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The Enrichment program at Lawrence Intermediate School includes teaching Chess to all students. In grades 4 & 5, all LIS students receive 10 lessons on how to play Chess. Twice a school year, we hold a whole grade level Chess tournament for all students. The Chess tournament lasts for 2 days, and the students play a total of 4 games. Based upon their record of win-tie-lose, the students are sorted into Gold, Silver and Bronze. The final 20 students have play-off games. It is quite an accomplishment to advance to the play-off rounds, considering the initial group of students included more than 300 students.
Nathan Cheung, a 5th grader at LIS, won 2nd place at the Philadelphia Open Chess Tournament on March 25-27, 2016. Nathan won a grand total of $2508.83 by winning 5.5 out of 7 games. Nathan’s Chess rating increased from a 1592 to a current rating of 1669. As a gesture of giving back to LTPS, Nathan has generously donated $200.00 of Chess supplies to the LIS Chess program. Nathan donated chess teaching boards, chess clocks, tripods and tournament medals to LIS.
Nathan Cheung, a 5th grader at LIS, won 2nd place at the Philadelphia Open Chess Tournament on March 25-27, 2016. Nathan won a grand total of $2508.83 by winning 5.5 out of 7 games. Nathan’s Chess rating increased from a 1592 to a current rating of 1669. As a gesture of giving back to LTPS, Nathan has generously donated $200.00 of Chess supplies to the LIS Chess program. Nathan donated chess teaching boards, chess clocks, tripods and tournament medals to LIS.
In addition, Nathan has started his own youtube Chess lessons at the following link: Nathan's Youtube Chess lessons
Want to join a local Chess tournament? It's a lot of fun, gather a few friends and register to enter. Don't forget to tell Ms. Heller so she can come support your Chess team! Register for monthly tournaments at Princeton Day School. Join as an LIS Chess team! Register here - PDS Chess Tournaments
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