Kaiserslautern Elementary District hosts 2nd annual chess tournament

Photos by W. Jack Woodfork

photo24bOn Feb. 28, over 50 students in grades kindergarten through ninth grade faced-off in the Kaiserslautern Elementary School’s gymnasium for the district’s second annual winter chess tournament.  The daylong tournament ran from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the top two players in each of the nine teams receiving trophies.

Kaiserslautern District Schools compete again May 30 for the end-of-year tournament.  All interested chess players in kindergarten through 12th grade, should contact Jack Woodfork at jack.woodfork@eu.dodea.edu.

Kaiserslautern Elementary School third-graders, Kaylee Brown and Korey Lewis plan their next chess move.
Kaiserslautern Elementary School third-graders, Kaylee Brown and Korey Lewis plan their next chess move.
Two KMC students face-off in a chess match.
Two KMC students face-off in a chess match.
Baumholder Middle/High School students Nicholas Ochoa and Lorne Huxtable contemplate their next move.
Baumholder Middle/High School students Nicholas Ochoa and Lorne Huxtable contemplate their next move.