Registration now open for Chess Summer Camps – Options in Brookfield, Fond du Lac, Glendale, Grafton, Greenfield, Hartford, Kohler, Milwaukee, New Berlin, Oak Creek, Sussex, Wauwatosa, & West Bend.
WSCF has twenty one camps scheduled for this summer beginning with the first week camps with the Nicolet and Sussex Recreation departments. Registrations for each of the camps are via the recreation departments and you can find the complete list of camps and links to those recreation departments here:
June 15 – 19
Nicolet Recreation Department, Monday – Thursday (4 days), 9a – noon
Village of Sussex Recreation, Monday – Friday, 9a – noon
June 22 – 26
Hartford Parks and Rec & Slinger Parks and Rec, Mon – Fri, 9a – noon
MKE REC (Riverside High School), Mon – Thu (4 days), 9a – noon
West Bend Parks and Rec, Monday – Friday, 9:15a – 12:15p
Jun 29-Jul 2
WSCF Intermediate Camp – Milwaukee’s Old Guard Games 10a – 1p
WSCF Advanced Camp – Milwaukee’s Old Guard Games 1:30p – 4:30p
July 6 – 10
Village of Sussex Recreation, Monday – Friday, 9a-noon
New Berlin Recreation, Monday – Friday, 9a – noon
July 13 -17
Fond du Lac School District Rec, Monday – Friday, 9a-noon
Oak Creek Rec & South Milwaukee Rec, Monday – Friday, 9a-noon
Wauwatosa Recreation Department, Monday – Friday, 9a-noon
July 20 – 24
Greenfield Recreation, Monday – Friday, 9a – noon
City of West Bend Recreation Monday – Friday, 9:15a – 12:15p
July 27 – 31
Brookfield Recreation, Monday – Friday, 9a – noon
Grafton Recreation, Monday – Friday, 9a – noon
Aug 3 – 7
Hartford Parks and Rec/Slinger Parks and Rec, Mon – Fri, 9a – noon
Kohler Recreation Department, Monday – Friday, 9a – noon
Aug 10 – 14
Nicolet Recreation Department, Monday – Thursday (4 days), 9a – noon
Oak Creek Rec & South Milwaukee Rec, Monday – Friday, 9a-noon
Aug 17 – 21
Brookfield Recreation, Monday – Friday, 9a – noon
There will be two specialty camps. These are for students who have been to our regular camps more than once and who have trophied. The camps, Intermediate and Advanced, will both be the week of June 29th and take place in the Old Guard Games meeting room behind Valentine Coffee. Please follow these links to see the description of these camps:
In all of the camps instructors will focus on the mastery of skills regarding checkmates, tactics, openings and endings. Each camp will have a Swiss style tournament with trophies to the top three and medals to all. Students are certainly encouraged to attend more than one camp if interested.
The prices for these camps vary according to the recreation department and most camp are three hours each day for five days Monday through Friday. Again, please register! WSCF has scheduled twenty camps for this summer, beginning with initial week camps in collaboration with the Nicolet and Sussex Recreation Departments. Registration for each camp is managed through the respective recreation departments; a complete list of camps and links to these departments can be found here: WSCF Summer 2026 – Chess Camp Schedule.
Register for these camps via the recreation department. The exception for registration is with the intermediate camps and advance camps where registration will be on the WSCF website.
In addition to camps in Glendale and Sussex, sessions will be held in Hartford, West Bend, Milwaukee Riverside, New Berlin, Fond du Lac, Oak Creek, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Brookfield, Grafton, and Kohler. Multiple camps spanning two weeks are available in Hartford-Slinger, Nicolet, Oak Creek, Brookfield, West Bend, and Sussex.
Two specialty camps—Intermediate and Advanced—are provided for students who have attended regular camps multiple times and have earned trophies. Both specialty camps will take place during the week of June 29th at the Old Guard Games meeting room, located behind Valentine Coffee. For further descriptions of these camps, please follow these links:
https://www.wisconsinscholasticchess.org/events/wscf-intermediate-camp/
https://www.wisconsinscholasticchess.org/events/wscf-advanced-camp/
All camp instructors will emphasize skill mastery in areas such as checkmates, tactics, openings, and endgames. Each camp will feature a Swiss-style tournament, awarding trophies to the top three participants and medals to all attendees. Students are welcome to participate in more than one camp if desired.
Camp pricing varies by recreation department, and most sessions run three hours daily, Monday through Friday, for five days. Please register via the appropriate recreation department, except for the Intermediate and Advanced camps, which require registration on the WSCF website.
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