Back to All Events

Rose City Chess Camps (Aug. 22 through 26)


  • Hillsdale Community Church, United Church of Christ 6948 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, OR, 97219 United States (map)

Rose City Chess will be hosting immersive chess camps for grades 2 through 8 this summer. Two weeks of the camps will be held at Hillsdale UCC on the week of Aug. 1 and the week of Aug. 22.

From their website:
Rose City Chess presents a series of full-day, week-long training camps led by Oregon’s top players and coaches, including 3X Oregon Champion and USCF National Master Matt Zavortink, National Master Wilson Gibbins, and Rose City Chess Founder Chad Lykins, with support from Oregon Chess Project Summer Fellows. Each camp will be led by at least one Senior Coach and one Summer Fellow.

Our training camps are fun, focused, and completely immersive. Spend an entire week playing games, analyzing with coaches, and solving puzzles. We schedule plenty of breaks for fun activities such as chess variants, chess movies, and ice cream parties. We might even throw in an ice-skating session!

Don’t know how to play chess? We will teach you.

Stuck at a certain rating class? We will show you how to become stronger.

All camps will be 100% in-person. Students will be grouped according to playing strength. Students receive a free Chess Steps workbook suitable for their level.


Learn more on the Rose City Chess website.