Four Harlingen CISD chess teams have advanced to the national championships after impressive performances at the State Chess Tournament held at Edinburg North High School March 2-4. Treasure Hills Elementary,...
Harlingen CISD hosted the 2018 TCA Region VIII Chess Championships on Feb. 3-4 at Harlingen High School South. With about 1,700 competitors, this is believed to be the largest chess tournament...
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Chess teams are celebrating big after finding success at the SuperNationals VI Chess Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee. Breaking the record as the most attended chess tournament,...
by Aida Meeks Coakley Middle School Chess Team is one of four teams from the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District traveling to Nashville, TN to compete in SuperNationals VI Chess...
Michael Casas, a fifth-grade student at Sam Houston Elementary, is always a few steps ahead of his opponent when it comes to the game of chess, so much so that...
[caption id="attachment_18096" align="alignnone" width="980"] Sam Houston Elementary-1st Place Team[/caption] With more than 1,500 participants, HCISD Chess teams, ranging from kinder to high school, participated in the State Chess Tournament on...
More than 1,400 students competed in the two-day 2017 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championship. The elementary, middle school, and high school chess teams from Harlingen CISD walked away with...
On November 5, students from Harlingen and the surrounding areas gathered to compete in the Bonham Elementary Chess Tournament. The event hosted students from K-12 and gave them practice time in...
2016 Chess Academy Champions from Wilson Elementary The third Annual Chess Academy camp took place June 7-23 and brought together 115 participants from HCISD elementary schools and one middle school...
[caption id="attachment_14439" align="alignnone" width="980"] Houston Elementary's K-5 team advances to nationals after placing 3rd at state.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14440" align="alignnone" width="980"] Wilson Elementary's K-3 team advances to nationals after placing...
[caption id="attachment_13009" align="alignnone" width="600"] Left to Right: Gianelli Serrano, Isabell Vazquez, Jazmin Olivarez, Rory Jimenez[/caption] The Houston Elementary Girls' Chess Team from earned top marks at the Texas Girl’s State...
[caption id="attachment_12343" align="alignnone" width="600"] Michael Casas from Sam Houston Elementary 6th Place in K-3 Championship Division.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_12344" align="alignnone" width="600"] Houston placed 16th in the K-3 Championship Division 22nd in...
[caption id="attachment_12211" align="alignnone" width="600"] Sam Houston Elementary K-3 Championship 1st Place (Back Row) Rory Lee Jimenez, Michael Casas 9th, Sabian Nieto, Massimo Meneses 23rd (Front Row) Julian Gonzalez Honorable Mention,...
[caption id="attachment_11515" align="alignnone" width="600"] Sam Houston Elementary[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11516" align="alignnone" width="600"] Dishman Elementary[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11518" align="alignnone" width="600"] Treasure Hills Elementary[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11517" align="alignnone" width="400"] Early College High School[/caption] Harlingen...
. On May 9-11, Dishman Elementary, Treasure Hills Elementary, Sam Houston Elementary and Coakley Middle School competed in Dallas, Tx in the National Elementary Chess Tournament. As a team,...
With cheers from their classmates ringing throughout their halls, students on the Early College High School chess team further solidified the legacy of outstanding chess teams at the Harlingen Consolidated...
The chess teams at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District earned top marks at the chess tournament hosted by Treasure Hills Elementary on March 1. As a team in the...
Outsmarting the competition, the HCISD Chess teams shined at the State Chess Tournament. Competing in 6 different divisions with 32 players, the HCISD Chess teams earned multiple awards at the...
[caption id="attachment_8220" align="aligncenter" width="588"] Early College High School chess team[/caption] On Jan. 25 and Jan. 26, many schools throughout the valley competed at the Region VIII Chess tournament in...
Using their strategic skills to outsmart the competition, the Sam Houston Elementary and Treasure Hills Elementary chess teams had an outstanding performance at the Ed Downs Chess Tournament in San...
On Nov. 2, the Sam Houston Elementary Chess Team had all the right moves at the Brownsville Porter High School Chess Tournament. The Sam Houston Chess Team earned a total...
The girl’s on the Sam Houston Elementary Chess Team proved that they some of the best in the state during the Girl’s State Chess Tournament on Oct. 5. Teams from...
The Treasure Hills Chess team has made their mark in the Rio Grande Valley during their first year of starting the program. The team earned top marks at the Russell...
The Sam Houston Chess Team continued their streak of excellence during the 2013 Texas Scholastic Championships on March 23. The team placed third in both the K1 and K3 Championship....
Chess students at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District can now say they’ve played with the undefeated champion of the North American Open. Timur Gareev was recently named...
The Sam Houston chess team put their skills to the test at the Hanna High School Scholastic Chess Tournament on Jan. 12. The team was awarded first place in the...
The HCISD chess teams left an impression at their most recent tournament hosted by Ed Downs Elementary on Nov. 10. The Sam Houston Elementary team competed in the high school...
The chess teams at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District had a successful showing at the chess tournament hosted by Palmer Laakso Elementary School in Los Fresnos on Oct. 27....
Students from the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District outsmarted competition at the district’s first chess tournament on Oct. 13. A total of nine teams from HCISD placed in their division....
Sam Houston Elementary will make Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District history by hosting the district’s first chess tournament on Oct. 13. The Oktoberfest Chess Tournament will be in celebration of...
Ben Milam has sent a team to the National Scholastic Chess Championship for four consecutive years, placed fifth as a team this past year and developed students equipped with problem...
