- Enrichment Classes
- BAC Team Classes
- Tournaments
- Community Event
- Summer Camps
- Weekend Clubs
- Strategy Games
Bay Area Chess has over 90 enrichment programs at schools throughout the Bay Area. Our goal in these programs is to
promote the benefits and joy of playing chess and instilling values such as sportsmanship, learning from mistakes and perseverance through chess. We would like to congratulate some of these schools we helped organized to compete in the 2017 CalChess Super State Championship. - Harker Lower School (1st K-3 Rookie)
- Challenger Berryessa (1st K-6
Rookie)
- Pinewood Middle Campus (2nd K-6 Rookie)
- Oster Elementary (3rd K-6 Rookie)
- Hammer Montessori (4th K-3 Rookie)
- Sedgwick Elementary (4th K-6 Rookie)
- Covington Elementary (5th K-3 Rookie)
- Stocklmeir Elementary (6th K-3 Rookie)
- JF Smith Elementary (6th K-6 Rookie).
We had many more schools also participate, and those players are laying the foundation upon which the next years class will continue
to build on. Congratulations to all our players and a very special thank you to all the parents and school administrators who always encourage and promote our program in their schools!
We always value your feedback, and always thrive to improve on our services. Please, take 2 minutes to fill out our end-of-year survey and share your
experience and opinion with us! https://goo.gl/forms/P07DaSIzudsuWYc83
Our Saturday BAC Team classes have grown in popularity so much we have opened
additional sections of Intermediate, A- Team and Elite Team classes. Our Elite Team on Saturday mornings is composed of some of the best scholastic players in the country, including - Christopher Yoo (US #1 ranked 10 year old 2251)
- Eric Yuhan Li (US #1 ranked 9 year
old 2092)
- Ivan Ke (2289)
- Teemu Virtanen (2288)
- and many more of some of the nations top players.
In addition, there are so many players in our classes that are training hard to work their way up to the top class, and it is an absolute pleasure to see so much talent go through our office on Saturdays! More information on our players and team classes can be found here: http://bayareachess.com/teams/
We would like to thank our BAC team coaches for making our Saturday training sessions such a huge success. - GM Daniel Naroditsky
- GM Cristian
Chirila
- GM Zviad Izoria
- GM Enrico Sevillano
- IM Kostya Kavutskiy
- IM Faik Aleskerov
- Coach Wolfgang Behm
If you would like to learn more about our team classes which range from beginning tournament player to Elite, please contact us at enrich@bayareachess.com. Bay Area Chess is very honored to have been the organizer of the 2017 U.S. Amateur
Team West, the 2017 CalChess Super State Championship, the 2017 Susan Polgar Foundation National Open for Boys and Girls and many other regular and scholastic events almost every weekend throughout the year. We always strive to deliver the very best player experience we can, so please feel free to give us any feedback you think may make our tournaments an even better experience for all our players.
Here are some of the upcoming tournaments that would be good for your child: Bay Area Chess recently had tables at the 2017 Scout O' Rama at San Jose History Park that
was heavily attended throughout the day. This event, which was for the Boys and Girl Scouts, brought roughly 5000 people together for a fun filled Saturday afternoon. What was very nice to see was the number of students from our enrichment programs in attendance and stopping by to take in some games.
Bay Area Chess also engages in many special events in schools. We recently were asked to provide a Chess Knight at Stocklmeir Elementary. We hosted free recreational games of chess and a tandem simul by GM Zviad Izoria and IM Faik Aleskerov. We also had some of our BAC enrichment coaches on hand to facilitate games, provide instruction and answer questions regarding chess and our programs.
BAC also participated in STEM Night at St. Frances Cabrini, which coincided with their annual Pasta Feed. Our coaches were on hand to answer questions regarding the chess program and facilitate games outdoors which included a large
outdoor chess set!
Bay Area Chess will be running summer camps every week throughout the summer at various
locations. We will be running regular camps for players of all skill levels, combining several fun activities into a fun filled chess camp experience. We will also have our master camps for players with a USCF rating over 800. Please check on the class page for each particular week to see whose coaching and get other class information. The master camp the week of July 17-21 with GM Chirila and IM Kavutskiy is for players rated over 1500, and we expect many participants to be well over
1800. If this camp is appropriate for your child's skill level, register early as space is limited. GM Chirila, GM Naroditsky, GM Izoria, GM Sevillano, IM Kavutskiy and IM Aleskerov will be among the summer camp coaches. Also, 2017 K-9 National Champion FM Rayan Taghizadeh and NM Allan Beillin will be among our student coaches. Also coaching in the summer are our superstar enrichment coaches James Bethany, Matt LeForce, Theo Biyiasas, Jasmine Kaur and many others. For more info on our summer
camps, please follow this link: Our
weekend club classes are a great way for your child to stay connected to chess. We have many locations and they run throughout the year. For more info on these classes, please follow this link:
Our Strategy Games Classes and Camps challenge students to engage in critical reasoning and
long-term planning via cutting edge board games, puzzles, and conceptual analysis. Students will learn skills in resource management, risk analysis and data driven decision making. We offer three different camp fees for each location; morning 9am- 1pm, afternoon 1pm-5pm, and full day 9am-5pm. For more information about our summer strategy game camps, you can click on the links below.
In addition, you can join Coach James for our Strategy Games Club Class every Saturday between 1-3pm at Palo Alto Covenant Presbyterian Church. For more information click here. There are several channels where you can connect with us and get updates on our events and
specials.
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