Brooklyn students sharpen chess skills over the summer
Two hundred city kids are sharpening their chess skills — and their academics — this summer by attending Chess-in-the-Schools summer camp.
The after-school and summer programs have helped transform Brooklyn into a chess powerhouse, and have improved kids’ school performance and thinking skills as well.
In Brooklyn, the Chess-in-the-Schools summer camp takes place at P.S. 503 in Sunset Park, a Title 1 school where half the students are just learning English. In spite of these obstacles, the P.S. 503 team took home a first-place trophy from the United States Chess Federation’s National Elementary Championship in May, beating older students.