About Kayden
Kayden is the most genuine, kind person that you will meet. He plays chess because he LOVES it. He has a dream of becoming a Grandmaster and he is working on that dream. He gets up early and works on his chess in the evening. He loves what he does.
To read Kayden's full story, click on the link below:
http://kaydensstory.blogspot.com/
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Individual and Corporate Donations for Kayden are now tax deductible
Kayden Attends the 9th,11th, and 14th United States Chess Schools
Kayden had the great opportunity to participate in several different US Chess Schools including the 9th US Chess School held in New York, NY in July 2009, the 11th US Chess School in Atlanta, GA in December 2009, and the 14th US Chess School in Los Angeles, CA in December 2010. This was a great opportunity for Kayden to be with some of the top young chess players in the country as well as the chance to work with some very high rated instructors. Videos from New York are available to watch on this website.
Please go to
http://www.uschessschool.com/ to read more about the program.
Greg Shahade
USCS President
The video above is a short, fun video clip that we use as the intro to one of our learning activities/games in our TNT Chess Camp. Enjoy!
List of Accomplishments
- 2012 National All-American Team
- Jan. 2012- 2nd IM Norm* Performance- not enough foreign players
- FIDE Master Title - September 2011 (2300 FIDE Rating)
- July 2011 Utah Blitz Champion
- June 2011 US Junior Championship Invitation (Top 10 players in US Under Age 21)
- March 2011 Utah Jr. High School State Champion
- May 2011 First IM Norm
- 2011 National All-American Chess Team
- Silver Medalist World Youth Chess Championship U12
- 2010 Utah Open Champion
- 2010 Jr. High State Champion
- 2010 Utah Speed Chess Champion
- 2010 National All American Chess Team
- 2009 Utah Chess Player of the Year
- November 2009 Achieves the rank of National Master 2200 Rating
- Gold Medal Winner North America Youth Championship 2009
- Member of the 1st Place 2009 Utah Championship Team
- 2009 Utah State Quick Chess Champion
- 2009 Utah State Bughouse Champion with partner Damian Nash
- 2009 Utah State Chess 960 Champion
- June 2009 Top in the Nation for 10 year olds and Quick Under 13
- 2009 Utah State 5th Grade Elementary Champion
- 2009 Utah State G60 Chess Champion
- Invited as one of 8 youth in the nation to attend the US Chess School to be held in NY in July
- 2009 Utah State Speed Chess Champion (never won by a scholastic K-12 player before)
- 2007 to Present - Teaching Assistant TNT Chess Camp run by the Troff and Treiman Families
- Top 20 in the Nation for the 2008 Junior Grand Prix
- 2008 Junior Grand Prix Utah Champion
- December 2008 - 2nd Place in the 5th Grade National K-12 tournament in Orlando, Florida
- March 2008 - K-6 Utah State Elementary Blitz Champion
- March 2008 - Utah State 4th Grade Elementary Champion
- 2008 National All American Chess Team
- July 2007 - 1st Place Utah Class B USCF Tournament
- March 2007 - Utah State 3rd Grade Elementary Champion
- 2006-2007 Utah Scholastic Grand Prix Champion (5 tournaments throughout Utah with a perfect 25-0 score)
- March 2006 - Utah State 2nd Grade Elementary Champion
- February 4, 2006 - Won his first USCF rated tournament (first time tournament was ever won by a 2nd Grader)
- 2005-2006 Helped instruct Elk Ridge Middle School Chess Team
- March 2005 - Utah State Elementary First Grade Champion
Kayden is now officially the highest rated active player in the state of Utah on both his standard and quick rating.
Kayden understands that all good gifts come from God and he is very grateful for the talents that he has been given. Kayden is a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To find out more about Mormon beliefs, click on the video link below.
