![]() Children from the camps started chess clubs at their schools. The following summer another series of chess camps for District youth was run at the Museum. Their teachers were impressed with the students’ newfound interest in intellectual subjects and encouraged more chess activity. The children who learned chess thrived on the game, starting chess clubs upon returning to their schools in the fall. Chess Center, taught the camp, which received great reviews from the participating students and the media. ![]() ![]() David Mehler, then a practicing attorney and now the President & Founder of the U.S. Chess Center started in 1989 when World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov came to Washington, D.C., to introduce the idea of using chess to battle drug use among children. He secured support for two weeks of summer chess camp at the Capital Children’s Museum for 50 children living in public housing developments.
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