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2023 Sonoma County Tournament Results

2023 Sonoma County Tournament Results 900 248 Chess Club For Kids

Congratulations to everyone who came out to participate and make for a great chess community event! 2023. May 20 14th Annual Scholastic Chess Tournament [twocol_one] Austin Creek Anakin Yin Yuchen Yan Browns Valley Clive Neubauer Cesar Chavez Vincent Malvino Corona Creek Angela Quan Lucas Tarvin Nathaniel Schroeder French American Leux Chang Smith Lily Shapiro Hidden…

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2022 Sonoma County Tournament Results

2022 Sonoma County Tournament Results 900 248 Chess Club For Kids

Congratulations to everyone who came out to participate and make for a great chess community event! 2022. May 28 13th Annual Scholastic Chess Tournament [twocol_one] Cesar Chavez Joaquin Ford, Micah Mertz, DanielVasquez Hidden Valley Lexa Satow Mary Collins Jeremiah Johnson, Jakob Seitchek McKinley Harper Holte, Grant Sanders Northwest Prep Paxton Leras Saint Vincent Audrey Petersen…

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2020 Girls Tournament Results

2020 Girls Tournament Results 900 629 Chess Club For Kids

Congratulations to everyone who came out to participate and make for a great chess community event!

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In Honor of our Dear Friend and Teacher, Richard Gentner

In Honor of our Dear Friend and Teacher, Richard Gentner 150 150 Chess Club For Kids

On the morning of October 15, we were saddened to hear that our beloved instructor Richard Gentner passed away on October 14. We were devastated to lose our longest-tenured instructor who was with us from our beginning in 2007. Richard taught hundreds of students at sister schools Yulupa and Strawberry. When students graduated from Yulupa…

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2019 Napa County Tournament Results

2019 Napa County Tournament Results 900 248 Chess Club For Kids

Congratulations to everyone who came out to participate and make for a great chess community event! 2019 Annual NAPA Chess Tournament Winners [twocol_one] Alta Heights Richard Billings Austin Creek Gurshaan Mahli Osacar Urioste Browns Valley Jackson Holley Ahren Kopf Cali Carlo Galazzo Teneli Galli Evergreen Sethu Ramu Live Oak Chase Gordon Mary Collins Jeremiah Johnson…

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Found at our Chess Tournament….

Found at our Chess Tournament…. 544 710 Chess Club For Kids

Today after the tournament (May 11, 2019), while we were cleaning up, one of our instructors found this little note folded up very tightly. The words and their sentiment were unexpected but this little heartfelt message to some little boy or girl to themselves was so sweet we had to share them: Transcribed, it reads:…

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2019 Sonoma County Tournament Results

2019 Sonoma County Tournament Results 900 248 Chess Club For Kids

Congratulations to everyone who came out to participate and make for a great chess community event! 2018 Annual Chess Tournament Winners [twocol_one] Apple Blossom Caspian Hergenrather Jiraiya Hergenrather Finn Williams Austin Creek Jasper Ding Josh Ma Gurshaan Malhi Cali Giada Galazzo Niko Lua Cesar Chavez Vincent Malvino Aidan Rehberg French American Adam Chang Daniel Chang…

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2019 Girls Tournament Results

2019 Girls Tournament Results 900 629 Chess Club For Kids

Congratulations to everyone who came out to participate and make for a great chess community event!

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David E. Hill

David E. Hill 506 900 Chess Club For Kids

David E. Hill, Chess Instructor, Par Excellence 1/16/68 – 10/18/18 My memories of David were that he was a gentle soul with a kind heart. David was well liked by all the chess instructors and especially the students he taught to play chess. I worked with David in several classes and witnessed first hand his…

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Thank you, Richard, for over “10 years of Chess for Kids” Service!

Thank you, Richard, for over “10 years of Chess for Kids” Service! 900 675 Chess Club For Kids

Richard Gentner has been with Chess For Kids for over 10 years! Two of his students, Haley and Jake, gave this “Trophy” to Richard at their most recent class:

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