02-03-2015, 06:29 PM
Received this e-mail today and thought it might be of interest to those involved with primary school chess clubs 
Dear all,
Yes2Chess 2015 is underway! Brought to you by Chess in Schools and Communities and Barclaycard, Yes2Chess is a unique, free chess server that allows children of all ages and abilities to play chess games against each other in a safe, online environment. Each child is randomly assigned a username distributed only by a chess tutor or school teacher, and the server has no player chat function. As the server is web based there is no special software to download and it's easy to use.
In addition to friendly games, schools can register up to 20 teams of five to take part in the Yes2Chess International Challenge, an online team tournament for 7-11 year olds. This is open to primary schools from the UK, USA, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The closing date for entries is Tuesday 31st March 2015.
In July 2014 the best primary/elementary schools from the eight participating countries travelled to London to take part in the final of the inaugural Yes2Chess International Challenge, which was staged at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time, in Hyde Park. The finalists also played in a simultaneous against the British Chess Champion GM David Howell, went on a London bus tour, attended a Parliamentary reception and visited Barclaycard’s Head Office for a ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’.
Reports on the Parliamentary reception and tea party, and the final itself, can be found here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.chessbase.com/post/yes2chess-team-finals-in-london">http://en.chessbase.com/post/yes2chess- ... -in-london</a><!-- m --> and here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessinschools.co.uk/yes2chessfinal_2014.htm">http://www.chessinschools.co.uk/yes2chessfinal_2014.htm</a><!-- m -->
Videos from the final, and of the Yes2Chess volunteering programme in action, can be found here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://tinyurl.com/y2cfinal">http://tinyurl.com/y2cfinal</a><!-- m --> and here :http://tinyurl.com/y2cschools
To sign up for Yes2Chess, or for further information, please go to <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.yes2chess.org.'">http://www.yes2chess.org.'</a><!-- m -->
UK Sign up: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://yes2chess.org/uk/">http://yes2chess.org/uk/</a><!-- m -->
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Chess in Schools and Communities
Head Office:
44 Baker Street, London, W1U 7RT
Tel: 020 7935 3445
Web: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessinschools.co.uk">http://www.chessinschools.co.uk</a><!-- m -->
Dear all,
Yes2Chess 2015 is underway! Brought to you by Chess in Schools and Communities and Barclaycard, Yes2Chess is a unique, free chess server that allows children of all ages and abilities to play chess games against each other in a safe, online environment. Each child is randomly assigned a username distributed only by a chess tutor or school teacher, and the server has no player chat function. As the server is web based there is no special software to download and it's easy to use.
In addition to friendly games, schools can register up to 20 teams of five to take part in the Yes2Chess International Challenge, an online team tournament for 7-11 year olds. This is open to primary schools from the UK, USA, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The closing date for entries is Tuesday 31st March 2015.
In July 2014 the best primary/elementary schools from the eight participating countries travelled to London to take part in the final of the inaugural Yes2Chess International Challenge, which was staged at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time, in Hyde Park. The finalists also played in a simultaneous against the British Chess Champion GM David Howell, went on a London bus tour, attended a Parliamentary reception and visited Barclaycard’s Head Office for a ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’.
Reports on the Parliamentary reception and tea party, and the final itself, can be found here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.chessbase.com/post/yes2chess-team-finals-in-london">http://en.chessbase.com/post/yes2chess- ... -in-london</a><!-- m --> and here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessinschools.co.uk/yes2chessfinal_2014.htm">http://www.chessinschools.co.uk/yes2chessfinal_2014.htm</a><!-- m -->
Videos from the final, and of the Yes2Chess volunteering programme in action, can be found here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://tinyurl.com/y2cfinal">http://tinyurl.com/y2cfinal</a><!-- m --> and here :http://tinyurl.com/y2cschools
To sign up for Yes2Chess, or for further information, please go to <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.yes2chess.org.'">http://www.yes2chess.org.'</a><!-- m -->
UK Sign up: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://yes2chess.org/uk/">http://yes2chess.org/uk/</a><!-- m -->
--
Chess in Schools and Communities
Head Office:
44 Baker Street, London, W1U 7RT
Tel: 020 7935 3445
Web: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessinschools.co.uk">http://www.chessinschools.co.uk</a><!-- m -->