Community Outreach

Each year, club members are involved in helping run the annual Columbia Scholastic Chess Tournament. The 2020 tournament was held on February 15, 2020 at Lange Junior High School. Club members Charlie Ward, Neil Fox, Justin Roohparvar and Daniel Hawley as well as Justin's father Mohammed served as referees, verifying game results and helping the student players during play as needed. There were 81 scholastic players in the tournament. Next year's tournament is planned for winter 2022.