Upcoming events

A FREE Community Event for the Entire Family – Presented throughout the academic year by Mayors along with other elected officials and community leaders from throughout Broward County, Florida to support scholastic chess in the schools and community, this edition is hosted by Mayor Skip Campbell and the City of Coral Springs. Open to all scholastic chess players and family members. RSVP not required. 

GREAT MOVES: LEARNING CHESS THROUGH HISTORY

The Sunrise Center for Excellence in Chess is presenting chess instruction that teaches chess along with its historical development on Tuesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Sunrise/Dan Pearl branch library. The class is open to all students grades 6-12 and to interested adults. There is no pre-requisite other than a reading level of 5th grade or above. NSCF Senior Instructor Robert McKenzie, will offer an 8-week class featuring lectures, chess problem-solving, fun games and competitive play. (Find out more about the book at www.GreatMovesChess.org.)

Please note: This is a class. You are signing up for 8 classes running from January 29 through March 19, 2019. Please do not sign up if you cannot reasonably make this commitment. We understand sometimes something will happen that changes this, but the classes are built so that there is a progression to the instruction so students actually see improvement in their chess ability and in their understanding of how chess relates to other academics and life activities.

If you just want to play chess as a fun activity, come to the Open Play, offered at the Sunrise Civic Center every Saturday morning from 10 am to 12 noon where all are welcome and no registration is required. There is always an instructor at these sessions. We also have Open Play Chess with instruction at the Village Multipurpose Center from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Tuesdays for younger students. Thank you.

These classes are free thanks to the generous support of The City of Sunrise.

Open to Aspiring Chess Players in grades 4 to 12 and limited to the first 100 entries, this fun chess tournament offers trophies to the top performers (up to 20 places, based upon registration, players must score 2.5 or higher out of 4 rounds). Special prize for top girl.

Our event is open to all students grades 4 to 12 attending school (public, charter, private, religious or registered in homeschool) in Broward County, Florida. This tournament follows USCF rules but is not rated by the Federation; all participants will earn "Sunrise Chess Ratings" points. 

Format: Game/30, delay 5 if clocks are used. Notation is required but clocks are not. TDs may place a clock on games that are running up against the time control.

Advance Registration Only. Check-in begins at 8:30 am. First round begins at 9:00. Registration closes on January 31 at 6 PM.

This event is not affiliated with BCPS. The tournament is free thanks to the support of our sponsors including Broward Education Foundation, Walmart/Sam's Club and the Broward Sheriff's Advisory Council.

You can download the flyer here. 

A FREE Community Event for the Entire Family – Presented throughout the academic year by Mayors along with other elected officials and community leaders from throughout Broward County, Florida to support scholastic chess in the schools and community, this edition is hosted by Mayor Christine Hunschofsky and the City of Parkland. Open to all scholastic chess players and family members. RSVP not required. 

A FREE Community Event for the Entire Family – Presented by Mayors along with other elected officials and community leaders from throughout Broward County, Florida to support scholastic chess in the schools and community, this edition is hosted by Mayor Greg Ross and Cooper City. Open to all scholastic chess players and family members. RSVP not required.