SJIC’s 10th Annual Super Bowl Pre-game Chess Tournament

SJIC’s 10th Annual Super Bowl Pre-game Chess Tournament

For most, February 12, 2023, was a day specially reserved for the Super Bowl. However, for chess enthusiasts at South Jersey Innovation Center (SJIC), the big day started off with a chess tournament – naturally!  This is SJIC’s 10th year of hosting the pre-Super Bowl...
Grandmaster Alex Lenderman is Visiting SJIC

Grandmaster Alex Lenderman is Visiting SJIC

If you have ever played a chess game before, you can attest to the difficulty of this thought-provoking game. Now, imagine playing two, three, or even ten chess games at once. Insanity, right? Not for someone like Grandmaster Aleksandr Lenderman. (pictured above)...
Nationals Highlights

Nationals Highlights

It was a chess-filled weekend for many of South Jersey Innovation Center’s (SJIC) students. Here is how the National K-12 Grade Championships (also known as “The Nationals”) went this past weekend.  This year’s tournament broke all the past records for number of...
GM Abhimanyu Mishra Tops the Field at 2022 South Jersey Open

GM Abhimanyu Mishra Tops the Field at 2022 South Jersey Open

The South Jersey Innovation Center (SJIC) was proud to host the annual South Jersey Open/Dr. Leroy Dubeck Cup on December 4, 2022.  Fifty-nine players participated in the fast-paced five-round tournament, including 24 in the top Open Section.  The Open Section was...
Player Profile: Liam Jesunas

Player Profile: Liam Jesunas

SJIC is sending a contingent of 27 chess students to the National K-12 Grade Championships being held just outside Washington DC from Dec. 9-11, 2022 (you can read more about the Nationals here: https://incntr.com/chess/sjic-is-going-to-the-nationals/). This is the...