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LONG ISLAND CHESS NUTS
Founded in 1996, and now in its 25th year, the Long Island Chess Nuts, a non-profit organization, is a scholastic chess club whose goals are to promote the educational and positive benefits of chess to all children. It has a current base of over 2,000 members, with many chess champions, who learn and play chess in Garden City, Smithtown, and in over 50 schools throughout Long Island, New York.
About Us
Our Mission
The Long Island Chess Nuts, also known as the Chess Nuts, is a scholastic chess club with thousands of members, learning and playing chess throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Our goals are to promote the educational and positive benefits of chess to all children.
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Our History
The Long Island Chess Nuts was founded in March 1996. It has been ranked in the top 50 chess clubs in the US since 1998 (out of more than 2500 clubs); it is “the largest organization on Long Island where children can advance their chess skills,” as quoted in The NY Times (Mar. 15, 1998); and it “provides a regular schedule of play & instruction for school-age children [in] the sport of kings,” Newsday (Dec. 12, 1998). News Channel 12 has also covered many of our community events. Sponsors and supporters of this organization have included Citibank, Sears, The Dime Savings Bank, Anton Newspapers, Roosevelt Field, Nassau County Executive Tom Gullotta, Senator Kemp Hannon, and many others. It is an affiliate member of the US Chess Federation, and a member of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce.
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What We Offer
Online classes
We offer online coaching sessions for the students. They are designed in such a way that the students can enhance their skills. Chess Nuts is integrated with the best coaching management platform for facilitating online lessons.
Academy classes
In-person, with classes in Garden City, Smithtown, and other locations, and now online! Play chess and learn together with the members of the academy.
School Programs
Students learn together with in-person classes, from top-rated chess coaches. These sessions open doors for students to learn and grow together.
Features
ONLINE LEARNING
Conduct Individual and Group lessons with Integrated audio, video, and real-time across the board action!
ONLINE TOURNAMENTS
coming soon
ASSIGN HOMEWORK
Share tactics or puzzles with your students or student group(s) and track their solution
SHARE GAMES
Upload your PGNS files, share and collaborate with your students. Access to our database of puzzles.
INTRA ACADEMY PLAY
Let your academy students play against each other. All games are stored for analysis. Find commonly made mistakes from student's games
STATISTICS, REPORTS & ANALYSIS
Students’ progress are tracked on a daily basis and constant feedback will be given to them We recognize the thinking and playing pattern of the students and nurture them to become a better chess player
Online Schedule
We have a flexible schedule for our students.
We offer on-line programs on weekdays and Saturday mornings
Monday - Friday:
Period 1
2:45 pm
Period 2
4:00 pm
Period 3
5:30 pm
Period 4
7:00 pm
Saturday at 10:00 am (coming soon)
Testimonials
Margarita Lanides
Founder and Director
Contact Us
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