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It is time of the year again for: 2016 Summer Chess Camp with GM Bator Sambuev, FM Danny Goldenberg and myself. :)
Place: Erindale United Church, 1444 Dundas Cr, Mississauga, L5C 1E9 from
Dates: Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26.
Times: From 9am to 5 pm daily.
Lunch: 12:00 to 13:00 daily.
Prices will be published soon!
Info: If you have any questions or would like to pre-register send email to: mikhailegorov@gmail.com
Mikhail
Last edited by Mikhail Egorov; Tuesday, 26th July, 2016, 01:53 PM.
Re: 2016 SUMMER CHESS CAMP VOLUME 4 EDITION is here!
Here is detailed information for 2016 Summer Chess Camp!
Inscription:
* $350.00 for 1 week (or $100 per day)
Discount:
* $100.00 (or $25.00 per day), if payed by August 7
* $50.00 (or $15.00 per day), if payed by August 14
* 10% discount for additional family member
* Extra $20.00 on-site inscription
Schedule:
* 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
* Morning-homework, practice, lectures
* Lunch-from 12:00 to 1:00
* Afternoon-Tactics/Studies, Middlegame/Endgame, Tournaments/Simultaneous
REGISTRATION:
* To pre-register please send email to mikhailegorov@gmail.com
* Please send cheques to address: 3388 Mikalda Road, Burlington, ON, L7M0J8
NOTE:
* All you need to do to pre-register and avoid late fees is send an email by August 7th. Cheques don't have to necessarily be payed by August 7th.
Pre-register list will be posted soon.
Last edited by Mikhail Egorov; Tuesday, 2nd August, 2016, 11:20 AM.
Re: 2016 SUMMER CHESS CAMP VOLUME 4 EDITION is here!
Hello everyone!
Registrations start filling in fast. Do now miss your chance for early bird $100.00 discount. :)
Summer Camp will be lead by 3 instructors:
IGM Bator Sambuev, FM/FIDE arbiter Danny Goldenberg and myself!
Below is a pre-registered list so far:
NAME..........................CFC
Eugene Hua.................2263
Nicholas Vettesse.........2252
Benito Syria................1967
Michelle Hua...............1039
Christopher Xiang........1016
David (Ziye) Wang.......813
Michael Yu
Last edited by Mikhail Egorov; Thursday, 4th August, 2016, 02:00 PM.
Trying to understand this. Will it be a review of done homework from a previous day or receiving homework for future.
My 2 cents: try to finalize details in spring maybe even late winter when most parents start booking kids' activities for whole summer. Moms are not chess players, they really plan and register in advance.
Trying to understand this. Will it be a review of done homework from a previous day or receiving homework for future.
Hi Egidijus,
Kids will actually will be working on homework. It will be provided to them in form of booklet. They will be working on it for duration of camp. Kids will able to work on homework in the morning, and they can continue working on homework at home as well. Hopefully we answered your question. :)
2 cents: try to finalize details in spring maybe even late winter when most parents start booking kids' activities for whole summer. Moms are not chess players, they really plan and register in advance.
That was actually the plan. For first three years we finalized our camp dates by spring. Our goal was to try to organize our camp before CYCC. This year it was different, because last day of school in 2016 was Thursday, June 30th and 2016 CYCC started on Tuesday, July 5th. It didn't give us enough time to organize camp before CYCC. We couldn't organize one in July as all of us had busy schedule and couldn’t book time off of our busy schedules. Next year we will definitely be trying advertising by early spring. Thank you for your concern and input. It is much appreciated!
Last edited by Mikhail Egorov; Thursday, 4th August, 2016, 05:17 PM.
Re: 2016 SUMMER CHESS CAMP VOLUME 4 EDITION is here!
Here is updated pre-registered list:
NAME..........................CFC
Eugene Hua.................2263
Nicholas Vettesse.........2252
Benito Syria................1967
Henry Xianrui Zhang....1315
Henry Liu...................1208
Michelle Hua...............1039
Christopher Xiang........1016
David (Ziye) Wang.......813
Michael Yu
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