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Chess Camp
June 27, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
A three-day study of strategy, calculations, endgames and more!
June 27, 28 and 29
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Phil Cline YMCA, 917 Ninth St., Huntington, WV 25701
Ages 12-18
Limited to 20 students
$100 per student, non-refundable
Please bring a bag lunch, water, chess board and clock.
Snacks will be provided mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
Contact HuntingtonChess@gmail.com for registration and payment
information.
Sponsored by the Huntington YMCA, Camden Park and Dan O’Hanlon.
Dariusz Świercz is a Polish-American chess Grandmaster. He earned his grandmaster title at the age of 14 years and 7 months in 2009. In 2011, Świercz won World Junior Chess Championship. In 2016 he won the 3rd Millionaire Chess. He represented the United States in World Team Championships 2019 and in the 2021 Online Olympiad, in which the US won a silver medal. His elite chess skill earned him a wildcard spot in the prestigious 2021 Sinquefield Cup. He is currently a student at Saint Louis University and plays on the school chess team, with which he won the 2022 Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championships and 2022 Final Four
