These people are a joke. The stuff they teach at their school program is just the basics. If your child wants to learn more than the beginner type stuff you are going to drive and fork out a lot of $$$. To play in their tournaments you have to pay for a membership you can not use anywhere else (they do not have USCF rated tournaments like the rest of the country.) We have discovered life outside Chess Emporium and it is a better place to be. There are lots of other choices for chess in the Valley - and they are all far superior to these folks. Check out AZ Chess Central - they know what they are doing when it comes to kids & chess.
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