Chess4Life Afterschool Chess Classes, at your child's school, provide a great opportunity for your child to do better in school. Chess is one of the best secrets of how to improve one's mind academically.

The following link is an excellent article on the history of chess and several ways it can impact your life positively. Why Chess?

Pros: No travel necessary to get to chess class, low cost as compared to Private Lessons, camaraderie with school team-mates, be part of the school chess team, opportunity to practice with friends at school!
Cons: Not as individualized progress tracking as in one of our Chess4Life Premium Center Classes in Bellevue, Issaquah, Redmond, Seattle or Sound Sound.

When: Immediately after school (in some cases morning programs are before school).

Size of Class: Typically 15 students per coach. For large classes, multiple Chess4Life coaches are brought in to keep a good ratio of student/coach.

Levels Taught: Beginner through National Champion. As class size grows, students are divided into skill and sometimes age groups in order to ensure each student is receiving appropriate skill level instruction.

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School information is added as details are finalized for the class."

Looking to bring chess to your school?

Fill out the New School Request Form

The Format of School chess classes is:

• Check-in
• Practice
• Review of Previous Lesson(s)
• Introduction to new learning material
• Practice new material
• Challenge games with other students
• Clean-up
• Checkout

As part of Chess4Life's commitment to safety, please click the following link to review the pickup policy Chess4Life has instituted: 

Afterschool Enrichment Chess Class Late Pickup Policy.

Parental involment is recommended and encouraged, but not required. Parent volunteers help to coordiante the school chess team attending tournaments (from "Beginners" to "State Qualifiers" and sometimes "Nationals"). Volunteers assist with classroom management, and/or help with communication/promotion within the school. This greatly helps to ensure a strong school chess club and we greatly appreciate their time and support.

 If registration is full Join the Wait List.