Guide · After school
Chess for children in Belgrade
Chess schools and clubs with a children’s programme. Everything here is from each provider's own page, with the date we read it. No prices, no timetables.
Updated September 2026 · providers' own pages read 1 September 2026, for the 2026/27 season
Four providers in Belgrade publish, on a page of their own, that they teach chess to children. Five of the international schools in this guide also run it themselves — BIS, DSB, EFB, London Gates and Ruđer Bošković — which is the half of the picture no activity directory carries.
All four, alphabetically
| Provider | Ages | Where | Their page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benko Chess Club | Not published | Online | www.benkochess.com |
| Royal Chess Coaching Academy | 5-12 | Online | www.skola-saha.rs |
| Šahovska škola i šahovski klub Vidikovac | Not published | Rakovica | sahovskiklub.rs |
| Šahovski klub Kralj | 4-7 | Novi Beograd, Zemun, Rakovica, Čukarica, Banovo Brdo | sahklubkralj.com |
Not one of these four states a language of instruction on its own site, so there is no column for it. What that means, and what to ask instead.
We do not publish prices, timetables or term dates for any of these, even where the provider publishes them. They change every term, and an out-of-date class time is worse than none at all. Every row links to the provider's own page, which is where the current schedule lives.
Schools in this guide that run it too
| School | What it names | Who can join | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIS | chess | For its own pupils, as far as the school says | Their page |
| DSB | chess, go | For its own pupils, as far as the school says | Their page |
| EFB | chess | For its own pupils, as far as the school says | Their page |
| London Gates | chess | For its own pupils, as far as the school says | Their page |
| Ruđer Bošković | chess | For its own pupils, as far as the school says | Their page |
Taken from each school's own activities page. A school is absent from this table either because it names nothing in this category or because it publishes no list at all — which schools publish one is set out on the index.
What this page does not tell you
Three things, deliberately. What it costs — the same rule the rest of this guide follows, and for the same reason: a price we copied in September is a wrong price by spring. When the classes are — timetables are rebuilt every term. Whether there is a place free — only the provider knows, and only today.
What we can tell you is that the provider exists, that they say they teach children, what ages they say they take, and where. That is the part that stays true long enough to be worth writing down.
Questions families ask
How young does chess start?
Šahovski klub Kralj publishes a group from four. Most start at five or six.
Is chess a good first activity for a child with no Serbian?
Parents often say so, because the board carries most of the instruction. No club here states a language of instruction, so it is still worth asking.
Do the international schools run chess?
Several do, and they are listed on this page. Chess is one of the most commonly published school clubs in this guide, alongside football and choir.