Mini Chess & Dinner, too! Special EventIn-Person
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
5:00 p.m - 7:30 p.m.
Chess Forum
219 Thompson St
New York, NY 10012
Our partner, Chess Forum, is hosting this event.
Join us for our first-ever evening of mini chess under the direction of one of the most formidable chess teachers on the planet. These games are fast, use just a few pieces, are fun for grown-ups and fantastic for teaching. To play you’ll need some basic knowledge of the game, but you don’t have to be a Kasparov. Adding to fun, you’ll be playing in the legendary Chess Forum, New York’s last old school chess parlor in the heart of Greenwich Village. Dinner’s included.
Cost: $15 (a $45 value, includes dinner)
Early booking exclusively for Academy Fellows*
Through May 1, Fellows can purchase a ticket for $15. Space is very limited!
*You are a Fellow of the Academy for Teachers if you have been accepted to, and attended, an in-person master class.
Elizabeth Spiegel
Elizabeth Spiegel is the longtime coach of IS 318’s legendary bad-ass chess team. Over the years, her Bed Stuy middle schoolers have won just about every single thing there is to win in scholastic chess: K-8 Nationals, K-9 Nationals, 6th Grade Nationals, 7th Grade Nationals, 8th Grade Nationals, and the High School National Championship. Spiegel herself has won a bunch of awards, and her team was featured in Brooklyn Castle, an award-winning documentary, and the bestselling book How Children Succeed.