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Welcome to Apex Chess: an approved vendor of education services with the Anchorage School District!
Apex Chess is the primary source for both classroom-based and private chess instruction in Anchorage, Alaska.
Apex Chess was founded to better teach the game of chess to the Anchorage community and grow the Alaskan chess player base as a whole.
The next generation of chess in Alaska is being established one class at a time, with multiple lesson offerings for players of all skill levels!
Meet the Instructor:
Meet the Instructor:
Reilly O'Hara
Reilly O'Hara
Reilly O'Hara is the Founder and Managing Director of Apex Chess. Reilly has been an avid chess player since he was in elementary school and brings with him over two decades of chess playing experience. He recently started teaching chess in 2025 with a handful of students in his inaugural class.
Reilly also currently serves as the founding President and Treasurer of the Alaska Chess Federation- a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and the Alaska State Chapter Affiliate of the United States Chess Federation.
The Fall 2026 class registration is officially open! You can learn more and register for chess class here!
Please email apexchessak@gmail.com for questions and general inquiries.
"Ours is no bloody battle
With woe and horror fraught
Our joust is of a gentler kind
A measuring of Mind with Mind
A tournament of thought."
Willard Fiske - American Librarian & Scholar
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