Greater Peoria Chess Foundation


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The Greater Peoria Chess Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization dedicated to encouraging chess in our community and school systems. Chess helps students to develop many life skills that will help them as they navigate with challenges that lay ahead.



Kingsmen are now meeting Monday Night at Hardees

The Kingsmen Chess Club will resume our Monday night meetings June 12th at the Hardees in the Willows Knolls shopping center at 7pm as usual. This is a temporary site, we are working to find another permanent site since the Pizza Works has decided to close on Mondays. Many other restaurants in the Peoria area have been closing on Mondays for some time. Hardees is not a good long term solution as it closes early. Kingsmen met at Hardees previously a few years ago, but moved when we found the Life Togerther Center. Please continue to watch this space for further updates.

Our Mission

The Greater Peoria Chess Foundation is dedicated to encouraging chess in our community and school systems. Chess helps students to develop many life skills that will help them as they navigate with challenges that lay ahead.


Governance

The Greater Peoria Chess Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization governed by a board of directors drawn from the Peoria area chess community. Members of the chess community do not have to be chess players for any with an interest in supporting chess or using chess to enable and empower our youth are welcome.

Chess helps students to develop many life skills that will help them as they navigate with challenges that lay ahead.


Some of those life skills are:

  • Logical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Goal Setting
  • Self Motivation
  • Actions have Consequences
  • Hard Work is Rewarded
  • Mental Alertness
  • Memory Development
  • Patience
  • Focus
  • Learning to Look for Patterns
  • Improved Schoolwork & Grades

By Laws

Minutes

  • Affiliations
    • The GPCF maintains affiliations with the US Chess Federation (A5010322) and the Illinois Chess Association.

Our Board of Directors

The current board of directors is composed of eight voting members and one member emeritis who is currently working overseas. Our usual makeup is nine members, so one slot is currently open. We are looking to add a professional (accountant or lawyer) to our board to provide additional leadership and expertise. Interested parties are encouraged to inquire.

Board meetings are held periodically. Our next meeting is scheduled for March 14th. No location has been set as of yet, but guests are invited.