Camps

Current 2025 Chess Camp Offerings:

Steward School:  (11600 Gayton Road, Richmond)
RVA Chess and Board Game Camp: Chess RVA teaches your child how to play chess and become a better player. Playing chess helps kids think more clearly and improves math and reading skills. Classes include both instruction and supervised play. Chess RVA offers all the tools you will need to introduce chess to beginners or guide the more experienced player toward more competitive play. Other board games such as Backgammon, Blokus, Mancala, Q-bitz, and Set will be used to help expand the strategic mind.

Weinstein JCC: (5403 Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226)

Chess RVA teaches your child how to play chess and become a better player. Playing chess helps kids think more clearly and improves math and reading skills. Classes include both instruction and supervised play. Topics include piece movement and values, special moves, opening priciples, tactics, end game strategy, game review and pins and forks.

Current 2025 Board Games Offerings

Weinstein JCC: (5403 Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226)

Campers have fun playing and learning strategy board games. We will teach the rules and basic strategies and look for teaching moments during supervised play. Games may include Clue, Ingenious, King of NY, Lost Cities, Love Letter, Mancala, Q-Bitz, Splendor, Set, Sorry, and Yahtzee. Emphasis will be on critical thinking skills, problem-solving, resource management and sportsmanship.

Steward School:  (11600 Gayton Road, Richmond)
RVA Chess and Board Game Camp: Chess RVA teaches your child how to play chess and become a better player. Playing chess helps kids think more clearly and improves math and reading skills. Classes include both instruction and supervised play. Chess RVA offers all the tools you will need to introduce chess to beginners or guide the more experienced player toward more competitive play. Other board games such as Backgammon, Blokus, Mancala, Q-bitz, and Set will be used to help expand the strategic mind.