Weekly Summer Social

Dear Chess Friends,

With the many changes and challenges we have all experienced, I am personally thankful for our chess community and how we have remained united, with a collective goal of working hard, training together and sharing in the great game of chess.

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Even though we are mostly virtual, seeing your faces, sharing in jokes, observing your games and watching your hard work rewarded with measurable chess success brings great joy to our entire coaching staff.

With that being said, we would love to see and engage with a greater number of our students over the coming days, weeks and months. Starting next Thursday we will be launching our Free Summer Social Series, with the purpose of having you stop by, say hello, and share in a few games of chess (see details below).

We also encourage each of you to check out our full summer programs. Through the first three summer weeks, our programs has been off to an exciting start as each day we welcome over 100 enthusiastic campers across our AM & PM Virtual Camp Sessions.

Our USCF Evening League Play starting at 4:30 daily has been well attended with strong competition across all three league divisions (League Standings).

Finally, we have a strong launch to our Saturday Octagons, which will continue to run each Saturday over the next 8 weeks (Octagon Standings).

Full Summer Schedule

Starting next week, we will introduce our Summer Social Series. Each Thursday at 7:00 PM players can log into their ICN Online Playing Accounts and join the event - Summer Social. We will enjoy 5 rounds of G5, D2 action and host a Summer Social Series Zoom Room, promoting social interactions. This event will run each Thursday and be open Free of charge to our entire chess community.

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Zoom Room Here

If you do not currently have access to our ICN playing platform please RSVP HERE.

We looking forward to seeing many of you there.

Be well,

Coach Russ

GM Sam Shankland Headlines 2020 Summer Programs - Read Here

Virtual Summer Programs:

Monday - Friday (June 29th - August 28th)

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Virtual Camp Session # 1 - Learn More

  • 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Virtual Camp Session # 2 - Learn More

  • 4:30 pm | Daily League Play - Learn More

Saturdays (July 11th - August 29th)

Sunday (July 26th & August 30th)

Physical Summer Camps:

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Monday - Friday (July 6th - August 21st)

  • Brooklyn Physical Camps - Park Slope, Saint Saviour High School

  • 588 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 - Register Here

Monday - Friday (July 20th - August 21st)

  • Manhattan Physical Camps - East Village, Nord Anglia International School

  • 44 E 2nd St, New York, NY 10003 - Register Here

We look forward to welcoming everyone this summer!

Thanks,

Coach Russ

Russ Makofsky