Summer Chess Camps!!

Chess Awards:

2011 and 2010 U.S. Championship Runner-up, 2009 World Team Championship: Silver, 2008 Chess Olympiad Bronze Medalist.

Chess awards:

Became an International Master, 1987
Became a Grandmaster, 1988

member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Istanbul, Turkey,2000)
member of US team, in World Chess Olympiad (Bled Slovenia,2002)
winner of Aeroflot Open, one of the strongest open tournaments ever (80+ GMs) Moscow, Russia,2002
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Our tentative schedule

	Monday		Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00 – 9:15	Registration for AM and Full Day Groups	9:00 – 10:00	Lecture with Instructor	Lecture with Instructor	Lecture with Instructor	Lecture with Instructor
9:15 – 10:15	Simul with Instructor	10:00 – 10:15	Snack	Snack	Snack	Snack
10:15 – 10.30	Snack	10:15 – 11:15	Consulting Game	Special Tactical Training	Lecture	Fun chess puzzles and interesting facts!
10:30 – 11:15	Game Analysis from the Simul	11:15 – 12:00 pm	Practical Exercises	Lecture	Team Tournament	Summarizing Lecture
11:15 – 12:00 pm	Lecture #1	12:00 – 1:00	Lunch and Outside activities	Lunch and Outside Activities	Lunch and Outside Activities	Pizza and outside activities for everyone!!
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch and outside activities	1:00 – 2:00	Tournament – Round 2	Tournament – Round 3	Tournament – Round 4	Tournament – Round 5
1:00-1:15	Registration for PM Groups	2:00 – 3:00	Lecture / Analysis with Instructor	Lecture / Analysis with Instructor	Lecture / Analysis with Instructor	Game Analysis
1:00 – 2:00	Tournament – Round 1	3:00 – 4:00	Snack and Blitz Tournament	Snack and Puzzle Solving Competition	Snack and Bughouse Tournament!!!	2:45 pm Snack, Q&A Session and Recommendations with Instructor
2:00 – 3:00	Game Analysis with an Instructor		10:15 – 11:15 Round 2 Tournament – AM group	10:15 – 11:15 Round 3 Tournament – AM group	10:00 – 11:00 Round 4 Tournament – AM group	3:40 pm Closing Ceremony
3:00 – 3:15	Snack		11:15 – 12:15 Blitz Tournament AM Group	11:15 – 12:15 Puzzle Solving Competiton AM Group	11:00 – 12:00 Bughouse Tournament!!! AM Group	10:00 – 11:00 – Round 5 Tournament – AM Group
3:15 – 4:00	Tactics!					11:00 – 11:45 Summarizing Lecture for AM Group

• Every camp will have at least 3 grandmasters and other title coaches.

• Small groups of 10-15 students.

• Grandmasters rotate between groups.

• Earlier drop off and later pick up available for an additional $10/hour.

• Students will play in a tournament.

• Special Events such as: bughouse, blitz, puzzle contest and outdoors!

• Beginners are welcome!

• The last day of camp: Pizza for everyone and Awards!

Camp held at Barrington High School (July 16-20). Flyer available here. If you register for Camp in BHS, July 16-20 , You can still register for early birds price. Thank you!

Camps held at Quest Academy (June 18-22, June 25-29 and July 30-August 3rd). Flyers are available here.