US Chess Center
Kent Gardens Cup

Kent Gardens Elementary School of McLean, Virginia, hosts the Kent Gardens Cup every year to promote good sportsmanship and friendship among local elementary schools through chess. In 2007 the teams invited were Chesterbrook, Churchill Road, Franklin Sherman, Great Falls, Haycock, Louise Archer, and Spring Hill, in addition to host Kent Gardens. Teams consisted of twelve players from each school.

In 2007 the competition was very tough and the scores were very close. The winning team from Louise Archer:
Back: Dirk Edison, Jeffrey Horowitz, Steven Kool, Adam Simon, Kun Liu and Tommy Board
Middle: Jesse Cai, Larry Cai, Josh Luberda and Nate Vollbrecht
Front: Kathy Wu and Christopher Liu

Past Champions:
2000: Haycock
2001: Haycock
2002: Kent Gardens & Haycock
2003: Haycock
2004: Kent Gardens
2005: Haycock
2006: Louise Archer
2007: Louise Archer