Thrilling Summer Camp 2022

Well this was probably our best camp ever! A good mix between activities, chess theory, coaching, tournament games, Kendama workshop and happy birthday celebration. TBCC's thrilling summer chess camp held on July 23, 2022 was small as we had several last minute cancellations due to COVID-19 related matters, but so much fun! With 2 coaches for 9 kids everyone was able to get lots of individual attention and form some really great connections.  Whether your child is a beginner (Group B) or an intermediate player (Group A), this chess camp is designed to be the perfect place to learn, develop new skills, and explore new (and fun!) challenges. 

As always, Group A gathered the most kids - 5 young and talented chess players, led by Camp Director - CM Alex Averbukh, who put a tremendous amount of effort into the camp. There were 4 players in Group A, the strongest (based on results of the assessment in the morning)  topic was perhaps one of the most practical of Group A in the camp: the importance of understanding theoretical moves in some endgames positions and how to improve imagination, creative thinking, which a all new to campers.

5 players in Group B were extremely focused and concentrated during the camp, led by Tornike Sreseli, and therefore showed amazing results.  Tokyo bilingual Chess Club has donated a portion of the profit from the chess camp and scholastic tournaments as well as your thankful donations to the Ishinomaki Children's Newspaper. It is a newspaper reporting on Ishinomaki today, written by the children of the town, where was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The birthday party was held for a young female player turning 10 on July 15th.  Crispy Cream donuts and juice were provided to everybody with a happy birthday song.  May all your dreams come to pass, Nina! 

CM Alex's Kendama Workshop is sure to be one to look forward to! Kendama is a Japanese heritage and sport which must be passed on to the next generation. CM Alex was so creative to run the chess & Kendama collaborated into the mini tournament. Good job, young players!

We hope that every player goes home feeling like a winner!  Once again, thank you to all who participated and everyone for supporting our programs! Stay tuned for the Polar Ice Scholastic Tournament on August 27th, 2022 (Sat)!

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