Levy Rozman Announces Scholarship Winners!

Popular streamer and International Master Levy Rozman (also known as GothamChess) today announced winners for his $100,000 chess scholarship program.

Rozman recently created the "Levy Rozman Scholarship Fund" to help competitive scholastic chess programs pay for training, tournament fees and travel expenses. Over one hundred programs applied shortly after the program was announced. According to Rozman: 

"The process of selecting programs to receive a grant was not easy at all! There were many qualified, worthy and exemplary groups of students along with dedicated leadership."

Congratulations to the following school chess team programs!

• Bates Academy in Detroit, MI 
• Benton HS in Benton, AR 
• Chess in Slums in Nigeria 
• Esperanza Academy Charter School in Philadelphia, PA 
• Hawthorn Hill Elementary in Lee's Summit, MO 
• Idlewild Elementary in Memphis, TN 
• Killip Elementary in Flagstaff, AZ 
• Leman Middle School in West Chicago, IL 
• Mitchell Elementary in Philadelphia, PA 
• Nicollet Middle in Burnsville, MN 
• Old Donation School in Virginia Beach, VA 
• Parker Academic Center in Charlotte, NC 
  

All recipients will be required to document how the funds are utilized. 

"We all know chess has always been great, but it really boomed after The Queen’s Gambit. So the goal of giving grants to these strong chess programs—which aren't always in major cities—is to potentially find the next Beth Harmon! Or, in terms of real chess celebrities, perhaps a Judit Polgar or a Magnus Carlsen!"

Rozman hopes to continue to positively impact more chess programs going forward.

"I hope to do this again, either as myself or through a crowdsourced initiative, so I encourage all applicants to continue as planned and expect great things in the future."

ChessKid.com wants to thank IM Rozman for his tremendous generosity and willingness to impact so many kids as they continue to work to improve their chess skills.

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