Boylston Summer Clinic Program for 2025
The Boylston Chess Club is delighted to announce its 2025 schedule for Summer Chess Clinics, featuring NM Ryan Young.
Dates
- Week 1: July 7 - July 11, 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Week 2: July 14 - July 18, 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Week 3: August 4 - August 8, 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Week 4: August 11 - August 15, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Details
The summer clinics are aimed at students from age 7 up to high school. The clinics are all open to chess beginners as well as experienced players. Students will have opportunities to learn from their own games, play practice games against similarly-rated students, receive personal instruction from local masters, and meet fellow chess enthusiasts in the Boston area.
Price
Full Day: $625 per week
Half Day: $350 per week
Single Day: $125
An early bird registration discount of $75 (from the $625 full day price) is available until June 1st.
Daily Schedule
- 9am - 12pm Morning Instruction
- 12pm - 1pm Lunch & Free Play
- 1pm - 4pm Afternoon Instruction
Please pack a lunch as food will not be provided
Half day attendance from either 9am - 12:30pm or 12:30pm - 4pm is also an option for students with other conflicts during the week.
Activities
- Simuls against titled players
- Puzzle solving and composition
- Team Chess Games
- Tournament style games
- Game Analysis
- Memory Challenges
- Visualization Drills
- Variant Tournaments
- Group Lessons
- Free Play
Core Group Curriculum
- Core Group Curriculum
- Rules of Chess
- Elementary Checkmates (K+Q vs K, etc)
- Drawing Rules
- Opening Principles
- Basic Tactics (Forks, Pins, Skewers, etc)
- Thinking Techniques
- How to make a plan
- Endgame Principles
Advanced Group Curriculum
- Techniques in Calculation
- Building an Opening repertoire
- Endgame Fundamentals (King and Pawn and Rook and Pawn focused)
- Middlegame Pawn Breaks
- Battle of Knights and Bishops
- Positional Evaluation and Planning
- Mastering Attack and Defense
- How to analyze your own games
About the instructor
Ryan Young is a National Master with 15 years of coaching experience. He has worked with both young players and adult improvers. For the first half of his career, he has worked at the Chess Club of Fairfield County in the roles of club manager, tournament director, private and group instructor as well as a coach for teams competing in the Super Nationals. Now he coaches private lessons both online and in person in the Greater Boston area. Ryan earned his title in 2017 with a peak rating of 2220.
