Chess Camp with 32 Pieces
Learn the basics or elevate your chess skills this summer! Quite aside from how much fun it can be, chess is a game that develops players’ ability to think strategically, assess risk and reward, recognize patterns, and problem-solve. It also builds patience, resilience, sportsmanship, self-confidence, and friendships.
Open to both beginners and intermediate players, Chess Camp combines personalized instruction and guided practice with a US Chess Federation-rated tournament on the last day of each session, offering campers the chance to take their progress with them. Participants will learn or review opening, middlegame, and endgame principles; methodical calculation; and chess intuition.
Other activities include chess variant tournaments, puzzle-solving competitions, and simultaneous exhibitions. Designed as an adaptive one-week camp, experienced youth coaches and certified tournament directors from 32 Pieces Chess Club will tailor each week to your moves.
Please contact summer@stlukesct.org with questions regarding the camp.
Open to both beginners and intermediate players, Chess Camp combines personalized instruction and guided practice with a US Chess Federation-rated tournament on the last day of each session, offering campers the chance to take their progress with them. Participants will learn or review opening, middlegame, and endgame principles; methodical calculation; and chess intuition.
Other activities include chess variant tournaments, puzzle-solving competitions, and simultaneous exhibitions. Designed as an adaptive one-week camp, experienced youth coaches and certified tournament directors from 32 Pieces Chess Club will tailor each week to your moves.
Please contact summer@stlukesct.org with questions regarding the camp.
Camp Info:
Ages: 6-9 y.o.
AM - 9:00am-12:00pm
AM - 9:00am-12:00pm
Ages: 10-13 y.o.
PM - 12:30-3:30pm
PM - 12:30-3:30pm
Session I
June 9-13, 2025
Session II
June 16-20, 2025 [four-day week: St. Luke’s campus will be closed on June 19 in observance of Juneteenth]
Session III
June 30-July 4, 2025 [four-day week: St. Luke’s campus will be closed on July 4]
Session IV
July 7-11, 2025
COST: $400 [$320 for Sessions II and III]
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 40 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Leading with Humanity curriculum builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
