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What You Need to Know About the Fremont Summer Chess Camp

   The Fremont Summer Chess Camp at MSJE has been serving Northern California’s youth chess players every summer since 2008. A true leader in chess education, the Fremont Summer Chess Camp at MSJE has helped to create multiple National Championship school teams as well as scores of individual state and national champion players.
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The Fremont Summer Chess Camp at MSJE begins by breaking children up into several groups based on skill and age. Each day our camp follows this schedule:
9:00 Morning Lesson
9:45 Morning Lab
10:30 Morning Recess
10:45 Midday Lesson
11:30 Midday Lab
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Rated Tournament Round and Analysis
2:15 Afternoon Recess
2:30 Afternoon Lab
3:00 Dismissal
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All of our instructors are rockstars in the world of chess education. This years staff includes:
GM Susan Polgar (August 1-5)
FM Eric Schiller
Jay Stallings
Joe Lonsdale
James Paquette
Chris Torres.
Students learn more when they are having fun.
Students learn more when they are having fun.
Your child will appreciate the opportunity to connect everyday with a coach who has decades of experience motivating young chess players to reach their goals in chess.
Beyond chess, we always plan several special events on site. In the past, this has included fun concerts, performances by magicians and a large cat show! Not to be overlooked is access to art stations, basketball courts and baseball diamonds at our supervised recesses. All of these extras help to make the Fremont Summer Chess Camp at MSJE a great place for your child to learn and play.
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Come join GM Susan Polgar, FM Eric Schiller, Joe Lonsdale, Jay Stallings, James Paquette and Chris Torres at Mission San Jose Elementary School this summer for Northern California’s most popular youth chess camp. The Fremont Summer Chess Camp at MSJE begins July 5th so sign up today!

Published by chessmusings

Chris Torres is a nationally renowned scholastic chess coach working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His classes have attracted players of strengths ranging from rank beginners to world champions. A chess professional since 1998, Chris is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the explosion in popularity and sudden rise in quality of scholastic chess in California. Chris Torres served as the President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy from 2005-2020 and currently is recognized as a correspondence chess master with the United States Chess Federation. Since 1998 Chris Torres has taught 6 individual national champions as well as led multiple school teams to win national championship titles. In addition, Chris Torres has directed and taught at 10 different schools which have been California State Champions at chess. In 2011 and 2012, several former and current students of Chris Torres have been selected to represent the United States at the World Youth Chess Championships. Mr. Torres’ hobbies include playing classical guitar and getting his students to appear on the national top 100 chess rating lists.

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