DMV Chess 2025 Online Summer Camps

Every week in the summer!

Online Via Zoom

DMV Chess online camps are back for the summer of 2025! We’re proud to have taught over 500 kids in our online camps.

Our camps are held via Zoom and lichess.org. Camps are open to all students of all skill levels in grades K through 8 as of the 2024-2025 academic calendar. Students from anywhere in the world can participate. We’ll do the best we can to make sure each camp group is large enough for campers to have a fun social experience but still small enough that each student gets personal attention from the instructor. All our camps feature USCF-online-rated games, so please make sure your child is a member of the US Chess Federation (we can help you sign up).

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Our camps are suitable for all levels, from novice to advanced. When necessary based on who signs up, we can divide students into completely separate groups according to rating, with grade level as a secondary factor. Our camps all have Expert and Master instructors, so there will be plenty of advanced material covered for our higher rated students. Instructors also know how to make sure beginners/new players do not feel left behind.

PRICING - INCLUDING SPECIAL DISCOUNTS EXPIRING APRIL 30

Buy Two Get One Free Discount: For the first time ever, we are offering a special discount: buy two camp entries and get a third one free! This can be combined with the early registration discount and siblings discount.

• Note that the buy two get one free discount is per student, and not per family (i.e. registering two siblings for the discount would not qualify for a third camp—they would both need to register for two camps and then they could receive a third free camp each).

• This discount expires on April 30, and will no longer be offered after that time.

• IMPORTANT: After purchasing two camp entries on the website, do not purchase the third camp entry. This one is free, so there is no need to submit payment. Please sign up for the free camp by emailing camps@dmvchess.com and indicating which week of camp you want to do for the free bonus camp. (We will also reach out to you via email if we notice two camp registrations.)

Other Discounts: For anyone who signs up by April 30, 2025, each camp costs $250. This is $50 off the normal price of $300. There is a sibling discount of $50/child. The sibling discount, buy-two-get-one-free discount, and early registration discounts may all be combined. Note that the early registration discount and buy-two-get-one-free discounts both expire on April 30, but the sibling discount never expires.

Pricing for Advanced Camp: Note that the advanced camp with IM Joshua Posthuma costs $350 (price goes up to $400 after 4/30). There is still a $50 siblings discount. This camp may count towards the buy-two-get-one free discount, but the free camp will be one of the regular-priced offerings (i.e. it is possible to use the advanced camp to qualify for the buy-two-get-one free discount, but the free camp entry cannot be applied to the advanced camp).

NOTE ABOUT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGULAR CAMPS AND ADVANCED CAMP

We are offering a special advanced camp for students 1100+ with IM Joshua Posthuma from July 28-August 1. Note that our regular camps are still suitable for players over 1100, and there will be many higher rated players who do our regular camps. Even for our regular camps, all instructors are USCF Experts or National Masters.

Also note that students below 1100 are allowed to join the advanced camp as long as they can keep up with the material. Students below 1100 should understand that the instructor will be targeting a rating range of 1100-1600 when preparing lessons.

OTHER INFORMATION

Each day of camp begins at 11 am ET and ends at 5 pm ET. Please refer to the sample camp schedule below for a rough outline of what a typical day of camp may look like. This schedule may vary slightly from camp to camp, as each class will have its own unique group of kids. If you have any questions, please email us at camps@dmvchess.com.

Sample Camp Schedule (All times et)

NOTE: After registering you should receive a receipt email. We normally wait until one or two days before each camp starts to send out the Zoom links, once the placement of students into groups is finalized.