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AGCA Summer Camp 3 – 2025

Description: A full day, week long chess camp, hosted by the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy from August 4-8, 2025.  All scholastic players are invited to register. Day passes available!

Location:
Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy
12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste 100
Austin, TX 78729

Coaches: GM Kamil Dragun, CM Jeffrey Serna, Shahin Masoumi

Groups:
Each camp features five  days of instruction. Students will be separated into 5 groups:
Beginner Group: Under 400 USCF (including unrated)
Novice Group: 400-800 USCF
Intermediate Group: 800-1200 USCF
Advanced Group: 1200 – 1600 USCF
Expert Group: 1500+ USCF
**NOTE: It is, however, required for the kids to know all the rules of chess and how each pieces move!
For more information, link to the the camp website.

Date and Time: 3rd camp session: August 4-8, 2025, 9am – 4pm

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

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! 

Registration:
Please register and pay online. 
Full week attendance is preferred; however, Day Passes are available – just send us an email (info@austin-chess.com).
Weekly Fee is $500.
Day Pass Fee is $115

Cancellation 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.

Questions:
Contact  the Austin Grandmaster staff (info@austin-chess.com) if you have questions about registering for this event. 

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Basis Winter Scholastic

Rated 5SS in four sections (K-3, K-5, K-8, K-12) playing G/30, d5, offered by the Atlantic Chess Association on  March 1, 2025. This event is limited to scholastic players. Read the description and register online: https://caissachess.net/online-registration/index/5741

Location
BASIS Cedar Park
165 N Lakeline Blvd
Cedar Park, TX 78613

Sections

  • K-12
  • K-8
  • K-5
  • K-3

Schedule
FIVE Rounds at a time control of G/30, d5

  • Onsite registration : BEFORE 8:30 AM
    No check-in necessary if you have pre-registered.
  • Round One: 9:00 AM
  • Round Two: 10:30 AM
  • Round Three: 12:30 PM 
  • Round Three: 1:45 PM 
  • Round Four: 3:00 PM

12-12:30 Lunch: Lunch available for purchase at the school.

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
$65 by 1/31/25
$70 by 2/25/2025
$75 on or after 2/26/2025 (on-site registration closes 1 hour before Round 1).

Withdrawals 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.

Registration link:  https://caissachess.net/online-registration/index/5741

Other Notes
This tournament is USCF-rated. Your USCF membership should not expire before 3/31/2025.

Boards and pieces will be provided, but please bring your chess clock.

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

Online TLA!

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Mathnasium Summer Chess Camp #3 – Brilliancies & Howlers

Description: A full-day, week-long chess camp, hosted by the Cedar Park Mathnasium from July 8-12, 2024.  Featuring Certified National Master Paul Chaplin. All scholastic players are invited to register!

Each camp features five exciting days of an immersive chess environment and a fun-filled focus on a special featurette highlight (description below). Chess Camps hosted by Mathnasium are engaging and fun! Sign up early for lowest fees! Limited attendance – first come first served!  For more information, link to the the camp website.

Brilliancies & Howlers: Chess to excite! The most awesome games dazzle and entertain us … while others leave us confounded —shaking our heads! Students experience the best and the worst of times from crowd favorites such as Morphy and Tal to more modern stars such as Nakamura and Nepomniachtchi.

Date and Time: 3rd camp session: July 8-12, 2024, 8am – 3pm

Registration: To register, please fill out the registration form. Instructions for turning in the registration form and making payment are on the form.

Location:
Cedar Park Mathnasium
13010 W. Parmer Lane, Ste #100
Cedar Park, TX 78613

Questions:
Contact Cedar Park Mathnasium (greg.pratt@mathnasium.com, 512-869-6284) if you have questions about registering for this event. Contact Paul Chaplin (pschaplin@sbcglobal.net) if you have questions about chess content.