Chess
Chess is a core academic subject starting in Kindergarten, and instruction continues through fourth grade. Speyer’s chess program is designed to foster higher level thinking skills such as pattern recognition, spatial visualization, analysis, strategic planning, and problem solving.
Supported by master teachers, students learn not only how to think ahead and strategize, but also how to work toward goals and to win and lose with grace — essential life skills that extend well beyond the chess board.
The chess program accommodates both the beginning player as well as those aspiring grand masters. Speyer has many Lower and Middle School students who attend local tournaments, and the Speyer Chess Team successfully competes at the local and national level.
Below are some of the amazing results Speyer Chess has at national tournaments. We also have won championships at the city and state levels and have students who compete individually at world chess events. In 2018, Speyer's K-6 team won the trifecta of championships and was crowned the city, state, and national champions.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINS
2013 National 5th Grade Championship
2014 National 5th Grade Championship
2014 National 6th Grade Championship
2014 National Elementary K-5 Championship
2014 All Girls National Championship (Under 10)
2015 National K-1 Championship
2015 National Elementary K-5 Championship
2016 National K-3 Championship
2017 National K-8 Championship
2018 National K-6 Championship
2018 National 5th Grade Championship
2018 National 3rd Grade Championship
2018 National 2nd Grade Championship
2019 National K-6 Championship
2019 National 4th Grade Championship
2019 National Kindergarten Championship
2021 National K-1 Championship
2021 National 2nd Grade Championship
2021 National Kindergarten Championship
2022 National 4th Grade Championship
2022 National 3rd Grade Championship
2022 National 1st Grade Championship