Chess Summer Camps are the perfect way to introduce the game of chess to new students, deepen understanding of the game for established players, or offer intensive instruction for aspiring chess masters. Grandmaster instructors provide daily lessons, puzzles, and play to help guide students through each session.

Instruction offers a solid basic foundation, emphasizing the fundamental skills needed to begin a lifetime of learning in chess, including:

Proper piece and board set-up

Algebraic Notation (Chess Language)

Basic Principles of Play 

Grandmasters then provide expert instruction building on these skills and covering more advanced ideas, including:

Tactics

Strategy

Middlegame Planning

Endgame Technique

Each camp provides opportunities to practice these skills in a variety of activities and workshops with classmates under the observation of a Grandmaster and experienced Chess Instructors from the Chess Club.

Food

The Saint Louis Chess Club will provide light snacks (including beverage) during scheduled snack times. Students should bring their own sack lunch.

Small Print

A full refund is provided for all cancellation requests received 30 days prior to camp start date. No refunds are provided if the cancellation is not received 30 days prior to camp start date without a doctor’s note or extenuating circumstances.

Campers may be dropped off at 8:30 a.m. at earliest. All campers must be picked up by 4:15 p.m. A fee will be charged for all campers picked up late. AM Campers should be picked up between 12 p.m. and 12:15 p.m.