Detroit City Chess Club wins Michigan Scholastic Club Championship

Celebrating victory at the regular Friday practice session at Detroit Institute of Arts with Chess themed Cake, white and dark chocolate pieces. Detroit City Chess Club President and proud Mother Catherine Martinez!

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The day started early November 2, 2024, at 6 am with over 150 children and their coaches piling into 3 buses at Bunche Preparatory Academy to travel to Michigan Capital's Lansing Center for the Club Championship. Unlike most team tournaments, where students play for their school, in the club championship, we compete collectively for Detroit, all Detroit schools as one. This year was the largest ever, with over 450 students from all over Michigan, over a third playing for Detroit.
An exciting opportunity ahead of Metro League, where all the Detroit schools play each other, a Round Robin for each Elementary, Middle, and High School. Metro League is extremely competitive with almost 50 Detroit Schools competing for funding to travel to Nationals (this year Super Nationals is in Florida), as Detroit Public Schools funds the top 3 schools in each division's travel expenses.
Although Detroit is always competitive, the last few years were won by Brian Wilson's Implodium Chess Team. For many of the newer students, this was their first tournament, giving encouragement, team building, and a chance to test their skills against a diverse set of players from across the state and provide incentives to work hard in the future.

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Armari Howard of Martin Luther King High School, Detroit City Chess Club team captain leads team to victory winning 1st in High School!

Armari wins with a beautiful sacrifice, Black to play and mate in 2!

Winning High School Team: Mason Davis (4/5 Marygrove), Daniel Randon (4/5 Cass Tech), Armari Howard (5/5 King), Andrew Wahi (4/5 Marygrove), Darius Piper (4/5 Renaissance).

Giordan Muhammad (4-1) & Trintyn Chambers (5-0) celebrating victory at regular Friday Practice Session at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Proud Coach of Bunche Preparatory Academy with Middle School champs Alfred Sheffield & Mekhi Howard, both 4/5.

Bate's Academy's Windsor Polk takes 4th in Elementary with 4.5/5.

Multi-time Michigan Chess Champion, and Coach of University Prep Schools in Detroit IM Josh Posthuma.