Spring Break Chess Camps Featuring Simul w/ World Top 10!
We look forward to welcoming you to our Spring Break Chess Camps! Our Virtual Chess Camps will feature both AM (9:00 - 12:00 am) and PM sessions (1:00 - 4:00 pm) along with outdoor park play in both Brooklyn & Manhattan.
We are thrilled to announce that thanks to our good friends from GM Chess Prep @gmchessprep led by GM Rashad Babaev we will be offering 5 of our Spring Break Chess Campers an opportunity to simul w/ Super GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Mamedyarov is currently a Top 10 player in the World and with a peak rating of 2820
FIDE is the 6th highest rated player of All Time! These 5 campers will be chosen through our Power Hour puzzle solving contest held earlier during the week.
Virtual Spring Break Camp:
Virtual Session - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Park Time - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Virtual Sessions - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Park Time - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Park Locations:
Manhattan Park Time - Chess & Checkers House, Central Park
Brooklyn Park Time - Greenwood Playground, Brooklyn
About Spring Break Virtual Camps:
Camps have always been a highlight of our ICN programming, providing our players, teams and coaches with an accelerated learning environment where students have the opportunity to train in a competitive results driven environment while still enjoying plenty of social opportunities and camp fun.
In that spirit, we are thrilled to provide uninterrupted camp programming with adjustments and consideration for our new online landscape. This year we will once again host camps every day public schools are closed. Our players can choose from a morning session, afternoon session or a full day session.
Each session will incorporate a combination of live lectures, rated match play, social opportunities, contests and much more. Players will be grouped based on their appropriate level.
About GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov:
Fide 2766/ Peak 2820 (The sixth-highest-rated player of all time)
Three Time World Championship Candidate (2011, 2014, and 2018)
Winner of 2018 Biel Chess Festival beat reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen
Two-time winner at Tal Memorial (2010, 2014)
World Rapid Champion (2013)
Three-time European Team Champion (2009, 2013, 2017)
A Gold medalist at 2012 Chess Olympiad on the third board
Two time World Junior Champion (2003 and 2005)