GM Alexander Stripunsky Grand Master Camp
Embark on a journey of chess mastery with the ICA GM Summer Camp! Register now to secure your spot in this elite program, where students with exceptional talent receive expert training from world-renowned instructors with decades of experience in playing and teaching chess.
This camp is designed for high skilled youth with a rating over 1600+. GM Summer Camp is a six week training program designed to enhance campers’ understanding of advanced chess strategy and tactics, preparing them to take their chess game to the master level!
Students can register for the day camp or the overnight camp experience. All students engage in regular fun and educational activities, including advanced chess training and sports sessions, from 9 AM to 5 PM. After the commuting students leave, overnight campers after 5:00PM head out for exciting recreational activities. These activities include things like pickleball, bowling, miniature golf, and more! They then enjoy a group dinner together, and continue spending time together in a warm social environment, often playing chess and hanging out. Campers go to sleep at 10 PM.
Our GM Summer Camp head-coach, Grandmaster Alexander Stripunsky, has trained many of our top young players, including NM Joshua Colas and Gary Leschinsky, providing them with the guidance to achieve their chess potential. Click HERE to read more about GM Stripunsky's accomplishments!
REGISTRATION
You can register for any selection of weeks that best fit your schedule up to all six weeks of GM summer camp.
Scholastic Summer Day Camp Weeks: June 23 - 27, July 7 - 11, July 14 - 18, July 21 - 25, July 28 - August 1, August 11 - 15
Registration is open, and early-bird, sibling and multi-session discounts are available. Choose from our Day Camp (9am-5pm) or Overnight Camp.
As in years past, we expect these camp sessions to fill early, so secure your spot now and prepare for a summer adventure of chess mastery and fun!
Designed to facilitate strong improvement in advanced chess strategy and critical thinking skills, Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi’s Master Camp is the perfect program for talented youth with a rating over 1600+ with aspirations of achieving the National Master title. The classes focus on illuminating three key aspects of the game:
1. Important techniques in thematic positions
2. Calculation and imagination
3. Practical decisions in unclear positions
The classes at our camp are designed to be lecture/interaction intensive, providing a unique learning experience in which students learn directly from and engage with GM Moradiabadi. Students expand their understanding of chess by working through difficult technical positions and complicated tactical combinations in a game-like setting, simulating the thought processes of a real chess game.
Furthermore, campers participate in self-evaluation of their work on a weekly basis, providing introspective insights into their progress and performance throughout the week.
Students can register for the day camp or the overnight camp experience. All students engage in regular fun and educational activities, including advanced chess training and sports sessions, from 9 AM to 5 PM. After the commuting students leave, overnight campers head out for exciting recreational activities, such as bowling and miniature golf. They then enjoy a group dinner together, and continue spending time together in a warm social environment, often playing chess and hanging out. Campers go to sleep at 10 PM.
Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi has worked as the US cadet coach at Pan Am (2019), Head of Delegations at World Cadets (2019), and US Open team coach (world team-2019). His remarkable career further includes co-authoring the popular chess book Sherlock’s Method designed to help train advanced players, winning the Chess Journalist of the Year in 2022, and tying for first place at the 2022 U.S. Open. Click HERE to read more about GM Moradiabadi's coaching career and educational philosophy!
REGISTRATION
You can register for either or both of the two weeks of camp that best fit your schedule.
GM Elshan Moradiabadi’s Master Camp Weeks: August 4 - 8, August 18 - 22
Registration is open, and early-bird, sibling and multi-session discounts are available.
Choose from our Day Camp (9am-5pm) or Overnight Camp.
As in years past, we expect these camp sessions to fill early, so secure your spot now and prepare for a summer adventure of chess mastery and fun! 
GM Elshan Moradiabadi’s Master Camp
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