McKinley Tournament set for Feb 25

Our annual McKinley Chess Tournament will be held February 25, 2023 in the Gym and Cafeteria.
More information to come! We will be looking for Volunteers. Thanks!

CHESS CALENDAR UPDATED

I have updated the chess calendar on the right-hand side of this website. You must use a real browser to view this site. Mobile will not show the right panel. There are 19 classes this year, culminating in the state tournament for qualifying players (Robin's group). The state tournament is Mar 18-19 and the last class (probably a pizza party) is Mar 20!

PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - 3 per class

Our class cannot operate without 3 parents helping each week. Last year we got this done!

However, we also learned that, for some reason, kids' concentration and behavior were not the same as they were pre-Covid.

This year, we need to ensure that we have 3 for every class, or we cannot hold the class.

To sign up to be a volunteer, please click on THIS LINK. Thank you.

McKinley and Whitman Chess classes will return in October!

We're happy to announce that the chess programs will be continuing this year for both McKinley Elementary and Whitman Middle Schools.

See the registration links to the right of this page.

See you in class!

McKinley takes K-3 and K-6 at Home Tournament!

At the McKinley chess tournament on Saturday, we welcomed 141 kids from Wisconsin schools. In the K-3 division, McKinley had 12 kids participating, and we won 1st place as a Team! Matthew Mazmanian took 4 out of 5 wins to win the 5th place trophy. Also in the top 10 were Drew Henak and Daniil Nikitin. In the K-6 division, McKinley had 9 kids participating, and we also won 1st place as a Team! Anthony Boettscher won 4 out of 5 games and took the 7th place trophy. Isaac Wurzburger and Priscilla Skyberg-Greer also took 4 out of 5. Our kids did great overall. Every single kid - most of them in their first tournament - won at least 1 game. GREAT JOB MCKINLEY KIDS!!!