SCF Chess Courses

Registration for our Holiday Intensive Chess Camps are now open. Please see our course calendar below for more information on the upcoming courses. New students are required to sign up for an evaluation session first, except for those signing up for Beginner course.

Please refer to the “Training and Courses” page for instructions on how to register and make payment.

Course Calendar

Please note that these dates are tentative, the SCF reserves the right to amend the course date at any time. Registration for courses will open 1 month before course commencement.

Q1 2025

January – March course dates are now available.

Chess Courses Overview

SCF offers the following fundamental chess courses:

• Ultra Young (5-6 years old)
• Grade 1: Beginner (>6 years old)
• Grade 2: Elementary
• Grade 3: Intermediate
• Grade 4: Developmental
• Grade 5: SCF Junior Preparatory Squad

The regular quarterly Chess Courses consists of 8 weekly lessons. While the Holiday Intensive Chess consist of 5 consecutive days lessons. They are split into various time slots.

SCF also offers the following National Junior Squads chess courses:

• SCF National Junior Development Squad (NJDS)
• SCF National Junior High Performance Intermediate Squad (HPI)
• SCF National Junior High Performance Squad (HP)

Registration for the National Junior Squads chess courses are based on qualifying events. Here are some of the qualifying events:

• National Schools Individual Championships (NSI) – March 2025
• National Age Group Championships (NAG) – TBA

For more information on the National Junior Squads, please click here.