Rosa Parks Elementary Chess Club

03/15/2026

2026 Kentucky State Team Chess Championship!!! K-1 3rd place, K-3 2nd place, K-5 tied for 2nd place!!!
What an unbelievable day for our Trailblazing Chess Squadron!!! This crew has worked tirelessly throughout the season to grow and improve…and the puzzles and extra practices paid off today. Our 6th seeded K-3 team finished 2nd…our 7th seeded K-5 team tied for second and our 2 K-1 travelers finished 3rd. It has been such a joy to coach this group and I am so incredibly proud of the journey and growth they have shown this season. It was also so special to bring out the old Rosa Parks chess banner (Thank you always Walsh family). The “El Fuego” Jerseys were also spectacular (Thank you Opening Day Apparel!). Lastly….thank you so much to our amazing village of parents who weathered a LONG day to support our Chess Squadron. We cannot do this without you!

02/06/2026

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Mr Jimmy has worked tirelessly to get the grounds ready and we WILL be hosting the Quad C Regiona Tournament tomorrow at Rosa Parks Elementary!!! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!!!

Scholastic Chess tournament for the Quad C Region of Kentucky (Lexington area and Northern Kentucky. Top four teams qualify for state

11/22/2025

2025-2026 Rosa Parks Trailblazing Chess Squadron….”El Fuego” Edition.

11/09/2025

The oldest running Scholastic Chess Tournament in the stae returns to Rosa Parks Elementary…the Lexington Winter Scholastic will be in the house Decembe 6th!!!

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Lexington’s longest running scholastic chess tournament returns to Rosa Parks Elementary for the season’s most exciting chess event!

10/27/2025

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I am back in the game hosting the 2025 Trailblazing Open at Rosa Parks November 8th. It should be an exciting day of chess…and smoking hot trophies!

Lexington’s scholastic chess season kickoff tournament!!! Top 8 individual and Top 2 Team troohies in each section guaranteed.

10/26/2025

Big start to the 2025-2026 chess season for the Rosa Parks Trailblazing Chess Squadron! If traffic was slow coming west on I-64 from Louisville today…the culprit may have for once not been construction but instead the glare from all the trophy hardware riding back from the Louisville Halloween Chess Tournament. K-1 took 1st overall and K-3 took 2nd marking the first regular season team tournament wins for RPE in five years! In K-1 Bindi Green was 2nd overall, Oakley Watts finished 5th, Eland Watts finished 6th and Sylvie Sama finished 7th to round out the scoring for the K-1 squadron. In K-3 Bodhi Green took home third place overall and was supported by Sonny Woodall, Winston Watts, and Wesley Allison as the other top four scorers. In K-5 Eddie Sama took home 11th place in a loaded K-5 field. We are so proud of how our crew kicked off the season!!!

08/20/2025

Link to join Stack Team App

07/28/2025

We are excited to announce Coach Alan’s Chess Bootcamp August 4th-7th at Crank and Boom Ice Cream Clay’s Mill location from 8am to 12 noon!

Spots will be limited to 16 and we will cover a range of topics from tactics to openings to end game strategy!

Coach Alan’s Chess Bootcamp

We will be getting ready to kick off the scholastic season with a bang knocking off the rust and polishing up our games!

03/01/2025

Huge chess brag alert!!! Rosa Parks 3rd Grade Super-star Magnolia Zhu has been invited by the United States Chess Federation to reoresent the United States to play in the FIDE World Championship in Europe this summer!!! Only six to eight players are chosen nationally for this honor! Let’s all wish Magnolia the best as she travels to Batumi Georgia this summer!
We are so incredibly proud of you Magnolia for all
of your hard work!!! Your journey has been so impressive to watch and you are just getting started!!!!
“Shake Hands! Have Fun! And Say Something Nice!” across the ocean and represent us the Rosa Parks Way!!!!

The second edition of FIDE World Cup for young chess players will take place from June 22 to July 3, 2025, in Batumi, Georgia. This prestigious event aims to offer more opportunities for young talents from around the world.

02/09/2025

Congratulations to Rosa Parks Elementary K-3 and K-5 for qualifying for the State Tourmament March 22nd at Tate’s Creek High School! K-5 took first place in the regional Quad C Tournament and K-3 took second.

11/16/2024

Great first practice yesterday! Loved the focus, energy, and on time pick up! Great job everyone!!!