Monday Team Tournament | Junior Varsity and Varsity Locations
Our Monthly Team Tournaments are geared towards bringing our school teams together in a friendly but competitive environment. This year we have added Junior Varsity (Under Sections) and Varsity (Championship Sections) locations to ensure skill appropriate competition for all of our players and teams. Our Junior Varsity Tournaments will have locations in both Manhattan and Brooklyn, while our Varsity Tournament will be a single location, allowing all of our highest rated players the opportunity to compete in a single location.
Our Varsity Tournament will be hosted at the legendary IS 318, home of the winningest team in scholastic chess history. For all events there will be individual and team prizes for all divisions, as well as medals for all players who score 2 points or higher. Please take a moment to see the videos below.
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Varsity Team Tournament @ IS 318 - drop-off or parent stay, teams with ten players or more will have a designated team room
Varsity and Junior Varsity (JV) are designations for school sports teams to distinguish squads by skill, experience, and competitive level -- and in the case of chess, rating levels.
Varsity is a team’s highest-level competitive squad, generally made up of its strongest and most experienced players. The highest ratings players have achieved (their USCF "peak") will determine which section they should sign up for.
Tournament Dates:
October 31st, 2026 - Competed
November 21st, 2026
December 19th, 2026
January 30th - Winter Cup, 2027
February 27th
March 27th, 2027
April 17th, 2027
May 29th, 2027
June 12th - Spring Cup, 2027
Junior Varsity (JV) is the developmental and aspirational team level, made up of players who are building their skills and working toward varsity -- this includes beginners who have just joined their teams.
For our tournaments as well as for our League, this encourages all players (all ages, skill levels) to represent their schools in tournaments, and for their results to have impact on team scores right away.
We are employing these terms because they frame a clear competitive structure that gives every player an immediate way to contribute to their school team, in preparation for the bigger championships to come.
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So put on your team jersey, let's put all hands in the middle, and let's go