If you are still in high school — or younger — and you need a USCF (US Chess) membership, you’ve come to the right place!
For a limited time, the ICA is offering $9 full-year memberships equivalent to the regular membership (the magazine is available for online viewing). These memberships are normally $22 for high school freshmen and $26 for sophomores, juniors and seniors. Update: Requests must be processed by January 31.
This offering is open to all — but it is hoped will support the Illinois All-Girls Championship in January, the Illinois High School Individual Championships in February and the 2016 K-8 Championships in March.
For complete details, email editor@il-chess.org.
Also, if you are (or your child is) an up-and-comer and wants access to over 500 kid-friendly videos and a safe enviroment for playing online chess, ChessKid.com is the place for you. We’ll even give you a 25-page guidebook providing a logical sequence to watch the instructive material. Coupled with a little practice, active ChessKid users have advanced their rating from the low 200’s to above 1000 in a few months.
Normally a Gold membership is $48 per year… but the ICA is attempting to provide these accounts for FREE to its scholastic members on a first come, first served basis.
If you had Gold account which expired 12/31/15 — and have an active ICA membership, please contact editor@il-chess.org. Otherwise, please consider renewing your ICA membership. If you were using ChessKid on a trial basis, please provide an email indicating your interest… but hold off for a few days until we can get a head count to determine if there is sufficient interest to continue with ChessKid.
ICA memberships can be processed here.
For those a little more advanced, there are $9 junior memberships available to the ICC — the wonderful site which hosts the fantastically informative Chess-FM videos. It also has a nice interface for online play including the capability of your club or school team playing others. Again, contact editor@il-chess.org for more information.
It is hoped that as we coordinate the Illinois use of such accounts, we can truly create a playing community which truly spans the state of Illinois.