Recently, our Speyer Chess team competed in two tournaments: the 2022 All Girls NYC Chess Championship and the New York State Championship…and all we have to say is one word: Champions! We're so proud of all of our students – read on for the details!
Read MoreFrom welcoming award-winning authors to exploring Pascal’s Triangle, from kicking off our all-school art project to celebrating National Chess Day, our gifted learners have been busy since the first day of school. Read on to find out what’s been happening at Speyer!
Read MoreWe ended January and kicked off February with a winning weekend! Our Speyer Chess Team rocked the New York City Chess Championships and brought home the K-1 Championship! Yes, our K-1 team was awarded first place in the city! And we weren’t done there: our K-6 team came in 2nd, our K-9 team was 6th, and our K-3 team came in 8th! Our amazing chess players went head to head against opponents from Hunter, Dalton, Avenues, Lower Lab, Collegiate, and more!
Read MoreWhat do you do on YOUR weekends? Our Speyer Chess Team tends to spend their “off days” on their way to checkmates and championships! Recently, Dragon Chess trekked to the Greater New York City Scholastic Chess Championship Tournament and the United States Amateur Team East Championship, bringing home the City Championship team title for the K-6 division and First Place Middle School Team! We’ve got all of the details here!
Read MoreIt’s only fitting that during the season of joy last December, Speyer Chess brought home much for us to be joyful about! Yes, Speyer Chess trekked to the K-12 US Chess National Championships and brought home TWO National Championship team titles for Kindergarten and 4th Grade! In fact, all Speyer Chess teams ended in top 10 for each division! We had many individual awards as well, including Lucas Y., who came in first place and is the National Champion for Kindergarten! Read on to hear all about the fantastic teamwork and passion of Speyer Chess!
Read MoreCity Champions + State Champions + National Champions = a trifecta of championships! Yes, Speyer’s K-6 Chess team ended the scholastic chess year as champions three times in a row! Speyer Chess trekked to the National Scholastic Elementary (K-6) Chess Championship in Nashville, TN, and conquered the field again!
Read MoreWe came, we checkmated, we conquered! Speyer Chess made their way to the 2019 NY State Scholastic Championships in Saratoga Springs, NY…and brought home not one but TWO State Championship titles and multiple individual awards!
Read MoreSpeyer Chess came, saw, and conquered to end 2018 and ring in 2019. With determination, grit and teamwork, our players competed in round after round, game after game…and the end result: an amazing FOUR National Championships and TWO City Championships! Amazing is the only way to describe this feat for a school in its 10th year!
Read MoreChess is the sport of kings...and queens and rooks, but after the US Chess K-12 National Championships, we think chess is the sport of Dragons! Speyer Chess headed south to Orlando and rocked it out against schools with three to five times as many students!
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