2025 Summer Camp Dates:

  • June 17-20, 9 a.m.–Noon or 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
  • July 8-11, 9 a.m.–Noon or 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
  • Aug. 5-8, 9 a.m.–Noon or 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Camper Ages: 5-15

Tuition:

  • Full day (9 a.m.–4 p.m.): $450 ($375 before May 1)
  • Morning only (9 a.m.–Noon): $250 ($200 before May 1)

Get Smart! Play Chess!

The SPICE Chess Summer Camp is a fun way to introduce chess to newcomers of the game, as well as deepen the understanding of the game for intermediate or advanced players.

All instructors are members of the SPICE team (including GMs) and will teach based on Susan Polgar’s world-class curriculum.

Food and Snacks: Snacks will be provided. Students should bring their own lunch.

Table of four young chess players with two chess boards in play
Group of young chess players at table with coach showing strategies on display chess board
Young girl playing chess at camp
Group of young chess players at set of tables shaped in a U with coach showing strategies on display chess board

How to Apply

Please register online or send registration form and payment to: Webster University SPICE, 470 East Lockwood Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63119.

REGISTER FOR Chess CAMP

Tuition

The enrollment fee for camp is $450 for full-day camp and $250 for mornings-only camp.

Online Payment for Chess Camp

Contact Us

For more information, email Annastasia Wyzywany at awyzywany@webster.edu or call 314-246-8075.

If necessary, SPICE reserves the right to close registration when full or cancel the class for any reason.

 

Camp Facility

SPICE's mission is to be a leader in promoting chess as a vehicle for enriching the education of children; be a leader in promoting women’s chess; recruit outstanding students to the University; earn national and international recognition for the University; support and promote competitive chess at the college level; and to support our nation’s most elite chess program.

Front facade of Luhr Library building

Luhr Building

Front facade of Luhr Library building

The Webster University SPICE Chess Team is located on East Lockwood Avenue in the Luhr Building across the road from the Winifred Moore Auditorium on the Webster Groves campus.

455 East Lockwood Ave.
Webster Groves, MO 63119