Did you know that we have some of the best chess players in the country? Lower Lab's top 8 players (all USCF 1500+ rated) have consistently been on the top 100 US chess lists for their age groups for years.  Collectively, they have achieved the following: 

• 2024 K5 Elementary Nationals Team Champions


• 2024 U10 Girls Nationals Team Champions


• 2023 K3 NY Girls States Team Champions


• 2022 K3 Elementary Nationals Team Champions 


• 2022 K1 Elementary Nationals Team Champions 


• 2022 U8 Girls Nationals Team Champions 


• 2022 K1 NY States Team Champions


• 2024 K6 Elementary Nationals Blitz Team Champions


• 2023 K6 Grade Nationals Blitz Team Champions

• 2024 U10 Girls Nationals Individual Co-Champion


• 2023 K6 NY Girls States Individual Champion


• 2022 K3 Elementary Nationals Individual Champion

• And numerous top 10 team and top 20 individual state and national wins

Details:

Bid to try your hand at beating one of these players...

An afternoon or morning of chess playing with these champs.  For the lucky winner, we will do the following: 

• Pair up with one of our top chess kids and play a few rounds of bughouse (chess variant) and challenge to find out who will be the ultimate winning team.


• Then face off against your chess kid partner in a game where your chess kid will be faced with a significant disadvantage.


• Prizes will be awarded for all winners and food and drinks will be provided.

* Donation organized by Jennifer Yue; donations by Theo Han (4th Grade), Aileen Lou (4th Grade), Shiv Dubey (4th Grade), Takki Tanaka (4th Grade), Scarlett Kong (3rd Grade), Ethan J. Kim (3rd Grade), Devin Wang (5th Grade), and Elliott Goodrich (5th Grade) & their families.