Join our Community!

Interested in learning more about chess or becoming a tutor? Follow the links below or send us an email at info@nycchessconnections.org. You can access our official 2024-2025 calendar here. 

Students:

As a student, you will improve your understanding of chess and meet an experienced chess player. If you know what you want to learn in particular, your tutor can help with that topic specifically, but if not, they will prepare a general lesson for you. The tutoring schedule is fairly flexible.

Student Requirements:

• Be in elementary school or middle school

• Have a  USCF rating below 1200 (exceptions can be made for more committed higher players)

• Qualify as financially under-resourced

Student Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEQB4GYQfwra11btFjEnnGXnKnbdeWhLzenNC-Ra81RHB-rw/viewform 

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Tutors:

As a tutor, you will be able to review your chess skills, improve your teaching skills, and have a greater connection with the chess community. Hours are flexible, so you could be tutoring anywhere between 30 minutes to four hours a week depending on how many students you want to tutor. As a certified 501(c)3 non-profit organization, we provide community service hours and the Presidential Volunteer Service Award (please contact us for more details).

Tutor Requirements:

• Be a high school student (exceptions can be made for certain mature and committed middle schoolers)

• Have a  peak USCF rating of 1200 or above.  

Tutor Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpOeeI_tSde41f0p9ik5Mdr18juNmj-hJ83hW3aYOe-nfj-g/viewform  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Writers:

In addition to seeking new additions to our tutoring team, we also are actively looking for writers to help send newsletters, write official documents, and contribute to a chess periodical seasonally. If you are interested in joining our writing team, please follow the link below.

Writer Requirements:

• Have prior experience writing for a school newspaper, club, etc.

• Be willing to invest time on a consistent basis to working with a team of writers.

Writing Team Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw3TJzEJksi7BkvAMJ6x_2MmygLcGrTS25QtpJxQrmcCqUXA/viewform 

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