The regular schedule on Saturday mornings runs from 10:00 until 11:30am during the school year. Tournaments listed below are not part of Chess Kids, but we encourage kids to participate in as many events as they can. The more they practice the faster they will improve. The tournaments listed following the regular schedule start in the afternoon. Kids must know all of the real rules of chess to participate in the tournaments.

The following schedule is subject to change, as noted below.

September 24: First session starts
October 1: Regular schedule
October 8: Regular schedule
October 15: Regular schedule
October 22: Second session starts DC Girls Open tournament in the afternoon
October 29: Regular schedule
November 5: Regular schedule
November 12: Regular schedule
November 19: Third session starts Elementary Team Charity Tournament in the afternoon
November 26: NO CLASSES; Center is closed for Thanksgiving
December 3: Regular schedule
December 10: Regular schedule Rated Beginners Open in the afternoon
December 17: Regular schedule
December 24: NO CLASSES. Winter Break
December 31: NO CLASSES. New Year's Eve Chess Tournament on Saturday, December 31
January 7: Fourth session starts
January 14: Regular schedule, Tournament in the afternoon
January 21: Regular schedule
January 28: Regular schedule
February 4: Fifth session starts
February 11: Regular schedule
February 18: Regular schedule
February 25: Regular schedule
March 3: Sixth session starts
March 10: Regular schedule
March 17: Regular schedule
March 24: Regular schedule
March 31: NO CLASSES. Spring Break
April 7: NO CLASSES. Spring Break
April 14: Seventh (final) session starts
April 21: Regular schedule
April 28: Regular schedule
May 5: Final day of Chess Kids for the school year

Changes to this schedule, if any, will be announced at the Center and on this website. Please call us before you come for the first time. Chess Kids is not a drop-in club. It is a class. Students register at the first class of each four-week session and only then. Students may start coming to class at the beginning of any of the seven sessions.

It is important to be on time in the morning. Arriving after class starts at 10:00 a.m. is very disruptive to the students who have begun to play.

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