Manhattan
Borough President’s Cup Chess Draws 250 Students
Manhattan Borough President
C. Virginia Fields and Chess-in-the-Schools hosted a chess tournament
recently at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for nearly 250
Manhattan borough elementary and middle school students. Students
participating in the tournament are part of Chess-in-the-Schools,
a nonprofit organization that provides free chess instruction
to 38,000 economically disadvantaged children in 160 New York
City public schools each year.#
For more info, visit
the organization’s website at www.chessintheschools.org.
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