Mission 360 Foundation
What's New
Upcoming Events:
National Chess Day celebration: free simuls, game reviews, elite tournaments. Find details here.
Master Swiss Oct 9th, Nov. 13th, Dec. 11th.
FIDE Hybrid 11/5-6
Third Master Swiss on Sep. 27th wrapped up successfully. Sricharan Pullela took first place with 2.5/3 and Dylan Tang took second place with 2/3. Details here. We will host this series monthly. Please consider participating so we keep elite events in bay area!
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!
Fourth Mission360/Bay Area Chess GM/IM Norm Invitational wrapped up successfully! Congratulations to GM-elect/IM Guillermo Vazquez on his near perfect performance winning first place with 8/9. FM Eric Li took second place with 7/9 while GM Enrico Sevillano took third place with 5/9. Also congratulations to our founder FM Eric Li in achieving his second IM NORM! Check pictures and results. live games available http://www.calchess.org/dgt/Mission360/IM_Norm_04/index.html. Chess.com event link is here.
We'd like to thank Eade Foundation and its president FM Jim Eade, and anonymous donor, Ms. Lin Wang, Mr. Eric Mei, and Ms. Madhuri Nagineni for the generous donation to kick off our NORM events! You help made it possible for us to bring high end event to bay area!
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
Promote National Chess Day via. Chess-in-the-park
Upcoming Events: FIDE Hybrid Tournament; Inaugural GM/IM Norm Events. Check our Events page for details
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
Thank you for your donation!
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