Yamie Chess Ltd Wins Top U.S. Official Selections to Universal Studios Florida's Orlando Film Festival and State Mutual Insurance's Rome International Film Festival in Georgia

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Aug 12, 2013, 09:38 ET

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Yamie Chess: The Adventures of Tigermore and the Mind Angels®, a new K-8 math education learning aid series due to launch in six months time at the 2014 American International Toy Fair in New York City, has won a major official selection to the Orlando Film Festival, sponsored by Universal Studios Florida, Stella Artois and Orlando Weekly, and the same week, won official selection to The Rome International Film Festival in Georgia, sponsored by State Mutual Insurance. The Rome International Film Festival has included Yamie Chess's animation, King Tigermore In Strawberry Fields, in their children's program of "Saturday Morning Cartoons," a two-hour special for Georgia school children from the local community, who have been invited to come along dressed up in their favorite superhero and princess costumes, and join the cartoon fun!

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Yamie Chess Ltd has been given VIP backstage passes to Universal Studios Florida and their film festival's official statement read: "The Orlando Film Festival received hundreds of submissions from around the world and after a careful three tier judging process; Yamie Chess's film has been chosen to screen. Thank you for making it and thank you for submitting it."

In 2013, Yamie Chess® beat off thousands of entries from around the world to win the prestigious 2013 Canada International Film Festival's Royal Reel Award in Animation, and the Honolulu International Film Festival's Aloha Accolade in Animation. Over forty official selections to some of North America's largest and most prestigious film festivals have been awarded to Yamie Chess®, including the 22^nd Arizona International Film Festival sponsored by Comcast, the University of Arizona and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the Johns Hopkins University, one of the country's top-ranking educational seats of learning; the Utah Arts Festival supported by Wells Fargo and American Express, Coca-Cola's Beverly Hills Film Festival, SOHO International Film Festival sponsored by the Mayor of New York and Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa.

Yamie Chess® supports the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)'s Curriculum Focal Points in algebra, geometry, data analysis, number logic and measurement, and involves a K-8 educational cartoon world that is based on classic chess, and teaches elementary and middle school students math and science concepts for STEM education.

About Yamie Chess®

Yamie Chess® is a K-8 math learning aid series for STEM education that is based on classic chess. The company's first math learning aid makes its worldwide debut at the 2014 American International Toy Fair in NYC, and Ed Expo 2014 in Dallas, TX. Yamie Chess Ltd is an accredited member of the Toy Industry Association, the National School Supply and Equipment Association, the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association and American Made Matters.

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