WINTER CHESS CAMP
Register for the upcoming Winter Chess Camp!
PALS SUPER-FUN Winter Break Chess Camp is for all levels and ages 5-17. Be sure to register soon as this exciting offering is sure to fill! SUPER-FUN Chess Camp includes:
Chess Team Relays | Blind-Fold Chess | Nerf-Gun Chess Marksmanship Battles
Timed, Tactical Chess Challenges | Exciting Chess Game Variants and so much more!
Winter Chess Camp
December 30, 2025-January 3, 2026
3690 Cherry Creek South Drive
Denver, CO 80209
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION & CURRICULUM.
PROFESSIONAL
PREPARATION &
CURRICULUM.
All coaches are trained by National Masters and 16-time CO State Chess Champions, Griffin and Sullivan McConnell, co-authors of PALS Chess Academy’s unique and inventive summer camp curriculum. Students in three groups (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) will learn fun and creative lessons never before taught in PALS scholastic chess clubs!
ALL-STAR PALS COACHES
Head instructors include two National Masters and bonafide local stars, Griffin and Sullivan McConnell. Griffin is the top-ranked player on Team USA for People with Disabilities; his brother Sullivan the current Colorado State Chess Champion is ranked #2 among active Colorado players and tied the record as youngest CO State Chess Champion in history when he was just 12 years old
WHY OUR CAMPS ARE THE BEST
PALS SUPER-FUN Chess Camps are the gold standard for aspiring young chess players in Colorado. Highly motivated and enthusiastic PALS students have won Colorado Scholastic State Chess Championships every year since 2014, but most importantly, our chess camps are tons of FUN!! Here’s what your kids can look forward to:
- Learning chess lessons from famous games in chess history, with entertaining move-by-move analysis and engaging team chess mazes, puzzles and relays that help reinforce the new material they’ve learned
- Learning pattern-recognition, fundamental tactics, and step-by-step planning strategies in all phases of chess (opening, middlegame, endgame)
- Learning chess notation to help them effectively analyze their own games and learn from their mistakes
- Group and team challenges and presentations that enhance students’ teamwork and leadership skills
Special activities like bughouse (team chess), battleship chess, detective chess, piece mazes, chess stories and riddles, creative problem-solving, and much more!
Camps for children ages 5 to 17, with students assigned to groups based on age, level and chess ability. - Teacher-student ratio of 12:1 or better.
Sibling discounts available!
Register today!
Questions?
For more information, contact info@palschess.com or 303-501-0974
