Wednesday Afterschool Chess at West Portal Elementary Fall 2025

  • Chess
West Portal Elementary: 5 Lenox Way, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA
Sep 03 2025
Dec 10 2025
Chess Tuition
$325.00 USD
  1. Wed1:00 - 2:00 pm

Description

The Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club, founded in 1854, is excited to return for another year of chess at West Portal Elementary.

Through the power of play, we give children a tool to make friends from diverse backgrounds, practice making and achieving long-term strategic plans, and prove to themselves that they are powerful, smart, and capable regardless of their background.

In this class, we will focus on how the pieces move and their relative values, basic checkmate patterns, and eliminating common beginner mistakes. 

 

No class 11/19, or 11/26.

Class dates

09/03/2025, 09/10/2025, 09/17/2025, 09/24/2025, 10/01/2025, 10/08/2025, 10/15/2025, 10/22/2025, 10/29/2025, 11/05/2025, 11/12/2025, 11/19/2025, 11/26/2025, 12/03/2025, 12/10/2025

Restrictions

Participants must be entering grades kindergarten.

Program enrollment capacity

Minimum: 4

Maximum: 36

Registration period

Registration starts on 08/25/2025 and ends on 09/16/2025.

In-person location

West Portal Elementary: 5 Lenox Way, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA