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Summer 2022 Unruly Queens Free Group Lessons Starting Soon

As the long-awaited beautiful summer draws closer, CTC is proud to announce the new series of Unruly Queens free online chess lessons that spans over 10 Tuesday evenings throughout the summer.

Summer 2022 Unruly Queens Free Group Lesson

From 06/21 to 08/23, women and girls at all ages and levels are welcome to meet the UQ lead instructors WIM Ellen Wang, WFM Yassamin Ehsani, WIM Evelyn Zhu, and WFM Martha Samadashvili over zoom from 7pm to 8pm, to learn and practice chess in a friendly and inspiring environment. Lessons will be taught based on participants strengths, needs and requests. Mini rapid and bughouse tournaments on chess.com will also be arranged with prizes.

To register, please visit here. Any questions or interest in becoming an UQ instructor? Please email the UQ team at theunrulyqueens@gmail.com

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CTC Awarded $1500 for Unruly Queens Initiative by US Chess Women

It is CTC’s greatest honor to receive a grant of $1500 from the US Chess Women Committee for the 2022-2023 cycle, as a recognition of its dedicated endeavors to promote girls’ power in chess through its Unruly Queens initiative.

CTC Awarded $1500 for its Unruly Queens Initiative by US Chess Women

This grant will be equally allocated over two in-person chess festivals in Summer/Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 at the Central Park in NYC. CTC expects to bring together all chess women and girls in the tri-state area and beyond, to celebrate their persistent effort with the game through playing and coaching. Please look out for more details coming up soon.

Back in 2020. The Unruly Queens initiative received its first grant of $2780 from the US Chess Women Committee, which significantly facilitated UQ’s online lectures, camps and tournaments throughout the pandemic. All UQ members would like to thank again the committee for its long-time support and look forward to working together on many future events with a shared mission.

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WGM Jennifer Shahade’s Book Signing at MCC

CTC is very excited to share the great news that WGM Jennifer Shahade, two-time US Women Champions and Director of US Chess Women Committee, is holding a lecture & book signing event at the elite Marshall Chess Club on June 14th from 7-11pm.

WGM Jennifer Shahade’s Book Signing at MCC

Jennifer’s new book, Chess Queens, is her real-life stories with chess, especially how she rose up to a female chess champion in a male-dominated game. It is a must read for all aspiring chess queens, who are keen to challenge their full potential despite the prevalent gender disparity. Please order Jennifer’s book on Amazon, and register for the event at MCC’s website.

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