UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS

UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS

June

June 1st SWISS
June 8th SWISS
June 22nd SWISS
June 29th SWISS

July

July 13th SWISS
July 20th SWISS
July 27th SWISS

August

August 3rd SWISS
August 10th SWISS
August 17th SWISS
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Deerfield Elementary School Chess Team is State Champion!

Deerfield Chess Team became K-2 Grade New Jersey State Champions! The scholastic tournament took place on February 25th in Brookdale, NJ. Close to 500 players participated.

Our students also became the Millburn Chess League Champions which compromised of weekly matches from September to late March 2024. We are proud of the team and all of our students!

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Chess In Millburn is a proud sponsor of the Lunar New Year Festival

The Lunar New Year Festival is organized by the Millburn-Short Hills Chinese Association. It was held in Millburn High School and we had fun! Here are some stills from the event.

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Recent Student Success at Chess In Millburn Academy

11/19/23 Brookdale New Jersey State K-12 Scholastic Championship:

Individual

Kindergarten

  • Mason M. 4th Place

  • Sven M. 9th Place

  • Nathan Z. 11th Place

1st Grade

  • Max Z. 2nd Place

  • Nikhil B. 4th Place

  • Hannah K. 8th Place

  • Rian T. 12th Place

2nd Grade

  • Juefei L. 2nd Place

  • Lei S. 3rd Place

  • Leanna X. 4th Place

3rd Grade

  • Amogh B. 11th Place

4th Grade

  • Nathan K. 3rd Place

Teams

  • 1st Place Kindergarten (Nathan)

  • 2nd Place Kindergarten (Mason)

  • 2nd Place1st Grade (Nikhil, Hannah & Rian)

  • 1st Place 2nd Grade (Juefei)

  • 2nd Place 2nd Grade (Owen, Max, Parker, William, Michael, Saharsh & Kabir)

  • 4th Place 2nd Grade (Leanna)

  • 2nd Place 3rd Grade (William)

  • 2nd Place 4th Grade (Nathan)

  • 3rd Place 4th Grade (Kabir)

  • 4th Place 4th Grade (Reed & Ayaan)

  • 1st Place 5th Grade (Sam & Arushi)

11/11/23 NY State Girls Championship

  • Hannah K. 10th Place (K-1 Open Section)

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Chess In Millburn Academy is a proud sponsor of Rocktoberfest

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Recent Student Success at Chess In Millburn Academy

In May 2023, our students;

  • Leanna tied for 12th place (20th place) in the National Elementary Championship (K-1 Championship) in Baltimore MD.

  • Amy got 3rd place in US Amateur East Scholastic Individual Tournament (U900) in Parsippany, NJ.

  • Sam got 4th place in US Amateur East Scholastic Individual Tournament (U900) in Parsippany, NJ.

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Chess In Millburn Academy is proud to sponsor and organize the first-ever rated chess tournament in Millburn Education Foundation’s STEMFEST

Congratulations to all participants and our students!

  • Sam Wang 5th Place U1600 section

  • Amy Ling 6th Place U800

  • Lei Shan 1st Place U800

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Recent Student Success at Chess In Millburn Academy

02/26/23 Brookdale New Jersey State K-12 Scholastic Chess Championship

Individual:

Shan 4th Place 3-6 Grade Section

Lei 10th Place K-2 Section

Juefei 11th Place K-2 Section

Amy 15th Place K-2 Section


Team:

Juefei, William and Hannah 1st Place K-2 Section

Shan 1st Place 3-6 Grade Section

Max, Michael and Saharsh 3rd Place K-2 Section

Arushi and Jonathan 4th Place 3-6 Grade Section

Amogh and Lei 5th Place K-2 Section

 

03/11/23 New York State K-12 Scholastic Chess Championship

Eric 1st Place in Unrated Section K-1 Under (12th Place Overall)

 

03/18/23 Pennsylvania State K-12 Scholastic Chess Championship

Nathan Co-Champion of 3rd Grade (6th Place Overall)

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Chess In Millburn Academy concludes FREE Senior Classes

Our academy gave 10 weeks of free classes to the seniors of our community. Classes took place in Bauer Center in Taylor Park and were 90 minutes each. We introduced chess to many new faces and hope seniors of our community continue to play chess.

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Congratulations to our Coach NM Bilgen on his success!

  • Coach Bilgen placed 2nd in the 47th Annual East Open in the U2200 section with a score of 6.5/8. He also tied 4th place in the Blitz Tournament scoring 6/8 points. Tournament was held in Virginia and took 4 days over the Christmas break.

  • We are also giving 50 1-Month FREE Diamond Membership trials on chess.com as a special offer. Here is the link: https://www.chess.com/payment?id=diamond_yearly_032022&coupon=MILLBURN22&ref_ID=191142393

  • You can cancel the automatic payment anytime during the trial period. Happy New Year!

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