Christmass Chess camp in London 2025

Chess camps in London! Unique to Wallace Chess are our extremely popular holiday chess camps which we run throughout the year. We welcome children aged 4-16, from complete beginners, intermediate to advanced players. We now offer both full and half days of camp: Full day 9am-4pm Half day 9am-1pm FULL WEEK BOOKINGS ONLY! Our camps run from Monday to Thursday (except bank holidays, then we run Tuesday-Friday) of all school holidays. They have proved to be an extremely fun week of chess that enables children’s learning of the game immensely. During the morning session from 9am-1pm we run a friendly tournament throughout the week and in between rounds the children will solve chess puzzles, listen to short lectures, learn about end games, strategies and tactics, learn how to play with chess clocks and how to notate etc. We will have a lunch break at 11am (please bring a packed lunch and a bottle of water, and if you are staying for the full day bring an additional snack for the afternoon break). In the afternoon session from 1-4pm we will do chess arts & crafts, read chess stories, play fun games like bomb chess, hand & brain etc. Then we will take a nice break outdoors (weather permitting) to have a snack, play and burn off some steam. The camps are not solely about chess as we encourage activities for children to make new friends and learn what it means to be a good sportsman; something we encourage them to use in all aspects of life. The final day of camp ends with an award ceremony for the winners of the tournament held over the week, as well as awards for best sportsman and most improved. In 2014 we started the yearly award- The Perpetual Chess Trophy- to the child who has won most camp tournaments, the more camps you attend the higher chance you have of winning it!