USANewsOnline.Com Desk, New York - Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson joined Jenny Ingber Chief Executive Officer of Chess in the Schools, Bill Waibel Chief Executive Officer of A+STEM Labs, Principal of P.S. 70 Mrs. Roxanne Ledda, and over 400 Bronx elementary, middle, and high school students for an all-day chess tournament where individual schools competed for 1st Place in an all-day tournament that ended with an award ceremony.

Last year, approximately 300 students registered for and competed in the Borough President's Cup Chess Tournament; this year, that number increased to 400 students. Chess has been shown to improve cognitive skills for participants and increase creativity, patience, and spatial reasoning transferable skills that can prepare our youth for a successful future.
Participating schools were:
Elementary Schools:
P.S. 199X - The Shakespeare School I P.S. 226 I P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil I Young Leaders Elementary School I P.S. 279 I P.S. 70 I P.S. 071 Rose E. Scala
Middle Schools:
J.H.S. 118 I J.H.S. 123 I I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service I Accion Academy I M.S. 390 I University Prep M.S. I Bronx Academy Multi-Media I
Charter Schools
Rosalyn Yalow Charter School I Success Academy 1 I Success Academy 2 I Success Academy 3 I Success Academy 5 I Success Academy M.S. I Bold Charter School I South Bronx Classical Charter School I Girls Preparatory Charter School I Bronx Prep Charter School I Bronx Prep M.S I Kipp Academy BX I
High Schools:
Harry Truman H.S I Bronx Center for Science & Math I Bronx Collaborative HS I Bronx High School of Science I. Press Release.