Kings and Queens for a Day

Learning Without Limits Elementary took first place in Oakland's recent chess championship. Click here to watch ABC7's news story on the competition!

Fellow OSSF network schools Esperanza, Futures, and Maxwell Park also took part. Click here for more about Berkeley Chess School's partnership with Futures, and check out an Oakland Tribune column on the competition here.

A choice quote from that story: "You have to know the pieces," [10-year-old Learning Without Limits student] Rosita said, settling in at one of the chessboards set up on several rows of tables. "The king, he's the weakest one because he's an old man. So you have to protect him."