The Dansville Chess Club has over 40 members that meet after school to practice chess strategies and prepare for the BOCES  sponsored tournaments. The tournaments are held at the May Center in Mount Morris. The elementary students compete against students from Albion, Geneseo and Keshequa. The Middle School students compete against students from Albion, Geneseo, Keshequa and Wayland-Cohocton.

At the first tournament on November 8th the EBH club placed first. Individual medals were won by Brandon Mott in the beginner division, A.J. Fox and Bradlee Laird in the intermediate division and Nicholas Vogler, Philip Blum and Jade Andersen in the advanced division. The second tournament was held on January 10th. The EBH team placed second in this tournament scoring one less point than Geneseo. Individual medals were earned by Andrew Melder-Shea in the open division, Tyler Foster and Nikolas Little in the beginner Division, Austin Nichols and Tucker Regan in the Intermediate and Bradlee Laird in the advanced division.

Chess club members are currently preparing for their next tournament on February 7th and hope to qualify for the championship tournament on March 14th. The success of the chess program is attributed to the many parent volunteers, teacher helpers and high school student volunteers. The club’s advisor is Shelia Cripps.