The webpage is offered to provide an updated list of upcoming chess camp information for current US Chess Affiliates. If you have chess camp information you want posted here please email it to JJ Lang and include your US Chess Affiliate #.
- Hoosier Chess Academy Summer Camps: Multiple Weeks (Bloomington, Indiana)
Hoosier Chess Academy Summer Camps
Hoosier Chess Academy Summer Camps
05/26/2025 - 05/30/2025
06/02/2025 - 06/06/2025
06/09/2025 - 06/13/2025
07/14/2025 - 07/18/2025
07/21/2025 - 07/25/2025
07/28/2025 - 08/01/2025Grades K-6
OVERVIEW
They’re back, bigger and better than ever! Sign up for the same quality and offerings as Indianapolis camps, but up to 50% cheaper! Secure your spot today—limited space available! Read more about the camp here and see more details on the registration page.
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- 31st Annual Denver Rocky Mountain Chess Camps: June 2-6 and June 30-July 2, 2025 (Denver, Colorado)
31st Annual Denver Rocky Mountain Chess Camps
31st Annual Denver Rocky Mountain Chess Camps
06/02/2025 - 06/06/2025
06/30/2025 - 07/02/2025Ages 6-18
OVERVIEW
31st Annual Denver Rocky Mountain Chess Camps: June 2-6, 2025 (Denver) – full and half day options - and June 30-July 2, 2025 (Denver). All abilities and ages. Participants will be taught scorekeeping, etiquette, tournament preparation, logical thinking and strategic planning for all the phases of the game. Learn from Denver Chess Master Todd Bardwick, author of nine books in the Chess Detective series. Call 303.770.6696 or visit www.ColoradoMasterChess.com for details.
- 23rd Annual Mid-South Chess Summer Camp, June 8-13, 2025 (Memphis, Tennessee)
23rd Annual Mid-South Chess Summer Camp
2025 Mid-South Chess Summer Camp
06/08/2025 - 06/13/2025
All Ages
OVERVIEW
Join us from June 8-13, 2025, for the 23rd Annual Mid-South Summer Chess Camp — The Premier Chess Camp of the South — All Ages, All Levels! This camp is centrally located in Memphis, TN, on the beautiful campus of Memphis University School, 6191 Park Ave. The camp, founded by GM Alexander Stripunsky and IM Jake Kleiman, will feature coaches GM Joel Benjamin, GM Lazaro Bruzon, Woman's IM Michelle Catherina, IM Alex Velikanov, NM Nolan Hendrickson, Expert Jennie Liu, and more. These instructors represent years of extensive, successful chess coaching and are considered among the best in the country.
We divide our campers into small groups according to age and level of play, each with a counselor. This is an exciting and intensive, yet fun, chess camp with multiple hours of age and level appropriate instruction combined with special activities including sports, interactive chess play, and optional evening activities. Our instructors rotate during the day - what a difference this makes! Camp includes Sunday afternoon opening orientation/reception for parents and campers, a unique camp designed T-shirt, special camp medal, autographed certificate, group photo, a Grandmaster Simul, and concludes with an awards closing ceremony.
- PALS Summer Chess Camps, multiple options: June and July, 2025 (Denver, Colorado)
PALS Super-Fun Summer Chess Camps
PALS Super-Fun Summer Chess Camps
in Denver, CO and
PALS STEM Chess Camp (June 23-27)
in Highlands Ranch, CO06/16/2025 - 06/20/2025
06/23/2025 - 06/27/2025
07/07/2025 - 07/11/2025
07/21/2025 - 07/25/2025Ages 5-17
OVERVIEW
PALS SUPER-FUN Summer Chess Camps are the gold standard for aspiring young chess players in Colorado. Highly motivated and enthusiastic PALS students have won Colorado Scholastic State Chess Championships every year since 2014, but most importantly, our chess camps are tons of FUN!! Here’s what your kids can look forward to:
- Learning chess lessons from famous games in chess history, with entertaining move-by-move analysis and engaging team chess mazes, puzzles and relays that help reinforce the new material they’ve learned
- Learning pattern-recognition, fundamental tactics, and step-by-step planning strategies in all phases of chess (opening, middlegame, endgame)
- Learning chess notation to help them effectively analyze their own games and learn from their mistakes
- Group and team challenges and presentations that enhance students’ teamwork and leadership skills
- Special activities like bughouse (team chess), battleship chess, detective chess, piece mazes, chess stories and riddles, creative problem-solving, and much more!
- Camps for children ages 5 to 17, with students assigned to groups based on age, level and chess ability.
- Teacher-student ratio of 12:1 or better.
Head instructors include two National Masters and bonafide local stars, Griffin and Sullivan McConnell. Griffin is the top-ranked player on Team USA for People with Disabilities; his brother Sullivan the current Colorado State Chess Champion is ranked #2 among active Colorado players and tied the record as youngest CO State Chess Champion in history when he was just 12 years old.
- 2025 Castle Chess Camp and Grand Prix Tournament, June 22-27, 2025 (Atlanta, Georgia)
2025 Castle Chess Camp and Grand Prix Tournament
2025 Castle Chess Camp and Grand Prix Tournament
06/22/2025 - 06/27/2025
Ages 10+
2025 Castle Chess Camp and Grand Prix Tournament; Now in its 23rd year, the Castle Chess Camp at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (June 22-27, 2025) brings together top instructors and top students for a week of intensive chess training.
The camp is followed by the optional Grand Prix tournament (June 28-30, 2025; G/90, inc. 10) with $12,000 in guaranteed prizes.
In 2024 the median rating of camp was over 1800, and the top two groups (24 students) were all over 2000. Camper to staff ratio is 5-1.
Merit and need based scholarships available. 2024 instructors, many of whom are expected to return for 2025 included GM Daniel Naroditsky, GM Dariuz Swiercz, GM Boris Avrukh, GM Aleks Lenderman, GM John Fedorowicz, GM Magesh Panchanathan, WGM Sabrina-Francesca Foisor, IM John Bartholomew, FM Peter Giannatos, FM Robby Adamson, and LM Bryan Tillis.
The camp has a minimum age requirement of 10 and a minimum rating requirement of 1100. Please see our website, www.castlechess.org for more details.
- International Chess Academy GM Summer Chess Camps and Scholastic Summer Day Camps, multiple options: June through August, 2025 (Glen Rock and Teaneck, New Jersey)
International Chess Academy GM Summer Chess Camps and Scholastic Summer Day Camps
Scholastic Summer Day Camps (multiple weeks, two locations)
06/16/2025 - 06/20/2025
06/23/2025 - 06/27/2025
06/30/2025 - 07/04/2025
07/07/2025 - 07/11/2025
07/14/2025 - 07/18/2025
07/21/2025 - 07/25/2025
07/28/2025 - 08/01/2025
08/04/2025 - 08/08/2025
08/11/2025 - 08/15/2025
08/18/2025 - 08/22/2025Ages 6-16
GM Summer Camp with GM Alex Stripunsky (Glen Rock)
06/23/2025 - 06/27/2025
07/07/2025 - 07/11/2025
07/14/2025 - 07/18/2025
07/21/2025 - 07/25/2025
07/28/2025 - 08/01/2025
08/11/2025 - 08/15/20251600+
GM Summer Camp with GM Elshan Moradiabadi
08/04/2025 - 08/08/2025
08/18/2025 - 08/22/20251600+
OVERVIEW
For over 25 years, International Chess Academy has been offering chess lessons, classes, and camps, as well as chess tournaments, scholastic camps, and math enrichment programs for the larger community. We are located just outside of New York City, with chess schools in both Glen Rock and Teaneck, New Jersey. Our aim of providing professional chess instruction in a nurturing environment has been a proven success for students around the globe.
Scholastic Summer Day Camps
Join us for the 25th annual International Chess Academy (ICA) Scholastic Summer Day Camp, June 16th through August 22nd in one of our two campuses, Glen Rock and Teaneck, NJ.
Our Summer Camp program offers kids ages 6-16 the opportunity to grow intellectually within a safe and fun environment. With a 6:1 ratio of campers to counselors we have a ton of fun learning chess, playing sports and competing for prizes. Campers are assigned a coach and break out into morning lessons where we solve puzzles, analyze games, and discover new ideas about our favorite game. The small groups are divided by level and age so campers can have fun and maximize their learning.
Of course, every coach brings new ideas and challenges. Last summer, many of the experienced campers impressed their friends by memorizing entire grandmaster games. Some were over 100 moves.
We also have fun outside, warming up in the morning with a camp classic dodgeball variant “Circle of Doom”, and returning before lunch to play dodgeball, soccer, or use the playground.
After lunch is the tournament. Campers compete for weekly prizes, and tournament games are often analyzed during the morning lessons.
Sometimes after the tournament campers have a chance to compete against their coaches in a simul exhibition (one coach takes on any and all challengers). On Friday, campers are paired up for the bughouse tournament.
We have a mix of other great options in the afternoon including art, music, and math. And campers compete for prizes all day.
You can register for one week or the entire ten weeks of summer camp.
Registration is open and early-bird, sibling and multi-session discounts are available. As in years past, we expect these camp sessions to fill early. Choose from Half Day Sessions (9a-3p), Full Day Sessions (9a-5p), Morning Only Sessions (9a-11a), or Afternoon Only Sessions (1p-3p). In addition, early drop-off and late pick are available as options.
We offer a 10% sibling discount, and additional discount when you sign up for 4+ weeks. Any ICA student who has attended classes or camps for 2 or more years, that would like to attend but needs financial assistance, please contact our Director to discuss additional financial aid options.
See more information about Scholastic Summer Day Camp.
GM Camps
Students may register for either the day camp or overnight camp. All students will participate in activities such as chess training sessions and sports sessions from 9am to 5pm. After the commuter students leave, the overnight students will participate in a 90 minute recreational session to refresh the mind. Activities include: bowling, ping pong, miniature golf, soccer, and more! Campers will then have dinner as a group and go to bed at 10pm.
Alex Stripunsky will run this chess camp starting June 23rd at the ICA Glen Rock campus. The days are packed with chess training, strategy, games and sports that will take your game to the next level.
GM Stripunsky has gained great respect and recognition as one of America's elite grandmasters and earned the distinction of being a premier US Chess Coach having coached many of the country’s top young chess players.
Elshan Moradiabadi will run this chess camp starting from August 4-8 and 18-22 at the ICA Glen Rock campus. The days are packed with chess training, strategy, games and sports that will take your game to the next level.
GM Moradiabadi has gained great respect and recognition as one of America's elite grandmasters and earned the distinction of being a premier US Chess Coach having coached many of the country’s top young chess players.
As in years past, we expect these camp sessions to fill early, so secure your spot now. To register please click here. Sibling and multi-session discounts are available.
You can register for one week or the entire six weeks. As in years past, we expect these camp sessions to fill early, so secure your spot now. To register please click here. Sibling and multi-session discounts are available.
See more information about GM Summer Camp.
- Semper Primus Chess Camp, Millersville, July 6-11, 2025 (Millersville, Pennsylvania)
Semper Primus Chess Camps
Semper Primus Chess Camp
07/06/2025 - 07/11/2025
K - 12th
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Semper Primus Chess Camp is tailored to students entering K-12th grade. All camp Tournaments are Rated.
Overview:
We are an overnight chess camp focused on allowing campers to play and learn about the game we love. Our goal is to bring campers of varying ages and levels together to foster both chess skills and community.
When:
- General camp length will be from July 6th – July 11th.
- Campers will have the option to attend camp for 5 or 3 days.
- Extra day (August 3rd) checkout option will be available to campers, as a tournament will be held on August 3rd.
Where:
- Millersville University, Pennsylvania
- Campers have the option to stay in the suites (5th-12th grade), stay in the suites with a parent/guardian (K-4th grade), or commute (K-12th grade).
- Double Suite and Single Suite accommodations.
Itinerary:
- Campers will have plenty of events to play and compete in.
- Recreational activities will be provided in addition to chess to allow campers to rest their minds and relax.
- Two daily rated tournaments.
- Evening events may include sports, non-chess activities, Blitz, or quick chess.
- Freedom of choice is a standard, with camp counselors staying on site 24 hours a day.
- Formats include Swiss, Quads, and Blitz.
- Master Instruction
o We will have masters that provide analysis on your games.
o Daily group lessons on tactics, strategy, openings, and endgames.
o Instruction will be an elective rather than a mandated event.
For more information, visit the Semper Primus Chess Camp website or contact Brian Smith at Click here to show email address.
- Rocky Mountain All-Girls Chess Camp, July 21-25 (Denver, Colorado)
Rocky Mountain All-Girls Chess Camp
Rocky Mountain All-Girls Chess Camp
07/21/2025 - 07/25/2025
Ages 5-17
Overview:
The first annual Rocky Mountain All-Girls Chess Camp, led by head coach and national U.S. women’s chess champion WGM Sabina Foisor and assistant head coach WFM Mairebis Castillo along with an all-female chess coaching staff will be held at the beautiful Hilton Garden Inn Denver Tech Center, July 21-25, 2025.
This camp is open to local and out-of-state campers, alike! For those who are joining us from afar, you will have access to an all-inclusive camp deal with hotel, meals and events paired with the full camp. For locals, you can easily pick and choose which camp schedule you would like your camper to be a part of, as well as enjoy any of the a la carte extra events.
Whether your child is a beginner, intermediate, advanced or competitive tournament chess player, our unique camp curriculum, will help take their chess to the next level! Our one-of-a-kind chess camp will not only improve your child’s chess skills, but also will give them the opportunity to foster lifelong friends and make incredible memories!
What makes this all-girls chess camp so special?
- Dynamic, original lessons immediately followed by team and solo competitions and games
- Digital Camp Book of Chess Knowledge
- Blindfold chess
- All-day full week, three-day and ½ day scheduling options (local campers only)
- Ability to earn “Camp Cash” throughout the week to spend at our Rocky Mountain All-Girls chess boutique
- And so much more!
