Mission 360 Foundation
What's New
Upcoming Events:
Master Swiss on Jan. 29, 2023
Special Fund Raising Swiss to support chess-in-school @Capetown, South Africa on Feb. 11th, 2023
MIssion360 Bay Area 2023 9 round Super Master Swiss Mar. 24th - Mar. 28th. GM/IM Norm possible! Details can be found here.
Mission360 Challenger Festival Mar. 29th - Apr 9nd is open for registration. Come challenge a GM/IM! Spots are limited - please sign up ASAP. Details can be found here.
Mission360 partners with Chess.com and offers our friends one free month of Diamond membership on chess.com. https://www.chess.com/payment?id=diamond_yearly_032022&coupon=MISS22&ref_ID=22633026
This membership will auto renew to an annual diamond membership and will have those members under Mission360 Club
Members may cancel the free trial at any time to avoid the annual auto renewal.
This offer is limited to those who do not already have a Chess.com premium membership.
Special offer expires 1/31/23
FM Kevin Pan's interview series "California's Chess Talents" released the latest episode featuring bay area's latest WGM Rochelle Wu. Details can be found here.
Mission360 is an officially certified non-profit organization by Benevity and is available via the 900+ companies' donation portals supported by Benevity for donation and company match! We appreciate your supports to help with our cause in a sustainable way!
Congratulations to our officers and volunteers for being recognized by President's Volunteer Service Award!
Gold Award: Ashley Pang, Abhinav Penagalapati, Kevin Pan.
Bronze Award: Eric Li.
Our founder FM Kevin Pan and his friends are glad to partner with Mission San Jose Elementary PTC to offer a comprehensive chess program including a general education Friday class and a competitive team Monday night camp. We look forward to a fruitful year and more state and national champions!
FM Robert Shlyakhtenko's article, "Mission Now Possible", about Mission360/Bay Area Chess spring NORM events was published in Chess Life Jun issue!
Mission360 Team got Top Club award in 2022 Amateur Team West Championship! Proudly representing our young club are Board 1 FM Eric Li; Board 2 FM Kevin Pan; Board 3 Nathan Zhang; Board 4 WCM Ashley Pang.
Vision
We believe everyone, regardless of their backgrounds, should have equal access to opportunities, being it playing chess tournaments, or access to AI training.
We understand this is not happening today for many reasons causing disparity in many different ways.
We envision if there is a way to connect people together, a master chess player from Europe with a kindergartener from California, a research scientist in silicon valley with a high schooler from Mexico, ......, we create opportunities to level the playing ground and we will be one step closer to our vision - everyone should have equal access to opportunities!
Does it sound right to you? If so, explore our website and join us!
What Do We Do
Eagle Chess Club
Eagle Chess Club serves as our major driving force to promote diversity and inclusion in chess and organize fund-raising events.
Organize elite chess tournaments in partnership with Bay Area Chess and Pacific Northwest Chess Club to promote chess and connect players from all kinds of backgrounds.
Organize free chess tournaments for under-represented / under-privileged people
Host chess training camps year round (financial assistance available for under-privileged group)
Sponsor community chess programs
Celebrate National Chess Day
ConnectingU
ConnectingU serves as a platform to connect those of you who have specialized skills and share our passion to provide training to those in need. We believe when people from diversified backgrounds connect, great things happen! We have volunteer coaches exceling in the following areas and more:
Chess
Math
AI and Machine Learning
Bio-informatics
Check ConnectingU page for biographies of our coaches and sign up as a student!
Our Sponsors and Partners
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