Holiday Chess Camps
Choose from the following venues in London
Swiss Cottage
Kensington
St Mary Abbots Centre,
Vicarage Gate,
London W8 4HN
2025 Camps
- Spring half-term Chess Camp
- February 17-20
- Easter Chess Camp
- Week 1: March 31-April 3
- Week 2: April 7-10
- Week 3: April 14-17
- Summer half-term Chess Camp
- May 27-30 (Tues-Fri)
- Summer Chess Camp
- Week 1: July 14-17
- Week 2: July 21-24
- Week 3: July 28-31
- Week 4: August 18-21
- Week 5: August 26-29 (Tues-Fri)
- Week 6: September 1-4
- Autumn half-term Chess Camp
- Week 1: October 20-23
- Week 2: October 27-30
- Christmas Chess Camp
- December 15-18
- Week 1: July 14-17
- Week 2: July 21-24
- Week 3: July 28-31
- Week 4: August 18-21
- Week 5: August 26-29 (Tues-Fri)
- Week 6: September 1-4
The Summer half-term camp in May will be in St Mary Abbots Centre.
Chess camps in London!
Unique to Wallace Chess are our extremely popular holiday chess camps
which we run throughout the year. We welcome children aged 4-16,
from complete beginners, intermediate to advanced players.
We now offer both full and half days of camp:
Full day 9am-4pm
Half day 9am-1pm
FULL WEEK BOOKINGS ONLY!
Our camps run from Monday to Thursday
(except bank holidays, then we run Tuesday-Friday)
of all school holidays.
They have proved to be an extremely fun week of chess
that enables children’s learning of the game immensely.
During the morning session from 9am-1pm we run a friendly tournament throughout the week and in between rounds the children will solve chess puzzles, listen to short lectures, learn about end games, strategies and tactics, learn how to play with chess clocks and how to notate etc. We will have a lunch break at 11am (please bring a packed lunch and a bottle of water, and if you are staying for the full day bring an additional snack for the afternoon break).
In the afternoon session from 1-4pm we will do chess arts & crafts, read chess stories, play fun games like bomb chess, hand & brain etc. Then we will take a nice break outdoors (weather permitting) to have a snack, play and burn off some steam.
The camps are not solely about chess as we encourage activities for children to make new friends and learn what it means to be a good sportsman; something we encourage them to use in all aspects of life.
The final day of camp ends with an award ceremony for the winners of the tournament held over the week, as well as awards for best sportsman and most improved.
In 2014 we started the yearly award- The Perpetual Chess Trophy- to the child who has won most camp tournaments, the more camps you attend the higher chance you have of winning it!
Wallace Chess Grand Prix
The winner of 2024:
Arvin
Previous winners:
2022/2023 – Arvin
2021/2022 – Arjun
2020/2021 – Geo
2019/2020 – Edison
2018/2019 – Jonathan
2017/2018 – Emilio
2016/2017 – Emilio
2015/2016 – Aran
2014/2015 – Alex
The Wallace Chess Grand Prix started in 2014
How it works:
Every time you play one of our holiday camps – full week attendance required – and make it into one of the top 10 places you receive Grand Prix points. 10 points for 1st place down to 1 point for 10th place. At the end of the year the player with the most points wins.
What do you win?
Along with the honor and the glory the Winner receives a fine trophy to keep, as well as having his or her name engraved on this ultra special solid silver perpetual Trophy!