Magnus Academy Renamed Silver Knights Chess

As of today, March 10th, 2025, we're changing our name back from  Magnus Chess Academy to Silver Knights Chess Academy.  This is (essentially) the name we operated under from 2006-2022.  The change was forecasted on our blog back in November.  You can read a bit more about our company history on our updated about us page.

So what else is changing?  Not much!  All currently scheduled programs will continue as currently scheduled.  We'll continue scheduling new programs normally.

We're still running 350 weekly chess clubs in the DMV area.  We're still running chess summer camps in Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia.  We still have school break chess camps every day without school throughout the DMV.

We're still running the best online chess classes in our Academy program, and you can still do a trial chess class there for $5.  We still run advanced chess classes for kids rated over 1400 USCF five days a week, taught by grandmasters.

We're still running chess tournaments for kids in Maryland and Virginia throughout the school year, including the MD State Chess Tournament in April.  We're still going to Supernationals in Orlando in May.  We're still excited to teach the next generation the game we love!

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns!

Adam and Daniel Weissbarth