2008 Dates Announced for the Dean of Chess Academy League

Here are the dates for our 2008 Dean of Chess Academy League: January 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, February 1st, 15th, 22nd, 29th
We hope to see both our scholastic players as well as their parents this season!
Happy New Year!

Christopher Wu - 2007 All America Team Member

During a ceremony at the Grade School National Championships, Christopher Wu became one of the 37 elite members of the All-America Chess Team. This is Christopher's second, consecutive year.

The All-America Team honor is bestowed upon a handful of the Nation's Top Scholastic players based upon rating and other qualifications.

Congratulations to Christopher on this outstanding achievement!

Christopher Wu with Coach IM Dean Ippolito at the 2007 Grade School National Championship. Please visit World Champion Susan Polgar's blog for more pictures. Susan always has news about scholastic chess.

December 13, 2007 Inclement Weather Cancellations

Due to inclement weather, the following programs will be canceled today, Thursday, December 13, 2007:
Patrick McGaheran - Clinton
Immaculate Conception - Annandale
Milltown- Branchburg
Johnson Park- Princeton
Cherry Hill- River Edge
Dean of Chess Academy Intermediate/Advanced class - Branchburg

Make-up classes will be held at the normally scheduled times on the following days:
Patrick McGahern - December 20th
Immaculate Conception - December 20th
Milltown - December 20th
Johnson Park- December 20th
Cherry Hill - January 10th
Dean of Chess Academy Intermediate/Advanced - TBA

Dean's Students Strike Oil in Texas!

National Champion Scott Lalli with Dean Ippolito

It was a great year for Dean Ippolito, LLC students! The National Grade School Championship was held in Texas from Decebmer 7-9th. Twelve New Jersey players received trophies and two are new National Champions!

Some notable finishes of students that work with us either through our programs or privately are:

Aravind Kumar-National Champion-Kindergarten

Scott Lalli - National Champion - 11th Grade

Christopher Wu-2nd place -3rd Grade

Samritha Palakollu-8th place-1st Gade

Anand Mehta- 20th place - 6th Gade

Congratulations to all!

Friday, December 7th

As I will be coaching at the National's this week, there will be no League or Open Play on Friday, December 7th. Just wanted to remind everyone!

2nd Mt. Horeb Scholastic Postponed

Due to the predicted inclement weather for December 2nd, we have decided to postpone the 2nd Mt. Horeb Scholastic. The safety of our participants and families is our top priority!
We will notify all the participants of the "snow date" as soon as it is scheduled.