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Charity Chess Championship
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Our second annual tournament was held on Sunday, May 20, 2018 with a special appearance by World Championship Challenger GM Fabiano Caruana. We raised over $56,000 which will be donated to Mount Sinai Hospital's Ovarian Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, a genomic research program dedicated to uncovering the genetic basis for the early detection and prevention of ovarian cancer.
Charity Chess Championship 2nd Annual Tournament
Sunday, May 20, 2018, 8:30am-5:00pm
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
4 West 93rd Street (between CPW & Columbus Avenues)
New York, NY 10025
The first 50 people to register for the Quad or Simul will receive a free shared ride for up to 2 people within Manhattan to the tournament on Sunday, May 20th compliments of VIA. The 50 registrant limit has been reached and the first 36 Quads participants and first 14 Simul participants will be contacted with their VIA transportation ride code.
QUADS REGISTRATION
GM TANDEM SIMUL REGISTRATION
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY WITH/AGAINST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGER GM FABIANO CARUANA? WE WILL HAVE A LIVE AUCTION OF TWO SPOTS TO PLAY A TANDEM BLITZ MATCH WITH/ AGAINST GM FABIANO CARUANA AND GM ROBERT HESS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY IN THE GRANDMASTER BLITZ TOURNAMENT? SEVERAL SPOTS TO PLAY WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF IN OUR SILENT AUCTION.
GM Marc Arnold
GM Maurice Ashley
GM Sergei Azarov
GM Oliver Barbosa
GM Joel Benjamin
GM John Michael Burke
GM Anatoly Bykhovsky
GM Max Dlugy
GM John Fedorowicz
WGM Sabina Foisor
GM Robert Hess
GM Irina Krush
GM Elshan Moradiabadi
GM Magesh Panchanathan
GM Mark Paragua
GM Arun Prasad
GM Michael Rohde
GM Alexander Stripunsky
And Featuring:
IM Jay Bonin & IM Nicolas Checa
Sunday, May 20, 2018, 8:30am-5:00pm
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
4 West 93rd Street (between CPW & Columbus Avenues)
New York, NY 10025
The first 50 people to register for the Quad or Simul will receive a free shared ride for up to 2 people within Manhattan to the tournament on Sunday, May 20th compliments of VIA. The 50 registrant limit has been reached and the first 36 Quads participants and first 14 Simul participants will be contacted with their VIA transportation ride code.
QUADS REGISTRATION
GM TANDEM SIMUL REGISTRATION
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY WITH/AGAINST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGER GM FABIANO CARUANA? WE WILL HAVE A LIVE AUCTION OF TWO SPOTS TO PLAY A TANDEM BLITZ MATCH WITH/ AGAINST GM FABIANO CARUANA AND GM ROBERT HESS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY IN THE GRANDMASTER BLITZ TOURNAMENT? SEVERAL SPOTS TO PLAY WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF IN OUR SILENT AUCTION.
GM Marc Arnold
GM Maurice Ashley
GM Sergei Azarov
GM Oliver Barbosa
GM Joel Benjamin
GM John Michael Burke
GM Anatoly Bykhovsky
GM Max Dlugy
GM John Fedorowicz
WGM Sabina Foisor
GM Robert Hess
GM Irina Krush
GM Elshan Moradiabadi
GM Magesh Panchanathan
GM Mark Paragua
GM Arun Prasad
GM Michael Rohde
GM Alexander Stripunsky
And Featuring:
IM Jay Bonin & IM Nicolas Checa
Our first tournament was held on Sunday, May 21, 2017 and raised over $20,000 for Band of Parents, a non-profit organization with the goal of funding new therapies at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Neuroblastoma, the most common cancer in children under 2 years of age.
Charity Chess Championship, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation inspired by 11-year old Daniel Mero as a way to combine his passion for chess with his desire to help others. The organization was formed for the charitable purpose of raising money by holding an annual chess tournament and donating all of the net profits to a charitable organization.
Charity Chess Championship, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization--your generous donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.