Camps
2022 BCS Winter Camp (In Person!) now open for registration!
Join our fantastic Winter Chess Camp!
Our winter camp will be fun, engaging and challenging! You can meet new friends who share a love of chess while improving your game and learning new strategies.
Our wonderful Berkeley Chess Center will provide a spacious and airy location for our camp, with a large playground for lots of outdoor activities (Weather Permitting). Our Winter Camp Staff are all fully vaccinated, and the Staff and Students are committed to wearing masks during class to reduce the chance of getting or passing on a respiratory illness.
All campers must have completed kindergarten. All young campers will be accepted on a provisional basis.
Our experienced staff have ensured a fun and engaging camp atmosphere for over 30 years.
We hope you will join us this Winter!
BCS Winter Camp Full Day 9am – 5pm
BCS Winter Camp Mornings Only 9am – 1pm
BCS Winter Camp Afternoon Only 1pm – 5pm
2022 BCS Winter Camp (Online) now open for registration!
Join our fantastic Winter Chess Camp!
Our online Winter camp will be fun, engaging and challenging! You can meet new friends who share a love of chess while improving your game and learning new strategies.
Chess is fun and can be learned quickly and easily. Using a combination of Zoom and lichess.org, our instructors first give a lesson, consisting of solving puzzles and learning model games, and afterwards the students play each other in a private online tournament with the instructor supervising and encouraging.
All campers must have completed kindergarten. All young campers will be accepted on a provisional basis.
Our experienced staff have ensured a fun and engaging camp atmosphere for over 30 years.
We hope you will join us this Winter! for more information, and to register, click on the link below.
BCS Winter Camp 10am online Week 1, Monday- Friday, 10:00am-12:00pm
BCS Winter Camp 2pm online Week 1, Monday- Friday, 2:00pm-4:00pm
BCS Winter Camp 10am online Week 2, Monday- Friday, 10:00am-12:00pm
BCS Winter Camp 2pm online Week 2, Monday- Friday, 2:00pm-4:00pm
We also have chess camps in cities nearby. Registration is taken through each city’s Recreation and Parks departments for camps in Benicia, El Cerrito, Orinda, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton and San Ramon. In Albany, we will hold chess camp at the UC University Village (register through UC). Schedules for these camps are on hold for now, due to safety concerns around Covid-19. We will be update the schedules as we get more information.
Please Follow this link for information about Chess Camps around the Bay Area!
Program Name |
Date |
Location |
Details / Register |
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| BCS Winter Camp 2022 | Dec 19 - Dec 30 | 2622 San Pablo Ave Berkeley CA 94702 |
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| BCS Winter Camp Afternoon Only 2022 | Dec 19 - Dec 30 | 2622 San Pablo Ave Berkeley CA 94702 |
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| BCS Winter Camp Mornings Only 2022 | Dec 19 - Dec 30 | 2622 San Pablo Ave Berkeley CA 94702 |
Program Name |
Date |
Location |
Details / Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 BCS Winter Camp Week 1 Online 10am | Dec 19 - Dec 23 | Online | |
| 2022 BCS Winter Camp Week 1 Online 2pm | Dec 19 - Dec 23 | Online | |
| 2022 BCS Winter Camp Week 2 Online 10am | Dec 26 - Dec 30 | Online | |
| 2022 BCS Winter Camp Week 2 Online 2pm | Dec 26 - Dec 30 | Online |