2024 Caveman Chess Camp Explorer

Explorer campers receive:

• A camp with for all ages, abilities, and experience
• A tailored experience via our “camps-within-a camp” approach
• An immersive learning experience by engaging directly with
• fellow campers
• with Instructors
• Premier players and teachers
• Instructors are mostly internationally titled:
• FIDE Masters, International Masters, Grandmasters, FIDE Trainers, or
• Nationally titled US Chess titled Masters, Senior Masters, chess coaches, etc.
• Some of our youngest and beginning students, may received well-established educator who is an Expert or possibly high-class A strength, and trained in classical chess instruction
• The immersive experience fosters accelerated learning and new chess friendships and resources
• 11 classes tailored to age and strengh
• 14 classes for Intensive Study
• Rotating instructor staff
• Base instructor for approximately 50% of classes
• Rotating instructors for the remaining 50%
• All campers receive grandmaster instruction
• Classical instruction
• Advocating for comprehension over memorization
• Provides better learning transference to other topics
• Chess-related activities
• Simultaneous exhibitions
• A championship tournament tailored to age and strength
• Tournament and assignments differ
• Master and Grandmaster review of championship tournament games
• US Chess rated quick chess tournament

• Unrated Blitz and bughouse tournaments
• 13 hours each day of chess and physical activities
• Physical activity is a key part for all chess players
• Roughly double what’s provided at most day camps
• Emphasizing the importance of being well-rounded
• A camp tee-shirt
• A complimentary year-long membership to Chessable Pro, a chess training app supported by scientific research.