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For Coaches

Coaches,

The OCBCF has a mission to support scholastic chess in the Coastal Bend. It cannot possibly reach every child and that is why your role is so important. We can help you though.

1. We can provide equipment for your team. Please send a letter to cctintera@yahoo.com stating at which school your chess club meets and provide your contact information and we can provide some equipment to get your team going!
2. We know that chess is a game your students will play for life. It will keep their attention through their lives. The cost of learning chess is an investment that will pay out as a child grows. We also know that you have some students who would hesitate to lay out the cost of a US Chess? membership. There are three programs that can help your students.
   1. Our Fall Beginners' Tournament is a 3 for 1 deal. Students who have never played in a USCF rated tournament can play in two tournaments and get a year's membership in the USCF for the cost of a single tournament.
   2. If you teach at a Title I school, The US Chess Trust has a Chess-For-Youth program that can help your students. Please see their flyer. Contact us at cctintera@yahoo.com for help in completing their paperwork.
   3. We know that there are kids not in Title I schools that still need help. The OCBCF can help. If you have a student for whom a first time membership in the US Chess Federation would be a financial hardship, but is willing to commit to playing 3 or more tournaments in the coming year, the OCBCF will pay their membership. Please have them fill out a (linked) voucher and submit it with their first rated tournament flyer. They will still need to pay for the tournament, but the OCBCF will pay for the membership.