We make ordinary,
extra-ordinary.
Chess in Motion Academy is a Kingston chess school where children build focus, confidence and friendships, one move at a time.
A chess school that feels like a family
Every Saturday, children from across Kingston meet at Holy Childhood High School to learn chess with coaches who love the game. Around the board they swim, build robots, practise karate, make music and read.
Some come for fun. Some go on to win national titles and represent Jamaica abroad. All of them leave sharper, kinder and more confident than they arrived.
WCM Melisha Smith
A FIDE-titled Woman Candidate Master and the founder of Chess in Motion Academy. Melisha coaches Jamaica's youngest national champions and leads academy teams to the CAC and Pan-American youth championships.
“We make ordinary, extra-ordinary.”
Four things we never skip
Fun first
Every child welcome
Respect
Compete with heart
Holy Childhood High School
9 Skibo Avenue, Kingston 10. Classes run in the school's halls and pool, with lunch served on site.