A chess program that runs from the page.
The Eight Ranks Method is designed to produce evidence aligned to the six attributes of the New York State Portrait of a Graduate. A licensed site runs its own cycle with its own instructor; nobody from the company attends.
Schools
A school runs the program through a licensed provider; the suggested cycle is $3,200 plus books (introductory, subject to counsel), and the provider sets its own price. The School Implementation Guide sets out three schedule models and what data a school receives.
Public libraries
A library holds the licence itself and runs a cycle with its own staff or a volunteer instructor who passes the written checks. Children and adults can share one room: the Mixed-Rank Room Guide shows how.
Clubs and centers
The Full Site License covers all eight ranks for $1,800 a year (introductory, subject to counsel), with up to 3 certified instructors.
Solo coaches
One certified instructor may teach and score alone; the method requires no second adult.
What the reports say, and what they never say
The report shows the eight Rank Day components and six attributes on a 0-to-3 scale, with the evidence next to each. The rubrics and reports name six attributes: Academically Prepared, Creative Innovator, Critical Thinker, Effective Communicator, Global Citizen, and Reflective and Future Focused. The Eight Ranks Method is designed to produce evidence aligned to the six attributes of the New York State Portrait of a Graduate.
We do not claim chess raises grades; the research points both ways. Practicing a standard is not the same as mastering it, and we do not claim mastery. We don't promise results. We show the labs.
In a 2026 international survey of chess-in-schools programs, 134 of 200 respondents named a lack of curriculum as a barrier, and 94 of 195 had no system for evaluating their program.
Source: Chitiyo and Atkins (August 2026), the 2026 FIDE Global Chess in Schools Survey, pp. 32 and 37; the findings are the authors' own.