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National2025
Khalel Davy
Jamaica U10 National Champion
- Undefeated 8/8, Classical Marathon
- 2nd, U10 section, CIM Rapid 2024
♞Saturday chess club · Ages 3–16 · Kingston
Little minds.
Big moves.
Fun Saturday chess classes with Coach Melisha Smith (WCM), plus swimming, karate, robotics, music and reading. Total beginners welcome from age 3.
Home of Jamaica's 2025 U10 and U8 Girls' national champions
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3–16Ages welcome
Make a moveMake friendsWin trophiesSplash in the poolBuild robots
A Saturday with us
Chess at the heart of the morning, then a little of everything else.
9 AMChess class
11 AMRobotics & coding
Hi-ya!Discipline, respect and self-control on the mat.
12 PMKarate
1 PMSwimming
Music and our reading program (ages 4–10) run on Saturdays too.
Why chess
Why parents choose chess
It quietly builds the habits every parent hopes for, and kids are having too much fun to notice.
Focus
One game asks for more calm attention than most homework.
Thinking ahead
Kids learn to plan, weigh choices and picture what happens next.
Bouncing back
Every game ends with a handshake. A loss becomes a lesson.
Confidence
Beating a grown-up across the board is a feeling they never forget.
Real students · real trophies
Champions start here
Jamaica's 2025 U10 and U8 Girls' national champions train with us, and most of them started as total beginners.
2National champions in 2025
8Students at the Pan-American Youth Championships
5/5Perfect scores at Chess in the City
3–16Ages welcome, beginners included
As featured in The Gleaner and TVJ's Smile Jamaica
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National2025
Je'Nasiya Mais
Jamaica U8 Girls' National Champion
- U8 silver, CAC Youth Festival, Puerto Rico
- Pan-American Youth Championships team
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Joelston Allen
1st place, Chess in the City
- Perfect 5/5 score
- Selected for Costa Rica
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International2025
Noelle Noble
Blitz bronze, CAC Youth Festival
- Perfect 5/5, Chess in the City
- Pan-American Youth Championships team
Parents ask. We answer.
“My child has never played. Is that okay?”
Absolutely. Most of our champions started as beginners. Classes are grouped by level, so every child feels at home.
“How young can they start?”
From age 3. Little ones learn through stories, games and piece puzzles; older kids train for tournaments.
“Who looks after them all day?”
Our coaches supervise every class on one safe campus, from morning drop-off to afternoon pick-up.
“What about lunch?”
Lunch is served on site: patty, nuggets & fries, rice & peas and chicken, or send a packed lunch.
We make ordinary, extra-ordinary.
Every child who sits at our boards leaves sharper, kinder and more confident than they arrived. That's our promise to you.
☀Summer camp · July
Summer Chess Xplosion
Monday – Friday · 9am – 4pm · Ages 3 – 16
Chess, games and new friends all summer, with Friday Fiestas: tournaments, field trips and movie days.
ChessRoboticsSwimmingArt & craftBadmintonKarate
Join the summer listNow registering for Saturdays
Your child's first move starts here.
Spaces are limited each term. Registration takes five minutes online.
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