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| Liberty Bell Rang Proudly For ICA Students |  Philadelphia was taken over by ICA students as they dominated the Liberty Bell Open over MLK weekend. Standout performances were led by 9-year-old Alexander Wang who tied for 1st in the U2100 section with an inspiring 5.5/7. Starting with a draw in round 1, Alexander found his groove and was thrilled with his wins and especially seeing his rating go up.
More info | | GO GIRLS: Alana And Lilly Basha Won FIRST PLACE In ICA Family Championship |  GO GIRLS: Alana and Lilly Basha won FIRST PLACE in ICA Family Championship on December 8th! Alana scored perfect 4 in Section 2, while Lilly got three points in Section 1.
More info | Results | | 2020 Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Open Championship |  Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Open Championship
Sunday, January 26th, 2020
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
More info | Sign Up | | 2020 Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA U1600 Championship |  Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA U1600 Championship
Sunday, January 26th, 2019
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
More info | Sign Up | | 2020 Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Championships |  Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Championships
Sunday, January 26th, 2019
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
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| 2019 New Year's BLITZ |  Chess competitors, please join us on December 31st for our most festive and fun competition of the year!
More info | Results | Photo | | 2020 Super Saturday Tournaments |  ICA Presents the wonderful opportunity for Enthusiastic Chess Players: "Super Saturday" Tournaments
More info | Results | Sign Up | | 2019 – 2020 Doctor Ostfeld Memorial Tournaments At BCA |  2019 – 2020 Doctor Ostfeld Memorial Tournaments at BCA
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More info | Sign Up | | 2020 Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Open Championship | Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Open Championship
Sunday, January 26th, 2020
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
More info | Sign Up | | 2020 Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA U1600 Championship | Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA U1600 Championship
Sunday, January 26th, 2019
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
More info | Sign Up | | 2020 Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Championships | Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Championships
Sunday, January 26th, 2019
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
More info | Sign Up | | 2019 Dr David Ostfeld Memorial ICA Championships |  Sunday, December 8th, 2019
Bergen Academy • 200 Hackensack Avenue • Hackensack NJ
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| Bergen County's 11 Yr Old Chess Expert & World-Acclaimed Inventor |  International Chess Academy of NJ takes extreme pride in working with extraordinary kids like Gary Leschinsky of Mahwah, NJ.
It was only two years ago, at the age of nine, that Gary Leschinsky, a resident of Mahwah, walked through the doors of International Chess Academy of New Jersey (ICA) as a novice chess student.
More info | | Alexander Wang And His Chess Partner Secure Victory At ChessKids Games! |  The inaugural ChessKid Games was held Saturday, June 1. and International Chess Academy had the honor of hosting 9 year old ICA student Alexander Wang on the Teaneck campus as he teamed up virtually with his partner, FIDE titled IM Hans Niemann
More info | | Chess Kids Math Competition Results |  Winning the 2019 American Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEM)'s highest honor, the Dr. George Lenchner Perfect Score Award, is 6th grade ICA student
More info | | Memorial Day Weekend Was Extremely Successful For ICA Students |  Memorial Day weekend was extremely successful for ICA students with about 20 players participating in two major US championships.
75th Annual U.S. Amateur East Championship took place in Morristown, New Jersey, gathering 286 participants. Two ICA Students won 1st Place:
More info | Photo | | Congratulations To ICA Student Angelina Li (1177) For 4th Place |  Congratulations to ICA student Angelina Li (1177) for 4th place at ‘Odyssey of the Mind’ Worlds Final.
‘Odyssey of the Mind’ is a creative problem-solving completion catered for students from kindergarten through college.
More info | | THREE ICA Students (Each At Least Ten Years With US!) |  THREE ICA Students (Each At Least Ten Years With US!)
Starting Princeton University This Fall!
Attend our Chess, Math, and STEM(!)
Classes Starting This September Just Like They Did!
More info | | Chesskid Online National Invitational Championship |  The weekend of June 1-3 was very exciting for two of ICA’s youngest players, Alexander Wang (age 8) and Ryan Zhu (age 6), because they were selected to play in the Chesskid Online National Invitational Championship.
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| 2020 SPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE - GLEN ROCK |  2020 SPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE - GLEN ROCK
More info | Sign Up | | 2020 SPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE -Teaneck |  SPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE -Teaneck
More info | Sign Up | | Home School Chess Ages 8 - 12 |  Class dates
12/04/2019, 12/11/2019, 12/18/2019, 01/08/2020, 01/15/2020, 01/22/2020, 01/29/2020, 02/05/2020, 02/12/2020, 02/19/2020, 02/26/2020
More info | Sign Up | | 2019-2020 Winter SEMESTER SCHEDULE - GLEN ROCK |  2019-2020 Winter SEMESTER SCHEDULE - GLEN ROCK
Community Church of Glen Rock (education building)
tel: 201-797-0330;
More info | Sign Up | | 2019-2020 Winter SEMESTER SCHEDULE - TEANECK |  2019-2020 Winter SEMESTER SCHEDULE - TEANECK
185 Court street Teaneck, NJ 07666; tel: 201-833-1741
More info | Sign Up | | ICA Fall Schedule Is Out! |  The ICA fall schedule is out! As usual, we are offering both math and chess classes six days a week between two great locations. In Glen Rock, we have weeknight classes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday as well as Saturday morning classes.
More info | Sign Up | | Future Masters Class With Grandmaster Alex Stripunsky |  Is your child a talented young chess player who wants to get even better? Then sign up for ICA’s Future Masters class with elite coach Grandmaster Alex Stripunsky. This class is for students with a USCF of FIDE rating over 1200 and a strong interest in
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| Chess Camps | | 2020 Summer Day Camp |  | | 2020 Summer Day Camp Full Day Package
2020 Summer Day Camp Half Day Package | | Winter Camp By Sean Finn |  | | The Winter Camp is over and what better way to end 2019 then with such a fun and educational week. The morning lesson groups continued to explore new and reoccurring themes, studying the games and thought processes of top players | | 2019 Winter Camp Glen Rock: Day 4 |  | | 2019 Winter Camp Glen Rock: Day 4 | | 2019 Winter Camp Teaneck And Glen Rock: Day 3 |  | | It did NOT look a lot like Christmas!
There was no snow, it was pretty warm, and there was certainly no fat guy in a red suit delivering presents.
What we did have though was two chess groups with lesson in the morning followed by our usual dodgeball adventures in Votee Park. Gregory Apel was the overall winner today.
| | 2019 Winter Camp Teaneck: Day 1 And 2 |  | | We started Winter Camp in Teaneck today. The kids seemed to enjoy socializing and playing chess, video games, and light nerves. Outside during Dodgeball Kenz Raza was the strongest scoring two catches and a cone strike plus three wins together with his team. | | 2019 Winter Camp Glen Rock: Day 2 |  | | We had a full day of chess and other activities, starting with morning study groups. In morning groups, Albert and Elizabeth took home best in group honors for Coach Sean’s group 1, while Gregory got the prize for Coach Eugene’s group 2, and AJ won for Coach Roman’s group 3. | | 2019 Winter Camp Glen Rock: Day 1 |  | | Winter Camp is off to an exciting start and we had a full day of chess training, competing, and learning with talented players! First, the camp split into four lesson groups. In the morning, students trained with coaches and their peers, studying high-level chess games, solving puzzles |
| Chess News | | Liberty Bell Rang Proudly For ICA Students | | | Philadelphia was taken over by ICA students as they dominated the Liberty Bell Open over MLK weekend. Standout performances were led by 9-year-old Alexander Wang who tied for 1st in the U2100 section with an inspiring 5.5/7. Starting with a draw in round 1, Alexander found his groove and was thrilled with his wins and especially seeing his rating go up. | | GO GIRLS: Alana And Lilly Basha Won FIRST PLACE In ICA Family Championship | | | GO GIRLS: Alana and Lilly Basha won FIRST PLACE in ICA Family Championship on December 8th! Alana scored perfect 4 in Section 2, while Lilly got three points in Section 1. | | 2019 New Year’s Blitz: A Fun Tournament To End Another Decade Of Chess At ICA! |  | | It has been an exciting decade here at ICA. We have moved locations, gained record enrollment, and started new traditions that we hope will persist for many years. We ended the twenty-teens with one of these new traditions, the New Year’s Eve blitz tournament. | | ALL CHESS And MATH CLASSES Are Cancelled Today, Monday, 12/2/19. |  | | Due to this afternoon and evening's severe weather forecast,
ALL CHESS and MATH CLASSES are cancelled today, Monday, 12/2/19. | | ICA At NJ State Grade Championships 2019 | | ICA at NJ state Grade Championships 2019 | | Iyer Family Fun! |  | | Iyer Family Fun! Akshat, Ayush and Aneesh Iyer win the FIRST ICA Family Prize of the Year! Joel and Aidan and Anderson and AJ tie for 2nd & 3rd! Akshat Iyer finished with 3.5/4.0 in the Under 1600 section, tying for first place. His brother Ayush had three wins in section 5 for a total of 6.5 out of a possible 8 points. | | ICA 2019 Summer Open Championship |  | | This past weekend, we hosted our first annual Summer Open Championship at our location in Glen Rock. Many of New Jersey’s strongest chess players come out to the Open Section of the Dr. David Ostfeld Memorial tournament five times a year at Bergen Academies in Hackensack. |
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