Young Commander Chess - Int/Adv - Day Camp

About this program

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED: anyone proficient with pins, forks, outpost, overload, and other chess tactics and advanced strategies. As school academics in a game – and leadership training model - playing chess and being smart are inter-connected. There's a strong correlation between chess and academic achievement including math, spatial analysis and non-verbal reasoning ability. Clothed with a ‘Commander’ (leader) self-image in a ‘friends-learning-together’ classroom setting, kids get trained in life-skills goal setting: checkmate! Free complimentary chess kit for new students. Instructor’s Mission Statement: Strategies now, leader tomorrow.