Parents and Students:

Our summer chess camp materials are now available online here.   The most important thing to know is that enrollment will be limited to 60 students.  To accomodate all of our own kids who want to participate, we are opening registrations to our students first.  However, this T. H. Rogers students only period will last for just 2 weeks until the end of chess club on Tuesday, February 17th.  After that, there will be a 3 day window during which siblings and kids from other schools who attended our camp last summer can register in advance.  On February 21st, the day of the regionals, camp registration will be open to the rest of the local scholastic chess community on a first come first served basis.  Note that T. H. Rogers students can sign up for camp at any time as long as we have space available.

 

Dates:   June 14 - 18, 2004
Times:   9am - 4:15 pm
Where:  T. H. Rogers School

Who:     

• This camp is designed for scholastic players who already know the basic rules of chess including:
   
  • en passant and castling,
     
  • the differences between checkmate and stalemate,
     
  • basic notation.
• This is not a camp for children who have never played chess....we will not be teaching the basic moves.  Those children can learn to play at our weekly Thursday night summer program.  Check our website here for more information on that program. 
   
• If you have a kindergarten / first grade aged child, please contact me before you register them so that we are in agreement as to whether they are ready for a full week of chess camp.  Some of our kids are, some are not.
   

Format: 

• Our format will be the same as last year, except that we have added 45 minutes to the day allowing team chess to go from G/15 to G/30 and giving the afternoon break an additional 15 minutes.
• Monday - Thursday, the kids will rotate through 5 classes: openings, tactics, strategy, endings, and bughouse, and will participate each day in team chess.
• Friday there will be a rated tournament and the opportunity to play human chess.
• The kids are divided into 5 groups based on a combination of playing ability and age.  Last year we had 2 beginner (USCF ratings <500) groups: younger and older, 2 intermediate (500 - 900) groups: younger and older, and one advanced (>900) group.  While this summer's groupings will depend on who registers, I suspect they will be similar.  If your child does not have a USCF rating from tournament play, we will make every effort to place him/her appropriately.

Fees:

• $250  before May 4, 2004
• $295  after    May 4, 2004

• As with all of our programs, we do not want the fee to be a barrier to any child’s participation.  Financial aide is available to families as needed.

To Register:

• Fill out and turn in the Summer Chess Camp registration form. 
  
• You may pay the full amount now or pay a $50 non-refundable deposit. 
   
  • The $200 balance would be due by May 4th.
     
  •  If you pay the full amount now, and have an unavoidable change of plans, we will refund $200 of the $250 fee up until May 4th.  After that, we will provide a refund only if we have children on the waiting list still interested in filling that slot.
     
• Make checks payable to:  T. H. Rogers

• Bring the registration form and payment to chess club or mail it to: