Summer Event Summary

Summer Open Youth 6th-12th Strategy Gaming at the Shoreview Library – No Registration Needed, Some Age Restrictions 6th-12th Fall Grade Levels                                                                                                                                 Monday 1pm-5pm; June 27th. Thursday 1pm-5pm; July 7th. Monday 1pm-5pm; August 22nd.

Open Youth “Chess in the Park” – Pre-Registration Available, but not Required, Some Age Restrictions 1st-12th Fall Grade Levels.                                                                                                                                                                                       Fridays 9am-Noon; July 15th Shoreview, August 19th Vadnais Heights, & Saturday September 17th Roseville.

Summer Open Challenge Chess at the White Bear Lake Library – No Registration Needed, Some Age Restrictions 1st-8th Fall Grade Levels                                                                                                                                                            Tuesdays 1pm-3pm; June 21st, July 12th, August 17th (Just Added!).

Summer Open Challenge Chess at the Shoreview Library – No Registration Needed, Some Age Restrictions 1st-8th Fall Grade Levels                                                                                                                                                                 Thursdays 1pm-3pm; June 16, July 14th, August 18th.

Summer Open Elementary Strategy Gaming at the Shoreview Library – No Registration Needed, Some Age Restrictions 1st-5th Fall Grade Levels                                                                                                                                                 Mondays 12:30pm-2:30pm; June 20th, July 11th, August 1st.

Summer Youth Wargamers’ Workshop, Details – Military conflict will be the theme from a strategic to a tactical level. Participants must be from 6th to 12th grade in the fall 2016.                                                                                     July 18-22 M-F 10:30am to 4:30pm / Location: Source Comics & Games, Roseville

Summer Youth Civilization & Empire Builders’ Workshop, Details – “Create, Develop, & Operate your own civilization” is the theme of the week. Participants must be from 6th to 12th grade in the fall 2016.                                   August 8-12 M-F 10:30am to 4:30pm / Location: Source Comics & Games, Roseville

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Contact Us

Chess & Strategy Game Association Board of Directors

Give us a call today to learn more about our upcoming events!

Bill Nara
651.208.8762
bill.nara@csga-enrichment.org

Rich Weber
651.307.2851
richardmweber@comcast.net

Jeff Hahn
jeff.w.hahn@outlook.com

Julie Miller
djjamiller@me.com

Our Mission

We exist to provide opportunities for young players to get together to learn new games, strategies, and tactics at open events and competitions. We also promote a growing community of chess and strategy game players that value learning, teaching, and fun through playing games that foster creativity, analysis, socialization, fair play, mental challenges, and connectedness.

Our Story

The Chess & Strategy Game Association, CSGA Enrichment, was founded in 2014 by Executive Director Bill Nara, a former high school teacher, who saw a great need for before and after school programs and summer programming for students in K-12.

As a youth, Bill participated in programs based on his personal interests and found these programs were no longer offered to students. He began CSGA programming with chess and strategy games with 5 students in one school district.  As the program grew, CSGA brought on Associate Executive Director Jason Lavine, and expanded CSGA into more school districts.

It became apparent that additional programs beyond chess and strategy games were needed to meet the needs and interests of students. STEM programs including coding, 3D printing, robotics, and rocket building, and cultural and arts classes including cooking, young writers workshop, rock band, and Improv, and specific interest programs such as crafting, knitting, and fishing were added. 

More recently, online program options have been introduced for chess players and students interested in personal finance and the stock market. CSGA wants students engaged in self motivated activities that could lead to entrepreneurship. CSGA is currently operating in over 11 school districts reaching over 1,200 students.