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CANCELLED – Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy April Scholastic

The scholastic tournament originally scheduled for April 06, 2024 at the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy has been cancelled.  Thank you for your understanding.

LOCATION:
Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy
7801 North Lamar Blvd
Suite A123
Austin, TX 78752
Free parking provided!

TOURNAMENT STYLE:
SECTION A: 1000 – 1400 USCF rating
SECTION B: 600 – 1000 USCF rating
SECTION C: Under 600 USCF rating and/or unrated.
*Note that no player will be allowed to play up or down*
*USCF MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED*

RATING INFORMATION:
● April 2024 official USCF ratings will be used.

4-Round Swiss System Schedule (G/30,d5)
●  1st round: 10:00 AM
●  2nd round: 11:00 AM
●  Lunch break: 12:00 PM
●  3rd round: 12:30 PM.
●  4th round: 1:30 PM.
●  Closing ceremony: After the last game finishes.
NOTE: Half-point byes are acceptable for all rounds, limit 1. Must commit before the 1st round.

PLAYERS MAY NOT POSSESS CELL PHONES DURING THE TOURNAMENT. Please leave your phone at home, in your car, or turned off (vibrate/silent not acceptable) on top of your table. 

ENTRY FEES:
●  Online: $50 at https://austin-chess.com/tournaments/school_tournament_april/ by April 05, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
●  Late: $60  via PayPal or cash (if space is available) on the day of the event.
For additional questions, please contact us at info@austin-chess.com

PRIZES:
●  Trophies for 1st place (in each section)
● Medals for 2nd and 3rd place (in each section)

CANCELLATION POLICY: If you do not wish to participate in our tournament after paying the entry fee, please email us at info@austin-chess.com no later than 24 hours in advance for a refund. We reserve the right to charge a $15 service fee for cancellations. 

WITHDRAWAL POLICY: If you would like to withdraw from the tournament after it begins, please alert the tournament director and sign a withdrawal form in the lobby prior to leaving the premises. 
NO refunds will be issued after the tournament begins. 

NO-SHOW POLICY: There are NO refunds or credit for players who do not show up for their scheduled tournament matches.

Please contact us at info@austin-chess.com for any additional questions or concerns. 

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Austin Chess Club 2024 Winter Open Tournament Pairings and Wall Charts and Standings

This Austin Chess Club tournament was held on Friday, January 26, Saturday, January 27, and Sunday, January 28, 2024 at the Southpark Hotel in Austin. 

Jump to: Championship, Reserve,  Novice,  Club

Return to the Austin Chess Club 2024 Winter Open homepage.

Championship (FIDE rated)

Final Results and Prize Winners
Round 5:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board  Wall Chart   Results  Unofficial Standings
Round 4:  Pairings updated-alpha   Pairings updated-by board  Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 3:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 2 (merged):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Round 1 (2-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Round 1 (3-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results-updated
Advance Entries

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Reserve

Final Results and Prize Winners
Round 5:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board  Wall Chart   Results  Unofficial Standings
Round 4:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board  Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 3:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 2 (merged):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Round 1 (2-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Round 1 (3-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Advance Entries

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Novice

Final Results  and Prize Winners
Round 5:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board  Wall Chart   Results  Unofficial Standings
Round 4:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board  Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 3:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 2 (merged):  Pairings (revised)-alpha   Pairings  (revised)-by board   Wall Chart (revised)   Results
Round 1 (2-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Round 1 (3-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Advance Entries

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Club

Final Results and Prize Winners
Round 5:  Pairings updated-alpha   Pairings updated-by board  Wall Chart updated   Results  Unofficial Standings
Round 4:  Pairings updated-alpha   Pairings updated-by board  Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 3:  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results  Standings
Round 2 (merged):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Round 1 (2-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Round 1 (3-day):  Pairings-alpha   Pairings-by board   Wall Chart   Results
Advance Entries

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2023 NYOS Winter Tournament Results

This event was held on Saturday, December 02, 2023 at NYOS Charter School in North Austin.

Jump to: K-3 U300, K-3 U500, K-3 U800, K-5 U300, K-5 U500, K-5 U800,  K-5 U1000, 6-12 U600, 6-12 U1000, K-12 Elite, Open Section, Family Child

Back to the scholastic tournament description
https://www.austinchesstournaments.com/2023-winter-nyos-scholastic-chess-tournament/

Puzzle Contest

Final Award Winners

In order to protect the integrity of this (and potential future) contests, the decision was made not to directly reveal the puzzle answers.  We might, for instance, provide another chance at any unsolved puzzles in the future.
For anyone who would like to find more puzzles in the meantime, however, here are a few suggestions:
 
  • Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games, by Laszlo Polgar.  This large puzzle collection sometimes shows up at Half Price Books, is available through Amazon, and has a kindle version.
  • Chesskid.com   This website has a lot of resources for children learning chess, including puzzles.
  • Chess.com   This site has not just standard but also some ‘Retrograde Analysis’ puzzles, which are of the same type as what made up our tricky April Fools problems.
  • Pointing your favorite search engine to “Chess Retrograde Analysis Puzzles” should give a number of hits, but one good resource for specifically this sort of problem is The Retrograde Analysis Corner (www.janko.at/Retros/Index.htm).  This site includes explanation of what Retro Analysis is and how to approach the problems, as well as more than 3500 such problems.

K-3 U300

Final Results – revised
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries 

K-3 U500

Final Results
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

K-3 U800

Final Results
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings  Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

K-5 U500 (merged with K-5 U300)

Final Results
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

K-5 U800

Final Results
Round 5:  Pairings-revised Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts revised  Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

K-5 U1000

Final Results
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

6-12 U600

Final Results
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

6-12 U1000

Final Results
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

K-12 Elite

Final results
Round 5:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 4:  Pairings  Wall Charts  Team Standings
Round 3:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alphabetical)   Wall Charts   Team Standings
Advance Entries

Open

Final Results-revised
Round 4: Pairings  Wall Charts
Round 3:  Pairings  Wall Charts
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Charts
Round 1:  Pairings   Wall Charts
Advance Entries

Family-Child

Final Results
Advance Entries

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2023 Llano Scholastic and Open Tournaments – Pairings, Wall Charts and Standings

The 2023 Llano Open tournament (for adults and any youth) and the 2023 Llano Scholastic tournament (for players in 12th grade and younger), both held on Saturday, November 11-12, 2023.

Thank you for playing!

Jump to: Open,  K-3 and K-5 combined,  K-12

Return to the Llano Scholastic Homepage.

Return to the Llano Open Homepage.

Due to some last minute cancellations and wonderful player flexibility, we were able to be creative with sections!

Open Event

Advance Entries:  Open

G/25+5, round robin

Final Results:
Cross Table (round by round results)

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K-3 and K-5 combined

Advance Entries:  K-3
Advance Entries: K-5

G/25 +5, 5-round swiss

Final Results: 
Cross Table (includes tie-breaks)

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K-12

Advance Entries: K-12

G/20 +5 double round robin

Final Results:
Cross Table (rating order with round by round results)

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Sunday Open Play at the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy – Cancelled

Free Open Play was offered on Sundays thru 7/1/2024 at the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy. No longer available. Please see our website for other opportunities.

Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy

 ***NEW ADDRESS!!!***
12466 Los Indios Trail
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78729-7934
Free parking provided!

Sunday Open Play is no longer available.  We hope to see you at one of our tournaments!

For any questions, please contact us at info@austin-chess.com.

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**CANCELLED-Austin Monthly Scholastic Tournament – December-CANCELLED**

This event has been cancelled by the organizer.

Rated 5SS in 10 sections; G/30, d5. This event takes place on Sunday, December 10, 2023 and is limited to scholastic players only (K-12).

Location
Holiday Inn Austin Midtown
6000 Middle Fiskville Rd
Austin, TX 78752

Sections

  • K-12 Elite
  • K-12 U1000
  • K-12 U600
  • K-5 Championship (suggested USCF 600+)
  • K-5 U600
  • K-5 U300
  • K-3 Championship (suggested USCF 600+)
  • K-3 U600
  • K-3 U300
  • K-1 Championship

We reserve the right to merge sections if there are not enough players in a section.

Rounds and Times
Five Rounds at a time control of G/30, d5

  • Onsite registration : 8:00 to 9:00 AM
    No check-in necessary if you have pre-registered.
  • Round One: 10:00 AM
  • Round Two: 11:30 AM
  • lunch break 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
  • Round Three: 1:30 PM 
  • Round Four: 3:00 PM
  • Round Five: 4:30 PM

     

    An awards ceremony will be held immediately after all games in a section finish. Trophies and medals to top finishing individuals in each scholastic section; ribbons to all participants.

Limit two half-point byes. Byes must be committed 1 hr before Round 2.

Entry Fee
$40 by 11/26
$45 by 12/3
$50 on or after 12/4 (on-site registration closes 1 hour before Round 1).

Withdrawals requested via email before NOON on Friday 12/8/23 are eligible for a refund (minus a $10 processing fee). Full credit can be applied to any future tournament. No refunds for USCF memberships after purchased from USCF.

Other Notes
This tournament is USCF-rated. Your USCF membership should not expire before 12/31/2023.

Boards and pieces will be provided, but please bring your chess clock. Each player should have a chess clock to play. If you do not have one, chess clocks will be available for purchase onsite.

If both players do not have a clock AND the game does not finish within one hour, TDs will put a clock with 5 mins time for each player.

Please contact director@atlanticchessassociation.com if you have any questions.

Registration
This event has been cancelled by the organizer.

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Austin Chess Club 2023 Summer Championship Tournament Pairings and Wall Charts and Standings

This Austin Chess Club tournament was held on Saturday, August 5 and Sunday August 6, 2023 at the Doubletree NW Arboretum. Thank you to everyone who played! The event has been rated by the USCF.

Jump to: Championship, Reserve,  Novice,  Novice U800 (youth)

Return to the Austin Chess Club 2023 Summer Championship homepage.

Championship

Final Results and Prize Winners
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart  Results    Unofficial Standings
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 3:  Pairings  Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 1:  Pairings   Wall Chart   Results
Advance Entries

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Reserve

Final Results and Prize Winners
Round 5:   Pairings  Wall Chart  Results    Unofficial Standings
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 3:  Pairings  Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 1:  Pairings   Wall Chart   Results
Advance Entries

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Novice

Final Results and Prize Winners
Round 5:   Pairings  Wall Chart  Results    Unofficial Standings
Round 4:   Pairings  Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 3:  Pairings  Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 2:  Pairings   Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 1:  Pairings   Wall Chart   Results
Advance Entries

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Novice U800 (youth)

Final Results and Prize Winners
Round 5:   Pairings  Wall Chart  Results   Unofficial Standings
Round 4:   Pairings  Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 3:  Pairings  Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 2:  Pairings    Wall Chart   Results   Standings
Round 1:  Pairings   Wall Chart   Results
Advance Entries

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Summer Chess Camp 3 at the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy

Description: A full-day, week-long chess camp, hosted by the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy from June 12-16, 2023.  Featuring coaches  Grandmaster Kamil Dragun & International Master Yannick Kambrath.

Location:
Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy
12466 Los Indios Trail
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78729-7934

Daily Schedule:

  • Drop-off: 8:30 – 9:00 am
  • Camp start: 9:00 am
  • Lunch break: 12:00 -1:00 pm
  • Camp resumes: 1:00 pm
  • Pick up: 4:00 – 4:30 pm

Price:
Weekly Fee (5 days): $325 (full day)
Day Pass Fee (1 day): $75 (one full day)

Send us an email at info@austin-chess.com if you choose to use this option.
You will then need to Paypal $75.00 (Day-Pass Fee) to info@austin-chess.com.

Groups:
Kids will be separated into two different groups.
Under 700 USCF (including unrated)
Above 700 USCF
**NOTE: It is, however, required for the kids to know all the rules of chess and how each pieces move!

Food:
Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy staff will provide light snacks and beverages during scheduled snack times. Students are encouraged to bring their own lunch.

**NOTE: Please email us at info@austin-chess.com with any food allergies and/or restrictions your child may have!

Cancellation/Refund Policy:
A full refund, minus a $50 service fee, will be provided for all cancellation requests received 7 days prior to camp start date. No refunds are provided if the cancellation is not received a week prior to camp start date.  

Registration link: https://austin-chess.com/camps/in-person/  
Website link: https://austin-chess.com/member/
For any questions, please email: info@austin-chess.com            

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2023 NYOS Spring Tournament Pairings and Wall Charts and Standings

This event will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at NYOS Charter School in North Austin.

Jump to: K-3 U300, K-3 U500, K-3 U800, K-5 U300, K-5 U500, K-5 U800,  K-5 U1000, 6-12 U600, 6-12 U1000, K-12 Elite, Open Section, Family Child

Back to the scholastic tournament description
https://www.austinchesstournaments.com/2023-spring-nyos-scholastic-chess-tournament/

 

 

Puzzle Contest

Final Award Winners

In order to protect the integrity of this (and potential future) contests, the decision was made not to directly reveal the puzzle answers.  We might, for instance, provide another chance at any unsolved puzzles in the future.
For anyone who would like to find more puzzles in the meantime, however, here are a few suggestions:
 
  • Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games, by Laszlo Polgar.  This large puzzle collection sometimes shows up at Half Price Books, is available through Amazon, and has a kindle version.
  • Chesskid.com   This website has a lot of resources for children learning chess, including puzzles.
  • Chess.com   This site has not just standard but also some ‘Retrograde Analysis’ puzzles, which are of the same type as what made up our tricky April Fools problems.
  • Pointing your favorite search engine to “Chess Retrograde Analysis Puzzles” should give a number of hits, but one good resource for specifically this sort of problem is The Retrograde Analysis Corner (www.janko.at/Retros/Index.htm).  This site includes explanation of what Retro Analysis is and how to approach the problems, as well as more than 3500 such problems.

K-3 U300

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

K-3 U500

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

K-3 U800

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

K-5 U300

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

K-5 U500

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

K-5 U800

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

K-5 U1000

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

6-12 U600

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

6-12 U1000

Round 5:   Finals Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

K-12 Elite

Round 5:   Final Results
Round 5:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team 
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart   Team
Round 1:  Pairings (by board)   Pairings (alpha)   Wall Chart   Team
Preregistrations

Open

Final Results
Round 4:   Pairings   Wall Chart 
Round 3:   Pairings   Wall Chart 
Round 2:   Pairings   Wall Chart 
Round 1:   Pairings   Wall Chart  
Preregistrations

Family-Child

Final Results
Results after Round 4
Results after Round 3
Results after Round 2
Results after Round 1
Preregistrations

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2023 NYOS Summer Chess Camp

This camp has been relocated to the Hampton Inn Cedar Park-Leander: 
https://www.austinchesstournaments.com/2023-summer-chess-camp-with-gary-gaiffe/

Description: A full day, week-long chess camp hosted by NYOS Charter School.  Located on the north side of Austin, the camp is open to all scholastic chess players, and is run by Mr. Gary Gaiffe

Campers will be broken into skill level groups.  Different topics will be covered depending on which group the camper is in.  From tactics to positional play, game analysis to variant play, the camp will be both instructional and entertaining.  The final day will include a camp-wide tournament.

Dates and Times:  July 17-21; 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location:           
NYOS Charter School
12301 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78753

Registration and Payment information:  Coming soon!

Questions:  Contact Gary Gaiffe at ggaiffe@att.net or 512-426-7841