Report on WEEK 2 - Teaneck

This was a great week - Teaneck Camp had 26 super creative campers, who were passionate not only in chess, but also in math, music and politics! Last week, our chess camp in Teaneck turned into a “think-tank” reflecting the National Debate of Democratic Candidates.

Now, our old game “Who will be the next president” maybe considered as a training center where all greatest (or silliest) ideas are born.

Regardless of whether you find our ideas great or silly, the candidate Andrew Yang takes them seriously - last debate, he proudly promised to give $1000/month to every adult if he is elected. The idea was already presented by our camper Matt back in 2016 during Summer Camp in Teaneck.  Check out the video of our 2016 mock election.

Mr. Yang - make sure to give credit where it is due!

Chess provides the opportunity to look wildly while staying organized. That’s why our campers have time for everything!

As usual, ICA offers many trophies, medals and prizes in various nominations! We are very happy to see our campers leaving on Friday with prizes and satisfaction from the progress they have made during the week!

Check out our best students and winners in each of these chess groups, formed in accordance with their chess skills:

Check out the tournament crosstable for more detailed results.

We would like to congratulate Jacob Pollard, who became the champion of week 2 by getting a total of 3 awards: The Problem-Solving Competition, Simul Survival, and Tournament! Well done! 

Congratulations to the winning team of Blitz-Bughouse - Anahit Melkumov and Charles Jinn!

This week we experienced the return of our coolest camper ever and now chess instructor - Lily del Pilar. Lily has been a student at ICA for over 7 years, and, in March, she won ICA Open U1600 Section with a perfect score (4 out of 4). And now she is back with her famous dodgeball throw- the “Lily Throw!”

Yes, ICA Camps are known for their popular sport activities and excellent art, music, and math programs.

This week we had 5 nominations in sports by age group:

2012 -2013 - Christopher Jinn

2010-2011 - Soohan Cho

2010 - Simon Ginzberg

2008 -2009 - Kenz Raza

2006-2008 - Grayson Pitcock

Congratulation to Charles Jinn - the best dodgeball player of WEEK 2

Congratulations to our winning Relay Race team: Underwater Riders: - Charles Jinn, Kenz Raza, Daniel Hong, Soohan Cho, Danny Chun, and Vladimir Kovalevskyi!

The best mathematicians - Christopher Jinn and Joanne Shen

Music Award - Yusuf Mohammed

Art - Anahit Melkumov and Seth Sverdlov - absolutely amazing art pieces, well done!

Congratulations to all campers with the successful completion of WEEK 2!

ICA is looking forward to seeing you next week!