Millburn Students Win Big at First Two Regional C.H.E.S.S. Tournaments

Chess masters from two Millburn elementary schools kicked off the competitive season with two tournaments in October, with Millburn’s Hartshorn Elementary School and Glenwood Elementary School leading the pack by winning their respective tournaments.

The C.H.E.S.S. League, which stands for Challenging the Heads of Elementary School Students, is a consortium of schools that play tournaments against each other throughout the school year.

Each school, along with a fifth (Millburn’s Deerfield Elementary School) has a team of students who will play throughout the 2014-15 school year in a series of tournaments scheduled once or twice a month.

Although the Summit school hosted the tournament, Millburn’s Hartshorn Elementary School beat Lincoln Hubbard Elementary School in the season’s first tournament. Millburn’s Glenwood Elementary School defeated Wyoming Elementary at the second tournament, which was held at Wyoming.

At the end of the school year, the school with the most wins will take home a trophy to display. The next tournaments will take place in the month of November.

For more information on the C.H.E.S.S. League or if you would like your school to join, please email njchessleague@gmail.com.