Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields and Chess-in-the-Schools hosted a chess tournament recently at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for nearly 250 Manhattan borough elementary and middle school students. Students participating in the tournament are part of Chess-in-the-Schools, a nonprofit organization that provides free chess instruction to 38,000 economically disadvantaged children in 160 New York City public schools each year.#

For more info, visit the organization’s website at www.chessintheschools.org.