Berkeley Chess School

2622 San Pablo Ave Berkeley, CA 94702

Academic

Chess

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The Berkeley Chess School is a nonprofit organization offering chess instruction to thousands of children in kindergarten through high school throughout the Bay Area. It was founded in 1982 by Elizabeth Shaughnessy, former Irish Womens Chess Champion and former president of the Berkeley School Board.

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2622 San Pablo Ave Berkeley, CA 94702

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Name	Category	Dates	Status	Time	Age Range	Price	Description
BCS Spring Camp Full Day	Chess	Mar 31 - Apr 4, 2025	Past session Past dates; prices and details may have changed.	9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Ages: 5+	Price not published	About this session Join our fantastic Spring Chess Camp! Our Spring camp will be fun, engaging and challenging! You can meet new friends who share a love of chess while improving your game and learning new strategies.
BCS Spring Camp Morning	Chess	Mar 31 - Apr 4, 2025	Past session Past dates; prices and details may have changed.	9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Ages: 5+	Price not published	About this session Join our fantastic Spring Chess Camp! Our Spring camp will be fun, engaging and challenging! You can meet new friends who share a love of chess while improving your game and learning new strategies.
BCS Spring Camp Afternoon	Chess	Mar 31 - Apr 4, 2025	Past session Past dates; prices and details may have changed.	1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Ages: 5+	Price not published	About this session Join our fantastic Spring Chess Camp! Our Spring camp will be fun, engaging and challenging! You can meet new friends who share a love of chess while improving your game and learning new strategies.
BCS All Girls Chess Class (Queens)	Chess	Feb 23 - May 25, 2025	Past session Past dates; prices and details may have changed.	1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Ages: 5+	$210	About this session Join our all girls traveling chess team! Meet new friends that love chess. Attend all girl training. Receive a BCS team shirt. Compete as a team against other all girl teams. Have your games analyzed and play over them with your teammates.
BCS K-12 Quads	Chess	Feb 22 - Nov 22, 2025	Past session Past dates; prices and details may have changed.	1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Ages not published	$40	About this session First time tournament players will be grouped with other first-timers and experienced tournament players will play with others of similar rating. 3-round Quad tournament USCF-rated event.
Monthly BCS Cash Quads	Chess	Feb 15 - Dec 20, 2025	Past session Past dates; prices and details may have changed.	1:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Ages: 10+	$40	About this session Players will be divided into groups of 4 by rating, or, if no rating, then by Age. First place in each group will Receive $80! (winner take all!) 3 rounds Total.