plus 1 or 2…
To get the FIDE rating one has to play the FIDE rated chess tournaments. One has to play against at least five FIDE-rated chess players and score at least half points against them over a period of not more than 26 months. Also, the initial rating is published only if it…