Dear Chess Friends,
Our 6th Annual CHESS & SCIENCE FESTIVAL and Women and Girls Chess Championship on Sunday, November 24th, 2019 at the Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, University of Arizona was a lot of fun!
Please see attached report about the event.
Thank you again to US Chess & Saint Louis Chess Club for a generous Grant that helped us to organize the event in 2019!
We are very pleased to announce that our 2019 Chess & Science Festival – organized by Belakovskaia Chess Academy in collaboration with Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, University of Arizona – was chosen as one of the Grant Recipients by the US Chess Women’s Program!
SAVE THE DATE – NOVEMBER 24th, 2019!
The extremely competitive selection process attracted 40 applicants from across the United States. Ultimately, 11 programs have been granted funds from a generous gift in partnership with the Saint Louis Chess Club.
Rex Sinquefield, who founded the Saint Louis Chess Club with Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield, told US Chess, “It’s great to see the commitment and passion organizers all over the country have for female empowerment through chess.”
Huge Thank You to Rex & Jeanne Sinquefield, Saint Louis Chess Club and US Chess for supporting our upcoming event and Congratulations to all other recipients of the grant – together we can make a difference and help girls and women to achieve success in CHESS, BUSINESS, STEM and all other areas of life!
Thank you for checking!
If you are interested in supporting our initiative, please contact Anjelina Belakovskaia (520) 370-0700 or Anjelina @ gmail.com.
Many kids and adults have enjoyed our Chess and Science Festival and we would like to have more events in the future.
However, as for the last 5 years the event was solely organized by volunteering efforts of Anjelina Belakovskaia, her family and a wonderful team of Flandrau staff, we can only do so much. Your help can make world of difference, regardless if it is financial contributions, or assistance with various tasks – ordering trophies, prizes, food, and other things for the event; running marketing and advertising campaigns, work on fundraising, including Kickstarter campaign, fulfilling rewards, etc…
Thank you again and we look forward to hearing from you!
Once again it was held in our favorite location – at Flandrau Science Center in Tucson, AZ –
on Saturday, December 2nd, 2017 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The All-GIRLS CHESS TOURNAMENT featured 3 sections:
There were also many SCIENCE EXHIBITS for children and adults:
ALPHA CHI SIGMA – BETA TAU
BRIAN THE BRAIN
CATalyst
EARTH SCIENCE DISCOVERY
INSECT DISCOVERY
MARINE DISCOVERY
NEUROSCIENCE AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE Association of Students (NSCSAS)
PUZZLES, PROOFS AND PATTERNS
Student Members of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MINERAL MUSEUM – http://www.uamineralmuseum.org/
FLANDRAU PLANETARIUM SHOWS: “Touring the Solar System” “Season of Light” “Laser Holidays” “Perfect Little Planet” “We Are Stars”
AND MORE…
You can see the full 20-page report at:
Once again, we would like to acknowledge and give a HUGE THANKS to Flandrau Science Center Staff, Belakovskaia Chess Academy and our Kickstarter Supporters for making this Chess Dream a Reality for the last 5 years!