The mission of bayareachess is to provide children, youth and adults enjoyable activities that develop intellectual, mathematical, analytical, visual, and personal skills. Bayareachess leverages chess and other cerebral games to stimulate and exercise thinking skills, demonstrate the relationship between actions and consequences, inculcate the ability to think ahead, emphasize non-violence, and teach methods of handling setbacks. Activities are conducted primarily in the san francisco bay area, which includes the counties of alameda, contra costa, marin, napa, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, solano, and sonoma. In the future, bayareachess may expand to other regions. Bayareachess conducts two distinct functions: instruction (training) and events (competition).

Recreational Clubs , Sports

Bayareachess continues to grow its afterschool programs to train interested school age children the game of chess and then higher level skills in chess. Once competitors gain the confidence and skill, tournaments are available to allow them to exercise these skills in a fun and stimulating way. They are rewarded with trophies and prizes for their efforts. Bayareachess has increased the number of locations of its tournaments to meet its ever increasing participation. bayareachess hosted many chess tutoring sessions at local schools as well as many tournaments enabling students and interested community members to apply new skills learned including strategizing, projecting in advance and good sportsmanship and courtesy.