Rose City Chess is offering week-long Summer camps this year! Come join other chess-loving kids for a full week of lessons, games, and fun bonus activities.

• FREE USCF Scholastic Membership for new and renewing members.

• USCF Rated Quads

• Lessons and Game Analysis from Oregon’s top players and coaches

• Camp Awards for Every Student

Our training camps are fun, focused, and completely immersive. Each day includes dedicated time for structured lessons, puzzles, studies, game analysis, and USCF rated games. We include breaks for less strenuous (and more silly) activities. Past examples include:

• Giant Chess

• Mini-Golf

• Badminton

• Chess Cornhole

• Piece Stacking Contest

• Chess Relay Race

• Chess Piece Design with Modelling Clay

• Chalk Art

• Blindfold Chess

• Chess Variants (Bughouse, Hyper-Lucky Chess)

• Beat the Coach Simul

• Scavenger Puzzle Hunt

Don’t know how to play chess? We will teach you.

Stuck at a certain rating class? We will show you how to become stronger.

All camps will be 100% in-person. Students will be grouped according to playing strength. Students receive a free Chess Steps workbook suitable for their level.

Ages: 1st-8th grade

Cost: $279 for four-day camps, $349 for five-day camps. Sorry, no single day purchases for multi-day camps.

Sample Schedule (Activities may differ depending on player strength)

9:00 Arrival, Open Play

9:30 Lesson

10:00 Puzzles / Studies

10:30 Special Activity

11:00 Lunch

11:30 USCF rated games (G/25;+5) (Chalk Art or Chess Piece Design Between Rounds)

2:30 Special Activity

3:00 Game analysis

3:30 - 4:00 Open Play / Departure