Contact: Peter Giannatos For Immediate Release
Phone: 980-265-1156
Web: charlottechesscenter.org
Charlotte Chess
Center combines forces with Young Master Chess
Joint venture
creates one of largest scholastic organizations in the country
Charlotte, NC, June 1, 2019 – The two largest chess teaching
outfits in Charlotte have combined to create a joint organization. Charlotte
Chess Center, founded in 2014, and Young Master Chess, founded in 2004, are now
one. The Charlotte Chess Center name will be kept for the joint company.
The combining of the two scholastic organizations means more
than 40 schools will now have chess education in the Charlotte area. Several
thousand kids will also have more tournament opportunities, a freestanding
chess center to attend, and even more quality instruction and instructors. The
Charlotte Chess Center grows to more than a half-dozen masters amongst its
teaching corps, with a combined experience of more than 100 years of
instruction to children of all levels.
“We're thrilled to be working with all of the longstanding
programs under the Young Master Chess umbrella,” Charlotte Chess Center owner
Peter Giannatos said. “One thing that has made Charlotte Chess Center and Young
Master Chess programs unique is the value they both put into ensuring a quality
chess education for students. Both organizations have focused on teaching the
life skills and educational benefits of chess, not just the game itself."
“What the Charlotte Chess Center has done in only a few short
years is remarkable,” Young Master Chess owner Mike Klein said. “They've put
Charlotte on the map nationally by hosting well-run and professional events, as
well as offering great school chess clubs. We're excited that kids can now play
chess every day of the week at the center. Peter has tremendous energy and a
unique vision in the chess world.” Klein will still be involved in the new
organization.
"I would like to ensure the parents and students of both
our current programs and our newly-added programs that all will receive
top-flight attention and coaching. Our goal is for all of our programs to meet
the same standards: low student-teacher ratios, well-trained coaches, and student
support at local, state and national tournaments. We look forward to this new
beginning and further enhancing chess in the Charlotte area.”
Charlotte Chess Center is a scholastic teaching organization
that also serves the adult chess community of Charlotte with a chess center at
10700 Kettering Dr, Suite E, Charlotte, NC 28226. The center runs in-school
classes and after school chess clubs at more than 40 area schools, hosts
nightly events, many weekend tournaments, including national events and elite
summer camps. The center helped make Charlotte the current “Chess City of the
Year” as announced by the US Chess Federation in 2018.
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