Join us for the adventure of chess! Sunday, June 26, 2011. Summer camps at Sibun- July 2011. PROBLEM SOLVING and much more fun at the camp! Chess and art camps are taking place at the same time. The theme for these summer camps is Problem Solving, so in addition to chess and art instruction there are a lot of activities that require participants to solve various tasks together as a team.

Grand Master Maurice Ashley returns to Belize. Holiday national tournament in Belmopan. In 2009, he came to Belize as an international celebrity, and left Belize as our Ultimate Chess Player- a true role model for children and adults. Since then he has been back to Belize 6 times, volunteering his time and skills to training, camps various BNYCF events.

Sunday, May 19, 2013. The theme was enhanced with posters donated from the Belize Zoo, these gave examples of endangered wildlife and why we should not keep animals caged. The following pictures give some idea of the colourful spectacle that was the Olympiad 2013. For chess results please see separate page, from home page, labelled Olympiad 2013. One of the East Cayo teams in full wildlife dress.

Chess is a great educational tool as well as a life-long adventure. Grand Master Ashley in Belize. We use chess as a motivation and educational tool to teach children how to THINK. We use chess to teach LIFE SKILLS. For the schedule of the current events,.

Sunday, November 22, 2009. SCARE YOUR FEARs AWAY WITH CHESS. It was a lot of fun, but what was even more amazing to see that for the actual games all the players were able to concentrate and focus, even though just few minutes before that they were screaming in the HORROR Tunnel, which was leading to the check-in desk.

Our Ultimate Chess Player GM Maurice Ashley. Did the game save my life? These words may be too strong. But chess so informed and influenced everything about my life that I can say, without exaggeration, that I would not be the person I am today had it not been for this ancient game. It was an amazing experience, believe me! It was incredible to see 325 people in the audience who came that day to the event from all over the country . T he audience had a chance to fol.

Monday, October 6, 2008. Samples of chess poems and songs. To enlarge the images just click on it. Chess Board Puzzle by Emil Pulido, Belmopan. The following poems are written by Nathan Goldberg, NY. Belize National Youth Chess Foundation, affiliated with BCF.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Level 2 training in Cayo. It was a great event, we had h6 participants, kids and teachers and even a principal of a school came to level 2 training. Very productive and fun at the same time. Training was conducted for teachers, future coaches as well as for the children, who will be assisting in the process of starting new clubs in their schools. Guest coach from Toledo, Jose Teul, and one of his coaches,joined us. Thank you for coming all the way from Toledo! US Collegiate Cha.

Thursday, January 24, 2013. Corozal and Toledo Christmas Cultural Exchange, Wildlife awareness through Chess. The first of its kind program went through successfully through the coordination of Mr. December 2012 with ten Players and.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Nia- 1st place in her section. Julisha - 1st place in her section. Ashley- 2nd place in her section. Kaalon Augustine and Juan Manjivar. Michael Gomez and Jose Reyes. Julisha Pop, Pablo Cawich and Jeremy Chiang. Special thanks to all the parents who came to assist with the tournament! Special Thanks to Alma Gomez for doing the fundraising snacks to cover the cost of the tournament space! East Cayo Qualification Tournament 2013.