The inaugural ChessKid Nationwide Pageant is barely every week away, and among the chess world’s most well-known names are on the point of descend on Charlotte, North Carolina to hitch the festivities.

Tickets for the ChessKid Nationwide Pageant are nonetheless accessible (however promoting out quick). If there is a ChessKid in your loved ones, do not miss the chance to offer them what’s assured to be one in every of their most memorable chess experiences ever.

Confirmed attendees embody WFM Alexandra and Andrea Botez, IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess), WGM Jen Shahade, FM James Canty III, IM Danny Rensch, FM Mike Klein, and GM Daniel Naroditsky! Different outstanding chess names may even be in attendance to benefit from the occasion.

Whereas headliner VIP GothamChess’s attendance was already well-known, the Botez sisters are a current addition to the pageant’s star-studded line-up. Alexandra Botez has beforehand labored with ChessKid and offered classes for teenagers on the platform. Chatting with ChessKid’s Mike Klein, she confirmed: “We’ll be there, and I can not wait to see you all.”

Specializing in actions for teenagers within the eighth grade and under, the ChessKid Nationwide Pageant spans three days of action-packed occasions together with a chess ‘puzzle bee,’ a hula chess problem, and the world premiere of fencing chess.

There may even be extra normal chess pageant fare: blitz competitions, puzzle challenges, a Bughouse contest, and a principal match for Ok-8 gamers that includes a number of prize classes.

VIP experiences embody a simul match in opposition to titled gamers, warm-up classes for teenagers, and a workshop for fogeys with GothamChess, and the prospect to organize for the match with legendary GM Judit Polgar throughout a web based session on February 11.

See you in Charlotte!