A healthy lifestyle includes physical and mental fitness. Since 2018, Orangutan Chess Academy has helped students improve mental fitness with chess and STEAM education. Chess improves memory, concentration, foresight, math, reading, creativity, and problem-solving skills. STEAM includes science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics.
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We specialize in beginner and intermediate-level chess players. We teach dozens of ways to play chess from around the world (Chess Variants), including Antichess, Atomic, Bughouse, California, Chaturanga, Chaturaji, Chess960, Duck, Four-Player, Horde, Racing Kings, Shogi, Spell, Three-Check, Xiangqi, and more. We also help students to create their own Chess Variants! If a student is interested in participating in chess tournaments, then we help them to prepare. In 2024, we taught the #15 ranked Elementary Chess Tournament Team in Washington State. We had twenty-six (26) students qualify for the Washington State Elementary and Middle School Championships, with thirteen (13) winning trophies ("state champs")!
About OCA
In Spring 2024, we moved to a new permanent location within the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle, where we offer After-School Clubs, Break Camps, Summer Camps in Science • Technology • Engineering • Art • Mathematics (STEAM), Friday Game Nights, Parent's Night Out, Friday Night STEAM talks, Community Gaming Open Houses, building rentals (for homeschools, educational events, and birthday parties), PTSA/Educational Meeting Space (for reservation), and guided tours of Green Lake Park with our resident expert in Green Lake plants, animals, and ecology.