Come to BCS summer chess camp! We will offer six one-week sessions in Berkeley and weekly sessions throughout the East Bay. We also offer a full-day option. Read all about it!
Summer Camps Schedule 2008
The Berkeley Chess School
The Berkeley Chess School is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to sharing the joys and wonders of chess with as many young people as possible through instruction in the schools and tournament play.
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A Castle for Caissa
Sunday May 23rd, from 2pm to 6pm
Hillside School, 1581 Le Roy Ave. Berkeley
Please join us!
Summer Camp 2008
Come to BCS summer chess camp! We will offer six one-week sessions in Berkeley and weekly sessions throughout the East Bay. We also offer a full-day option. Read all about it!
Summer Camps Schedule 2008
2nd Annual Alameda Tournament a Success!
Over 30 chess students competed in the 2nd Annual BCS City of Alameda chess tournament, representing seven schools. Special thanks to St. Philip Neri for donating its auditorium for the tournament.
The top three schools were Chinese Christian School, St. Philip Neri, and St. Joseph's.
The top ten students finished with at least 2.5 points out of 4.0. Special congratulations go to Andrew Wan who had the only perfect score.
1) Andrew Wan 4.0
2) Nicholas Chan 3.5
3) Kenna Camper 3.0
4) Julia Wang 3.0
5) Quentin Fernandez 3.0
6) Jeremy Colquhoun 3.0
7) Michael Hwang 3.0
8) Bret Green 2.5
9) Liam Olson 2.5
10) Chris Chan 2.5
The top three schools were Chinese Christian School, St. Philip Neri, and St. Joseph's.
The top ten students finished with at least 2.5 points out of 4.0. Special congratulations go to Andrew Wan who had the only perfect score.
1) Andrew Wan 4.0
2) Nicholas Chan 3.5
3) Kenna Camper 3.0
4) Julia Wang 3.0
5) Quentin Fernandez 3.0
6) Jeremy Colquhoun 3.0
7) Michael Hwang 3.0
8) Bret Green 2.5
9) Liam Olson 2.5
10) Chris Chan 2.5
The Young Queens and Kings of Chess
Chess is on the rise in LaMorinda.
Lamorinda (the collective name for the East Bay towns of Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda) is home to a growing number of young chess players, both girls and boys.
Read the article!
BCS Wins Grants To Help East Bay Kids
Thanks to support from the Trio Foundation, the Y. & H. Soda Foundation and the Morris Stulsaft Foundation, The Berkeley Chess School has been able to offer a fourth year of the BCS First Moves Program, our chess outreach program for young East Bay children. To learn more about this exciting program, please click here.
Grandmaster Baburin Visits BCS
In the summer of 2007, Grandmaster Alexander Baburin came to Berkeley to teach a Master Class at BCS Summer Camp. Read the interview with this Russian Grandmaster, who has started a chess school in Ireland.