CPS Chess Queens
Queens United is partnering with Chicago Public Schools to offer an exciting new Chess Queens Fellowship!
Learn more about the fellowship below and fill out the form if you are interested.
What? A fellowship designed to train you to become a Chess Queens Instructor as well as an ambassador for Queens United. The fellowship will include chess instruction, workshops, tournament exprerience, cohort gatherings, and more!
Why? As a Chess Queens Instructor, you can teach apart of Chess Queens at CPS schools. This will help us increase accessability to chess for underserved students in Chicago.
Who? This fellowship is open to 6th-8th grade girls (SY2026-2027)
More details will be released soon with interested students prioritized.
What is CPS Chess Queens?
The Chicago Public Schools, Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, in collaboration with Queens United Chess, developed the CPS Chess Queens Initiative in Spring 2021. CPS Chess Queens is a year-round program intended to empower female chess leaders, foster an inclusive and engaging environment for girls, and expand the chess community. We will accomplish this by increasing engagement opportunities to females from diverse communities throughout the city and employing female high school students to serve as mentors and role models through chess-centered programs.
Sign up for Chess Lessons!
Part of CPS Chess Queens includes free introductory chess lessons which are led by female Queens United Ambassadors. These 45-minute-1 hour weekly introductory lessons are designed for elementary-aged students, and can be held in-person or virtually. Queens United Chess Ambassadors will engage students in a weekly lesson theme and set time for playing time at the end.
Express early interest for the 2024-2025 school year by registering your CPS school via this Google Form.
Learn about other chess opportunities for students in Chicago Public Schools
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Academic Chess provides students from diverse communities across the city with the opportunity to learn, play, and compete in chess at no cost. The students participate in after school chess clubs and compete in tournaments throughout the year including at the CPS Academic Chess play-offs and Championships, City of Chicago Championship, State and National tournaments.
View the CPS Academic Chess website here to learn more about chess events and programs offered to students in Chicago Public Schools.
CPS SCHOOLS
Ogden
Alex Haley
Lincoln
Coonley
Acero
Whitney Young