Chess Emporium, Scottsdale AZ

We ABSOLUTELY LOVE this place. Our oldest son played back in 2009-2012. His game level improved and he gained a stellar capacity to create a strategy when playing. He loved it! I claim that his ACT score of 34/36 was due to chess playing.years later my youngest son is now playing he is a beginner but we can wait for a long term stay with our old chess friends. Chess is a gift we love sharing with our children. CAN'T WAIT TO BE BACK!

I was a student in 3rd grade, and when I was 16 years old I received a postcard from the owner inviting former students to work part time doing data input and clerical work. There were a lot of good people there, and I enjoyed instruction. However, I was asked to stay and complete tasks until they were finished, sometimes late into the night (11pm) and was not paid for those hours, or given overtime. I wish I had the presence of mind at the time to report the company to the Arizona Labor board for serious violations. While it is probably too late now, it did happen, and it was against the law. If your children are interested in Chess, that is great hopefully they continue.

I worked at Chessemporium from 2012 to 2017, started as a chess coach, but after a year of hard work, I had the opportunity to be a chess coach and also, increase and develop other skills, here you can do so much if you want to grow: Tournament Director, Google Analytics, Marketing, Sales, Accountant, Liaison, Web Developer) thanks Scott Freneaux for the trust and guidance. I strongly recommend others to join this awesome family, and benefit form this safe, and fun environment that Chessemporium offers to many children in Arizona.

Son joined chess club at school with minimal chess knowledge. He loves chess club. We've done Friday night and Saturday tournaments-great experience learning sportsmanship for my young son. The coaches all seem very nice and knowledgeable.

Scott and the team at the Chess Emporium are doing everything they can to make the world a better place, be that: private lessons for one student, a group class/camp, or an after-school chess club.
Their passion for instilling virtue in each and every lesson cannot be denied, they sincerely care about chess and its benefits to the individual that studies.
A truly worthy cause.

We Chess Emporium! The coaches are excellent and very friendly. Their web-based system for managing tournament and class schedules is very convenient. Their system for instruction makes it super easy for the kids to learn the concepts and apply them in real games. The tournaments (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday) are usually very challenging and provide a great opportunity for kids of any skill level to practice their skills and progress in their ratings.

These guys are great. Both my sons are into chess and they love coming here to play.

Most recently my son attended Summer Camp and kept asking us to come back.

My older son, sho is now a computer science major at USC, LOVED this place and the coaches here - it gave him a life-long love of chess and math and he still uses those skills to this day. He also got a perfect score on his Math SAT; no accident after growing up playing chess since the age of 5?

And now this summer my younger son, who is 8 yrs old, has been attending summer camp at Chess Emporium and he loves it even more than he loved the after school program at his school, which was a lot!