California Summer Chess Fun

 To this chess coach, Summer Fun in California means exciting chess camps every week of the summer. With chess classes planned every day from Memorial Day to Labor Day, I organize events for young chess players of all skill levels, including classes with great chess teachers, rated tournaments, chess simuls against grandmasters, chess book talks with famous authors and fun blitz games against coaches. The fun continues through Labor Day leaving just enough time to prepare for my fall schedule of after school programs. 
Below are some photographs from my chess fun in California thus far this summer:

My first summer chess camp in 2017.



Two girls spending their summer studying chess.

A confident young man demonstrates his solution at summer chess camp.

Students were all ears when Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian taught strategy at our summer chess camp.

Chris Torres watches students play at summer chess camp.

IM Armen Ambartsoumian starts our summer chess camp match.

Sitting with GM Tigran Petrosian and Jay Stallings for our summer chess camp group photo.

Some young guys happy for another lesson at summer chess camp.

So many happy students and coaches on the final day of summer chess camp.



TCAMA Summer Chess Camps – The Best Value in the Bay Area

At the Torres Chess and Music Academy we pride ourselves in providing truly inspiring chess experiences for the lowest price possible. This year’s San Jose Summer Chess Camp will feature instruction from:

Chris Torres (Celebrating his 20th year teaching chess)

GM Daniel Naroditsky (Currently ranked in the Top Ten by rating in the United States!)

Francisco Anchondo (If your child hasn’t been taught gambit openings by Francisco, they are simply missing out!)

Frisco Del Rosario (Legendary Coach and author of the best selling “A First Book of Morphy”)

Jay Stallings (Creator of the wildly popular Coach Jay’s Chess Academy app.)

The first day of camp is July 17th and tuition is just $160/week. Space is very limited,

Sign up today at www.ChessAndMusic.com

San Jose Summer Chess Camp to Celebrate 20 Years of Success

SAN JOSE, CA – 28 May, 2017 – Northern California chess instructor Chris Torres is celebrating his 20th anniversary teaching chess this summer. Two decades of experience have transformed Chris’s summer camps from a small beginner class held in a garage into the must attend event of the summer for many of California’s most successful youth chess players. To celebrate his 20 years of success, the Torres Chess and Music Academy is offering its San Jose summer camp at 1997 prices!

Twenty years ago, Chris Torres decided to leave a promising career at a legendary Silicon Valley company in order to combine his passions for chess and teaching. At just nineteen years of age, this change of occupation seemed unwise to many of Chris’s closest friends and family. Though after just one year of teaching chess professionally, Chris Torres’ teaching services were in high demand based on the outstanding results of his first crop of students.

The Torres Chess and Music Academy was established in 2005 in order to meet the growing demand for quality chess and music lessons in the Bay Area. That year, the TCAMA established several popular after school programs, weekend chess clubs, tournaments and summer camps. As word spread, these scholastic chess clubs and events quickly grew in size and number. During these periods of growth, Chris Torres regularly collaborated with other top instructors from around the United States in order to keep raising the bar for quality chess instruction in Northern California.

Today the Torres Chess and Music Academy’s successful approach is internationally recognized by FIDE (the world chess organization) which listed the TCAMA as an official FIDE Academy. Even with the rise in popularity of scholastic chess all throughout the Golden State, The Torres Chess and Music Academy remains the only California based chess organization to hold this important distinction.

“This summer I will be celebrating 20 years of service as a professional chess instructor. I am thankful to the thousands of families who chose to place their children in my after school programs, tournaments and camps for making this anniversary possible. In recognition of this professional achievement, I have rolled back the prices on our summer camps back to 1997 levels. I look forward to teaching your children this summer and continuing to serve in my current capacity for another 20 years.”

The Torres Chess and Music Academy’s summer chess camp will meet July 17 to July 27 at St. Timothy’s Christian Academy, 5100 Camden Ave, San Jose. The tuition for this camp is only $160/week. For more information on the Torres Chess and Music Academy’s summer chess camp in San Jose, California, please visit: www.ChessAndMusic.com

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20 Years of California Chess Camp Fun

This year marks my 20th anniversary of teaching an annual summer chess camp to many of California’s brightest young chess players. Several of the children who trained with us over the years have gone on to win national titles and some even return as young adults to help teach the next generation of superstars. In fact, a couple of my original students are now showing up with their own children which goes to show the beauty of the lasting friendships formed at summer chess camp.
In recognition of this momentous anniversary, I am offering a special retro chess camp experience for a special retro price. Sign up for my South Bay Chess Camp and you’ll register for the 1997 price! Don’t miss out on the best deal in youth chess.

Sincerely,
Chris Torres
President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy

 

Students learn more when they are having fun.

 

TCAMA South Bay Chess Camp

Don’t miss out on the best chess opportunity of the summer! Our coaches will use their decades of chess teaching experience to create a summer camp that is fun, competitive and educational. Attendees will receive the best training available and take part in USCF rated tournaments with awards given at the end of each week. All students who complete two weeks of camp will receive a commemorative camp T-shirt, a special 1 on 1 follow up lesson by TCAMA instructors, and a hand signed diploma!

This class will meet from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
Mondays through Thursdays,
July 17 to July 27
$160.00 FOR ONE WEEK
$320.00 FOR TWO WEEKS
At St. Timothy’s Christian Academy, 5100 Camden Ave, San Jose.

Fremont Summer Chess Camp 2015: Day 13

Our great coaches made the thirteenth day of the Fremont Summer Chess Camp especially lucky for scores of talented young chess players.
  

  

You can still sign up for the Fremont Summer Chess Camp by visiting www.ChessAndMusic.com.  

The Final Week of the Fremont Summer Chess Camp Starts on Monday!

Don’t miss your last opportunity to register your child for a chess experience of a lifetime!

REGISTER NOW!

Only $222 for ONE WEEK

 

At the Fremont Summer Chess Camp, your child will live and breathe chess while our elite coaches provide them with the most incredible educational experience available.

 

This class will meet from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,

Mondays through Thursdays, July 20^th – 23^rd.

At Mission San Jose ES 43545 Bryant St. Fremont, CA.

 

Camp Registration Includes:

 

• Classes with California’s best chess coaches
  • Emory Tate (International Master and chess teacher extraordinaire)
  • Joe Lonsdale (Head Coach for the USCF National Elementary Chess Champions at MSJE)
  • Chris Torres (Correspondence Chess Master and President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy)
• 1:8 coach to camper ratio
• Camp Tee Shirt
• Each camper will receive a certificate of participation
• USCF Rated Tournaments
• Awards at the end of the week
• Mind Blowing Special Events

In addition, our camp includes supervised recesses which feature basketball, soccer and art activities. Your child is guaranteed to have a blast while training with the 2015 National Elementary Chess Championship Team at Mission San Jose Elementary School!

 

Click the links below to see pictures from every day of the Fremont Summer Chess Camp 2015:

Day 1           Day 2          Day 3          Day 4          Day 5          Day 6

Day 7           Day 8          Day 9          Day 10        Day 11        Day 12

Fremont Summer Chess Camp 2015: Day 11

Below are some of our favorite moments from day 11 of the Fremont Summer Chess Camp. Click here to sign up for the remainder of our summer chess camp.

  

Fremont Summer Chess Camp 2015: Day 10

Ten days in and our campers continue to grow more enthusiastic about learning chess!

  
  
  
  
  

Click here to find out more information on the Fremont Summer Chess Camp and to register.

Fremont Summer Chess Camp 2015: Day 9

When everyday is great, you know you have a fantastic chess camp!

And there is still plenty of days left. Sign up now!

Fremont Summer Chess Camp 2015: Day 8

I am amazed by the amount of improvement I am witnessing in our chess students after completing eight days of intense training at the Fremont Summer Chess Camp. Before dismissing my students for the weekend, I made sure everyone of them understood the fact that their efforts have already paid off! The fact is, “We all know more than we know we know.”-Thornton Wilder, The Eighth Day

We still have two more weeks of chess classes. Sign up for the Fremont Summer Chess Camp by clicking here.