Summer is just around the corner. Enroll your child in our chess camp for a continuous exercise of their mental skill and acuity in a curriculum that is all about chess!
We’re excited to offer five week-long, full-day sessions for the summer of 2025!
Campers will learn strategies, tactics, and patterns through puzzles, lectures, casual play, and mini-tournaments.
Each session runs Monday to Friday starting at 8:30 am – 4 pm. Full-day, half-day (morning OR afternoon), and single-day options are available.
Sample Schedule for the Day
- 8:30- 9:00 am Drop off period/Warm-up games
- 9:00-9:50 am Tactics Lecture
- 9:50 -10 am Break
- 10 am -11:15 Puzzle Worksheets/Working group
- 11:15 am – 12:00 Practice Play
- 12:00 pm – Half day schedule ends
- 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch Break
- 12:45 pm-1:15 pm Warm up games
- 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Game Analysis-Lecture
- 2:00 – 2:30 pm Visualization practice
- 2:30 – 3:00 pm Break
- 3:00 – 4:00 pm Practice Play
Lessons
- FUNDAMENTALS
- Learn how the pieces move, the objective of the game, and general topics to get a game going
- OPENINGS AND ENDINGS
- Campers memorize openings and get familiarity with different ways to checkmate
- PATTERN RECOGNITIONS
- What patterns appear often? Campers will see and recognize pattern in movement and in positions
- TACTICS & STRATEGY
- Campers learn to develop their own strategy using basics and tactics
- OVER-THE-BOARD CHESS PLAY
- Part of the camp’s goal is for children to be able to enjoy playing chess with others away from computer and iPad screens
Sessions
- Session 1: June 9-13 (completed)
- Session 2: June 23-27 (completed)
- Session 3: July 7-11 (completed)
- Session 4: July 21-25 (completed)
- Session 5: August 4-8 (2 spots left)
Chess Camp Sessions:
- For children 6 – 14 years old
- Culminates with a tournament play on the last day
- A fun way to learn a classic game and develop valuable life skills for future success
- Meets Monday to Friday with full-day schedule of 8:30 am to 4 pm or half-day schedule of 8:30 – 12 pm or 12:30 pm – 4 pm
- Registration
- Half-Day Schedule: $350 per week/$120 per half-day
- Full-day schedule is $800 per week/ $170 per day
- Location: 6803 International Ave. Unit 206, Cypress, CA 90630
