Beginners and players of all abilities welcome! Ferndale Elementary Schools Chess Championships 2020
Youth Chess Tournaments
Saturday, April 18, 2020
at Ferndale High School
Awards/Titles will be granted to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers in each grade, among all K-5th grade students residing in Ferndale or attending Ferndale schools (Beach, Cascadia, Central, Custer, Eagleridge, Lummi, Skyline). Team awards also.*
Three Playing Divisions:
- Kindergarten and 1st Grades
- 2nd and 3rd Grades
- 4th and 5th Grades
The Ferndale Chess Championships takes place as part of Chess Jam, which includes young chessplayers from all around Whatcom County and beyond, and has a division for 6th-12th grade players also.STATE QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT!
Kindergarten through 5th grade players with winning scores (3 wins in the 5 rounds) qualify to participate in the 2020 Washington State Elementary Chess Championships, being held this year at the Tacoma Convention Center on May 2, 2020.Players must register in advance (by 5pm April 17) and must check in at the FHS cafeteria before 9:10am on tournament morning. The awards ceremony is around 3:00pm.
Advance registration required. To sign up to play, email name, school, grade, parent's name and phone to Randy.Kaech@ferndalesd.org. Sponsored by the Ferndale HS Chess Team. *For more information, go online to http://northwestchess.info/ferndale.html.