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2025 Mid-South Chess Camp

June 8-13, 2025
Memphis University School
6191 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38119

Open House – June 8
Camp – June 9-13
Tournament – June 13

All Ages · All Levels
Game Analysis
Positional Play
Endgame Study
and of course
Loads of Fun!

Coaches Include: Grandmaster Joel Benjamin, International Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon, International Master Alex Velakanov, Women’s International Master Michelle Catherina, NM Nolan Hendrickson, Expert Jennie Liu, Michael Robertson, Dr. Andre Duvall, Adam Johnson, and more to be announced.

For more information and to register: www.midsouthchess.com or call 901-494-2526!

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2024 Mid-South Chess Camp
June 16-21, 2024
Memphis University School
6191 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38119

Open House – June 16
Camp – June 17-21
Tournament – June 21

All Ages · All Levels
Game Analysis
Positional Play
Endgame Study
and of course
Loads of Fun!

Coaches Include: Grandmaster Joel Benjamin, Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon, Women’s Grandmaster Anna Sharevich, International Master Alex Velakanov, NM Nolan Hendrickson, Expert Jennie Liu, Eli Bauman, Michael Robertson, and Dr. Andre Duvall.

For more information check out our website www.MidSouthChess.Com or call 901.494.2526!

Premier Summer Chess Camp Returns to Memphis! All Levels – All Ages -All Grades!

Join us from June 18- 24, 2023, for the 21st Annual Mid-South Summer Chess Camp – The Premier Chess Camp of the South – All Ages, All Levels! This camp is centrally located in Memphis, TN, on the beautiful campus of Memphis University School, 6191 Park Ave. The camp, founded by GM Alexander Stripunsky and IM Jake Kleiman, will feature coaches GM Joel Benjamin, IM elect Alex Velikanov, NM Nolan Hendrickson, and more. These instructors represent years of extensive, successful chess coaching and are considered among the best in the country.

Registration now open!

A Big Summer Greeting to All Mid-South Chess Students

This is the Summer Chess Camp we have told you about. This is the Premier Chess Camp of the South. Read all about this enticing camp. This is truly the best chess camp to attend this summer. Learn, engage, and have fun doing it. Check out the link below and be part of the excitement!

Register Online today!

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2023 Mid-South Chess Camp
June 18-24, 2023
Memphis University School
6191 Park Ave, Memphis, Tn 38119

Open House – June 18
Camp – June 19-23
Tournament – June 24

All Ages · All Levels
Game Analysis
Positional Play
Endgame Study
and of course
Loads of Fun!

For more information check out our website www.MidSouthChess.Com or call 901.494.2526!

Premier Summer Chess Camp Returns to Memphis! All Levels – All Ages -All Grades!

Join us from June 19- 25, 2022, for the 20th Annual Mid-South Summer Chess Camp – The Premier Chess Camp of the South – All Ages, All Levels! This camp is centrally located in Memphis, TN, on the beautiful campus of Memphis University School, 6191 Park Ave. The camp, founded by GM Alexander Stripunsky and IM Jake Kleiman, will feature coaches GM Joel Benjamin, WGM Dorsa Derakhshani, IM elect Alex Velikanov, NM Nolan Hendrickson, and more. These instructors represent years of extensive, successful chess coaching and are considered among the best in the country.

Registration now open!

A Big Summer Greeting to All Mid-South Chess Students

This is the Summer Chess Camp we have told you about. This is the Premier Chess Camp of the South. Read all about this enticing camp. This is truly the best chess camp to attend this summer. Learn, engage, and have fun doing it. Check out the link below and be part of the excitement!

Register Online today!

Save the Date!

2022 Mid-South Chess Camp
June 19-25, 2022
Memphis University School
6191 Park Ave, Memphis, Tn 38119

All Ages · All Levels
Game Analysis
Positional Play
Endgame Study
and of course
Loads of Fun!

For more information check out our website www.MidSouthChess.Com or call 901.494.2526!

Mid-South Chess is pleased to announce our After-School Chess Programs are starting up again in person this August or September depending on when your school opens.

If you would like more information on your sch0ol program call us at 901.494.2526 or email us at midsouthchess@hotmail.com.

COVID-19 restrictions are relaxing.  We are following school mandates and are now planning to start in-person chess clubs in all our schools. Mid-South Chess is dedicated to providing the best coaching available to each of its schools.

Our coaches provide chess instruction, supervised play, and chess development to every student in every one of our programs. We assign enough coaches to each school to have small groups gathered into age and level appropriate sections. Student safety is number one with us and our director makes sure each program is well- supervised.

Our programs are structured to be fun, educational, and develop to the best of each student’s ability their chess skills. We also promote attendance at local, regional, and national tournaments along with attending a local county wide free chess club, Friday Knights Chess Club. Mid-South Chess is proud to say we promote Chess as an Art, a Science, and a Sport.