Home Chessathon Chess for Kids is a non profit organization based in NY State that promotes the teaching of chess as an educational and socializing tool to low income and inner city children. Chess for Kids began five years ago in Yonkers, NY, as a partnership project of concerned police officers from the Police Athletic League, business people from the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce, Yonkers Municipal Housing and local chess masters. Since then, more than two thousand children have benefitted from learning and practicing the game of chess. Every young mind profits from chess practice. Chess for Kids is an advocate of the advantages of chess for children of all backgrounds and economic status.
Chess provides children with valuable tools for life and academic achievement.
Chess for Kids believes that learning and playing the thinking game helps these children achieve their full potential. Chess for Kids currently has chess programs in the Municipal Housing of Yonkers, New Rochelle and Peekskill, as well as a number of schools in Westchester county.