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1. Friday Night Adult Chess Club - Thursdays from 7pm-11pm. Rated tournament play as well as casual. Ages range from 6-65.

2. Saturday Morning Chess Class - 9:30am-10:45am.

3. Saturday Night Chess Club - 5-9pm each Saturday Night. Chess instruction, a rated and non-rated tournament, trophies for top finishers, and dinner all included!

4. Sunday Scholastic Tournaments - (Bi-Monthly) Non-rated and USCF rated tournaments; 11am-5pm. Ages: 6 years old - 18 years old.

• "My son Joaquin started taking private lessons from Joe Hanley in July 2009. Joe was able to quickly identify and address the main flaws in Joaquin's chess thinking. Under Joe's private coaching, Joaquin became a National Champion with a perfect 7-0 score in the Kindergarten section at the K-12 Grade Level Championships in December 2009."

  Kele P.
  West Covina, CA. USA
  (12/2009)

• "My son started working with Joe Hanley 2 1/2 years ago when he was 11 years old. I would say that the money we've spent in that time on lessons and events at Hanley Chess Academy has been one of the best investments we've ever made. Joe has such a talent and passion for teaching chess and he really knows how to meet the individual needs of each child.
  
  Matthew, our son, has benefited in so many ways. Through chess and working with Joe, he has learned the value of goal setting, planning, and self-discipline. His concentration and focus have improved tremendously as well as his ability to control his emotions when things aren't going well. We've also seen significant improvements in his logic and reasoning skills and we believe that has been a major factor in bringing his math grades up to straight A's in the eighth grade.
  
  Recently, we moved to North Carolina and what we miss most about California is Hanley Chess Academy! Matt is still taking private lessons online with Joe and travels to the national tournaments with the group but we sure miss that Saturday Night Chess Club at the academy. Every Saturday night, my husband and I would go down the street for dinner and a movie while Matt had a blast playing chess! It was great!"

  Ruth H.
  North Carolina, USA
  (12/2009)

• "Hi Joe,
  Thanks, again, for taking on Drew while we were in town. He really enjoyed the time with you and your chess club members and talked about it as a highlight of our vacation. He played a scholastic event yesterday in the "Elite 8" section, which is the top 8 players who register. He won all four games and commented afterward that in several situations, "Before I had that time with Joe, I would have resigned myself to being behind and figuring out how to pull out a draw or a win just on the basis of my experience and stronger skills. Instead, I was able to step back, shift gears, and find the upper hand, again." Apparently, your point about how he often sticks with a good-turned-mediocre-plan -- instead of remaining flexible -- was a key concept he absorbed from your lessons. Getting such a nugget of knowledge, as well as having the pleasure of meeting some genuinely nice people, made the experience at your academy well worth it."

  Amy C.
  Oregon, USA
  (11/2009)

• "This place is great! I like that Joe runs Non-Rated tournaments as well as Rated tournaments."

  Coach Kevin Bulone
  Coach of All Star Youth Chess
  (9/2009)

• "My son greatly enjoys the fun and excitement of coach Hanley's chess tournaments!"

  Gabriel Liao
  Father of Matthew
  (9/2009)