Chicago Chess Center 1 Week Summer Camps

Chicago Chess centers aims to support teachers, parents, and youth this summer by teaching the worlds greatest game, CHESS!

Parents may sign their kids up for 1 week or multiple 1 week sessions.

Lunch is provided.

2 Class Levels:

Beginner's Class

….. For students who have never played chess - some knowing playing the game, maybe played in a tournament or two.

Intermediate/Advanced

..... For students who understand basic chess strategies & tactics like pins, forks, skewers and have played in several tournaments and/or a lot of online chess.

In several studies, national and abroad, have found Chess to enhance creativity, concentration, critical thinking skills, memory, problem-solving skills, cultural enrichment, intellectual maturity, self-esteem, and promote other positive traits.

10 Benefits of Chess

1. Abstract Reasoning - reaching conclusions from previous knowledge

2. Analysis - breaking something down into smaller things to solve

3. Concentration - the ability to direct your attention to one thing

4. Creativity - ability to think of something and bring it to reality

5. Critical Thinking - applying logic and careful reasoning

6. Evaluation - determining the value of something

7. Pattern Recognition - recognizing something that you have previously seen and knowing what to do in that situation

8. Problem Solving - recognizing a problem and coming up with a workable solution

9.Strategic Planning - deciding what is to be done with the resources available

10.Synthesis - combining previous knowledge to help out in a current situation

Host or Publisher Chicago Chess Center, Twist and Shout, Exchange Sacrifice