February Chess News | Director's Report

February Report from the Director

January Team Tournaments in the books!

Dear Chess Friends & Families,

My name is Ian West, and I'm the Director of Programming for ICN (Impact Coaching Network). Our January Team Tournaments ran this last Sunday and we were happy to see almost 300 players in attendance across our Manhattan & Brooklyn venues.

Now we turn our attention to the Spring, starting with the launch of Spring Semester in our after-school clubs & teams tomorrow!

We have big plans: all our teams are gearing up for the coming spring championships, State, Girls Nationals, & Elementary Nationals, and with that in mind, we want to introduce our new dual-campus spring training camp weeks:

Saratoga Prep Camp (Midwinter Recess Camp - February 21-25)

Register Here for our Manhattan site

Register Here for our Brooklyn site

Nationals Prep Camp (Spring Break Camp - April 18-22)

Register Here for our Manhattan site

Register Here for our Brooklyn site

Let me know if you have any questions about your child's participation in the spring championships. They are an amazing life-changing opportunity that no kid should miss.

The answer is: yes!

Then, we have a huge eight-week summer camp extravaganza planned for this summer, kicking off the first week of July.

Once again, we will be running a site in Manhattan and in Brooklyn, and we're offering tiered pricing for families who like to plan early!

Early Bird Rates Through March 31st:

  • Full Week - $475

  • 4 Weeks - $1,725 (Half Summer Pass)

  • 8 Weeks - $3,175 (Full Summer Pass)

Early Bird Rates Through May 31st:

  • Full Week - $515

  • 4 Weeks - $1,850 (Half Summer Pass)

  • 8 Weeks - $3,295 (Full Summer Pass)

June 1st Onward:

  • Full Week - $550

  • 4 Weeks - $2,000 (Half Summer Pass)

  • 8 Weeks - $3,600 (Full Summer Pass)

Register Here for Manhattan Summer Camp

Register Here for Brooklyn Summer Camp

  • July 5th - 8th (4 days)

  • July 11th - 15th

  • July 18th - 22th

  • July 25th - 29th

  • August 1st - 5th

  • August 8th - 12th

  • August 15th - 19th

  • August 22nd - 26th

We look forward to seeing you there.

Our Spring Scholastic Grand Prix continues every Saturday, and our team competition is starting to heat up! Standings are updated every week, as well as a host of new individual hallmarks.

  • Every Saturday through June

  • 3 rated games, plus expert game analysis

  • 9am - 1pm

  • Individual prizes (as in the old Quads format)

  • Tracking team points and awarding team prizes

  • Top teams will participate in a special event with a GM

Manhattan Scholastic Grand Prix

PS 111, 440 West 53rd St, Manhattan, 10019

Register Here

Brooklyn Scholastic Grand Prix

PS 230, 1 Albemarle Road, Brooklyn, 11218

Register Here

We are so excited for spring! We look forward to seeing our teams and communities recharged and ready to attack their goals!

We will have our dedicated team of coaches onsite for all the major events coming up this spring, and we'd love to have all our teams represented on the biggest stages in the scholastic chess world. Come join us!


Thanks,

IW.

Russ Makofsky