LINC Chess Year-End Tournament hosts 168 - Photos

The final chess tournament of the 2012-13 school year was held Saturday, May 4, at Hickman Mills Junior High School.​

168 players from school districts all around the metro area came to show their skills against their peers. Students competed in one of three divisions, K-3, K-6, or K-12. 

Visit facebook.com/LINCchess for more photos from the tournament. ​

Several summer chess activities have been organized for students this year. Those who have attended at least one LINC Chess tournament may attend one of two week-long camps; ​beginner students can attend once-a-week sessions at two branches of the Mid-Continent Public Library; and families can learn to play and enjoy chess at family chess nights hosted at different branches of the Kansas City Public Library.

LINC sees chess as a way to ​teach valuable life skills to students such as critical thinking, perseverance, and sportsmanship.