US Chess Trust Fundraising Disclosure StatementFinancial and other information about U.S. ChessTrust’s purpose, programs and activities can be obtainedby contacting its Managing Director at 289 BordenRoad, Wallkill, NY 12589; Phone: 914-805-1115; web-site: www.uschesstrust.org, or for residents of the fol-lowing states, as stated below. Florida: CH No. 15335. ACOPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FI-NANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROMTHE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALL-ING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, 1-800-HELP-FLA OR AT www.FloridaConsumerHelp.com.REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT,APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.Maryland: For the cost of postage and copying, from theSecretary of State. Michigan: MICS No. 60881. New Jer-sey: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEYGENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLIC-ITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBU-TIONS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THELAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDI-CATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OB-TAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THESTATE OF NEW JERSEY BY CALLING (973) 504-6215AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AThttp://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/charfrm.htm. New York: Acopy of our most recently filed financial report is avail-able from the Charities Registry on the New York StateAttorney General’s website at www.charitiesnys.com or,upon request, by contacting the New York State Attor-ney General, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, NewYork, NY 10005, or us at 289 Borden Road, Wallkill, NY12589. You may obtain information on charitable organ-izations from the New York State Office of the AttorneyGeneral at www.charitiesnys.com or (212) 416-8401. Vir-ginia: From the State Office of Consumer Affairs in the De-partment of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P.O. Box1163, Richmond, VA 23218. Wisconsin: A financial state-ment of the charitable organization disclosing assets, liabil-ities, fund balances, revenue and expenses for the precedingfiscal year will be provided to any person upon request.CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DEDUCTIBLE FOR FEDERALINCOME TAX PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITHAPPLICABLE LAW. REGISTRATION IN A STATEDOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL,OR RECOMMENDATION OF US CHESS TRUST BYTHE STATE.

Our MissionTo widen worlds, challenge minds and improve livesthrough chess.Our Vision One day, every American, from schoolkid to senior cit-izen, will have the opportunity to learn chess andenjoy its many mental and social benefits. Our WorkUSCT supports chess in the community, providingboards and sets throughout the USA, especially toprograms aiding needy children, veterans, people withspecial needs, and the elderly. We provide significantscholarships and other educational support to a widerange of youngsters. We also provide stipends to themost promising young chess players in the USA, withthe goal of their representing the USA at the highestlevels of competitive chess.We know that chess can widen worlds, challengeminds, and lead to better lives. Whatever their back-grounds and economic status, children taught chessdo better in school and better in life. Chess helps de-velop valuable reading, research, decision-makingand social skills. It improves students’ ability to con-centrate. Research and experience suggest thatchess benefits the mental acuity of people of all ages.

US Women’s Champ WGM Jennifer Yu at her US Open Simul, with a surprise opponent

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US Chess Trust Chairman Harold Winston, right, presents amedallion to Denker Tournament of HS Champions

participant Jacob Nathan.

US Chess Trust Chairman Harold Winston, right, presents a medallion to Denker Tournament of HS Championsparticipant Jacob Nathan.

US Women’s Champ WGM Jennifer Yu at her US Open simul, with a surprise opponent.

Our MissionTo widen worlds, challenge minds and improve livesthrough chess.

Our VisionOne day, every American, from schoolkid to senior citizen, will have the opportunity to learn chess andenjoy its many mental and social benefits.

Our WorkUSCT supports chess in the community, providingboards and sets throughout the USA, especially toprograms aiding needy children, veterans, people withspecial needs, and the elderly. We provide significantscholarships and other educational support to a widerange of youngsters. We also provide stipends to themost promising young chess players in the USA, withthe goal of their representing the USA at the highestlevels of competitive chess.

We know that chess can widen worlds, challengeminds, and lead to better lives. Whatever their backgrounds and economic status, children taught chessdo better in school and better in life. Chess helps developvaluable reading, research, decision-makingand social skills. It improves students’ ability to concentrate. Research and experience suggest thatchess benefits the mental acuity of people of all ages.

P.O. Box 838Wallkill, NY 12589

www.uschesstrust.org

The US Chess Trust alsofunds the Samford Fellowship,through the generosityof the late Frank P.Samford, Jr. Its goal is togive exceptionally promisingAmerican chess playersan opportunity todevelop their talents. Thetotal value of the Fellowshiphas been increasedseveral times over theyears and is now $42,000annually. Four of the five-man2018 US Olympiadteam were Samford graduates.

1987 Joel Benjamin1988 Maxim Dlugy1989 Patrick Wolff1990 Alex Fishbein1991 Ilya Gurevich1992 Alex Sherzer1993 Ben Finegold1994 Gata Kamsky1995 Josh Waitzkin1996 Tal Shaked1997 Boris Kreiman1998 Dean Ippolito1999 Greg Shahade2000 Michael Mulyar2001 Eugene Perelshteyn2002 Varuzhan Akobian2003 Dmitry Schneider2004 Rusudan Goletiani2005 Hikaru Nakamura2006 David Pruess2007 Josh Friedel2008 Vinay Bhat2008 Irina Krush2009 Ray Robson2010 Robert Hess2011 Alex Lenderman2012 Timur Gareev2012 Alejandro Ramirez2013 Sam Shankland2014 Daniel Naroditsky2015 Samuel Sevian2015 Kayden Troff2016 Wesley So2017-18 Jeffery Xiong2018-19 Sam Sevian2018-19 Awonder LIang2019 Christopher Yoo

Samford Fellowship Supports USA Talent!

2018 Samford FellowJeffery Xiong,

18, reached the2019 World Cup

Quarterfinals andis now rated over

2700 FIDE!

For the second year in a row, the US Chess Trust

sponsored The World Junior Chess Champion-

ship for Players with Disabilities, organized and hosted by Trustee

Beatriz Marinello, shown here leading a

class with US Chess Trust Treasurer and

National Master, Dr. Leroy Dubeck.

Above:USA participants in the World Junior Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities, l. to r.: Pranav Shankar, Ana Miller, Payton Mueller.

Below: Chicago schoolkids enjoy their chess sets from the US Chess Trust.

13-year-old IMChristopher Yoo is a2019 Samford Fellow.At 9, he became theyoungest-ever USnational master.

At 14, GM Awonder LIang became the 2nd youngest

American to qualify for the title of grandmaster. A two-time world champion in his age categories, he’s now 16 and a 2019 Samford Fellow.

GM Sam Sevian brokeAmerican youngest agerecords for qualifyingfor Expert, National Mas-ter, International Master and Grandmaster. Now 18, he returns this year asa Samford Fellow.