Straight to Ale this week.  No Christmas meeting planned.

Greetings,

As a reminder, we’ll be at Straight to Ale this week, and we will not be hosting a meeting on Christmas day.  Our next meeting will be after the first of the year.

 

 

New Blog Topic – Chess Tech

We are adding a new blog topic and category to our site, called Chess Tech.  In it, we’ll be bringing you news of the technical innovations in the chess community that don’t get nearly as much attention as they deserve.

As of now, you’ve all been added to the email list to be notified of blogs of this nature.  If you wish to unsubscribe from one or both types of emails we send, please just click the unsubscribe link in that particular email (unless you’re part of the Meetup distribution list.  You all will have to leave the Meetup group to be unsubscribed).  This will be the first official Chess Tech blog.

Video Library Available with your Paid Membership to the Huntsville Chess Club (and valid Gmail address).

For the low, low price of your $10 annual dues, we’re going to be making a comprehensive video chess library of instruction available to our members for viewing.  This library will have 100gb of videos (over 200 hours), featuring opening theory, tactics, strategy, endgames, and GM games.  There is something for everyone to improve their chess game.

Important Note* – in order to take advantage of the video library, you must be a paid member, have a valid Gmail email address on file with us, and be able to access a Google Drive.  Email huntsvillechessclub@gmail.com if you need to change your email address to take advantage of this great opportunity! 

With regard to memberships, we’ve added the capability to register/renew through the website and moving forward will require that you use this method to renew.  It keeps the management of the roster much easier.  As of right now, we have records of the following paid members registered.

Stephen O’Shea

Michael Key

Bill Melvin

Ed Mullin

Steven Pan

Patrick Dowd

That’s all we’re currently tracking.  We acknowledge that the membership record-keeping we (I) have done was not as accurate as we would have liked.  If you’ve registered with cash in past meetings this year, please email huntsvillechessclub@gmail.com, and include the approximate renewal date, and we’ll track your membership outside of our somewhat automated process until it expires.

Remember, if you enter a few tournaments per year, the dues will pay for themselves.  If you even watch one of the videos, it’s like you’re being paid to be a member!

Don’t miss out!  Renew your membership using the conveniently placed form below: