Greater Peoria Chess Foundation


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The Greater Peoria Chess Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization dedicated to encouraging chess in our community and school systems. Chess helps students to develop many life skills that will help them as they navigate with challenges that lay ahead.


Scholastic Chess Scholarship Tour The 2024-25 school schedule features our new Grand Prix Chess Tour program that offers scholarships for some lucky players to attend the USCF K-8 Championships in Bloomington or the Nationals in Orlando, Florida at the end of the chess season. Learn how you can paticipate and perhaps win a trip to the Nationals at Orlando, Click ==> here <== and get all the details.


Former Peoria player, Elbert Fang, has attatained the rating of USCF Master, 2200, at the Queen City Prairie Open in Fort Worth, Texas with a win over Sharvesh R Deviprasath (2545). See the game here.
Congratulations Elbert!!!


Our Mission

The Greater Peoria Chess Foundation is dedicated to encouraging chess in our community and school systems. Chess helps students to develop many life skills that will help them as they navigate with challenges that lay ahead.


Governance

The Greater Peoria Chess Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization governed by a board of directors drawn from the Peoria area chess community. Members of the chess community do not have to be chess players for any with an interest in supporting chess or using chess to enable and empower our youth are welcome.

Chess helps students to develop many life skills that will help them as they navigate with challenges that lay ahead.


Some of those life skills are:

  • Logical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Goal Setting
  • Self Motivation
  • Actions have Consequences
  • Hard Work is Rewarded
  • Mental Alertness
  • Memory Development
  • Patience
  • Focus
  • Learning to Look for Patterns
  • Improved Schoolwork & Grades

By Laws

Minutes

  • Affiliations
    • The GPCF maintains affiliations with the US Chess Federation (A5010322) and the Illinois Chess Association.

Our Board of Directors

The current board of directors is composed of eight voting members and one member emeritis who is currently working overseas. Our usual makeup is nine members, so one slot is currently open. We are looking to add a professional (accountant or lawyer) to our board to provide additional leadership and expertise. Interested parties are encouraged to inquire.

Board meetings are held periodically. Our next meeting is scheduled for March 14th. No location has been set as of yet, but guests are invited.