LEHIGH VALLEY CHESS ASSOCIATION

Bruce Davis Sr. is the President of Lehigh Valley Chess Association. He will be providing on-demand free Chess Lessons for beginners at various locations. Please RSVP.

Bruce is available for private chess lessons as well. Please contact him directly for more details.

Bruce is also involved in setting up chess courses at eight schools and one pre-kindergarten school with the help of some long-term club members, who are also National Masters.

Below are some of Bruce Davis' achievements:

• President of Lehigh Valley Chess, Bethlehem, Allentown, PA (coming soon is Phillipsburg, NJ)
• Vice President of the Garden State Chess League (NJ/PA-based)
• US Chess Federation Special Circumstances Committee (Committee of the Year) 2017-2018
• US Chess Federation Chess in Education Committee 2018-2019
• 56 years playing Chess, 24 years training Young Chess minds to be Champions
• 12+ years Founder and President Lehigh Valley Chess Association (Organizer, Player, Teacher, Tournament Director)

WOMEN's HISTORY MONTH @ LEHIGH VALLEY

2020 theme - Rising Together, our common stance to overcome, optimize and outlast

https://www.womenshistorymonthlv.com/

The Women’s History Month Celebration and event (WHM@CH, WHM@LV) is an annual “social-conscience” event and organization founded by NGOZI BELL and inaugurated in 2017. The first Women’s History Month @ City Hall (WHM@CH) was held on March 17, 2018, in partnership with the Allentown Mayor and City Hall. The second event was on March 23, 2019. The 2020 event is currently postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus situation.

The conference celebrates, reviews, encourages, and recognizes the impact, power, and community of women and girls, through the lenses of inspiring speeches, round-tables, original compositions, dances, fashion, arts, and science. We are graced by STEAM fellows, public and private sector visionaries, students, and the voices of youth and wisdom, etc. While performances are by women and girls, the audience includes men and boys - because we believe that for meaningful engagement we must be inclusive!

IM Abhimanyu Mishra a.k.a. Abhi started his journey of chess at the age of 2 and a half. He had his first taste of success in his first tournament where he bagged the first position. Then there was no looking back. He went on to become the New Jersey K-3 champion when he was still in  Kindergarten.

At the age of 6, he played a simultaneous exhibition game against Current world #2  rated player Super GM Fabiano Caruana. He lost the game but got the fighting spirit award. (videos are  at  https://www.facebook.com/abhimayumishrachess )

He bagged the silver medal in both North American youth @ Costa Rica and world cadet @ Brazil Under-8 chess tournament to name a few. Growing leaps and bounds in his chess career, he went on to become the youngest ever  US Chess Expert and youngest ever US Chess Master. 

Youngest Chess Master in USA chess history at the age of 9 yr 2 months

https://new.uschess.org/kids/abhimanyu-mishra-youngest-us-chess-master-ever/

Youngest Chess Expert in USA chess history at the age of 7yr 6 months
https://new.uschess.org/news/meet-abhimanyu-mishra-our-youngest-ever-us-chess-expert/

He was invited by Kasparov Chess Foundation young star program for a rigorous 3-day interview by Legendary world champion Garry Kasparov.
He cleared it in his first attempt and currently being mentored by KCF head coach GM Alexander Chernin from HUN. 

Abhimanyu Mishra really stands out in this group with a rating of more than 300 points higher than that of Carlsen at the age of 11. Magnus got his first rating (2064) in April 2001. He was in the U-12 which is very late by modern standards.