The CalChess Grade-Level Championship chess tournament is considered one of the most prestigious scholastic chess events in Northern California due to a combination of history, tradition, and state champion titles. Beyond the hunt for the title, this event allows our region’s youth chess players a chance to meet and compete with other players who are in their grade. I will be in attendance at the Sonesta Silicon Valley on November 14-15 to do game analysis and take photos. Participating in the CalChess Super States: Grade Level Championship is always an amazing experience for our scholastic players and I look forward to seeing all of my NorCal youth chess friends play together again.
Chris Torres is a nationally renowned scholastic chess coach working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His classes have attracted players of strengths ranging from rank beginners to world champions. A chess professional since 1998, Chris is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the explosion in popularity and sudden rise in quality of scholastic chess in California. Chris Torres served as the President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy from 2005-2020 and currently is recognized as a correspondence chess master with the United States Chess Federation. Since 1998 Chris Torres has taught 6 individual national champions as well as led multiple school teams to win national championship titles. In addition, Chris Torres has directed and taught at 10 different schools which have been California State Champions at chess. In 2011 and 2012, several former and current students of Chris Torres have been selected to represent the United States at the World Youth Chess Championships. Mr. Torres’ hobbies include playing classical guitar and getting his students to appear on the national top 100 chess rating lists.
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