We plan to conduct a FREE unrated tournament on Tuesday, 9/14 starting promptly at 5:30pm. Registration will be on site at Mario’s Five Points.
The time control will be 20 minutes (for each player) with a 5 second delay. There will be one big section, containing all players and will be at least 3 rounds. No memberships to the HCC or USCF will be required. The winner will receive a prize. Hope to see you there!
Please email us with any questions.
Thanks goes out to Tomasz and Pablo for making this happen –
Jim Weiner generously donated a huge collection of chess books and magazines. His son, Alex, was previously coached as a scholastic player by Gerald Larson to a peak rating of nearly 2000.
If you’re interested in borrowing 1-3 titles at a time, please email Tomasz Nielsen at nielstom@umich.edu with the names of the books you’d like to borrow. Tomasz will bring a few of the more popular books to Mario’s Five Points tonight.
If you’re interested in coaching a team of coach-nominated chess all-stars from around the district, please email us here. Note, basic familiarity with an online meeting tool, like Zoom is needed, however, if you are unfamiliar and need some assistance, please also let us know that and we can help!
If you’re interested in scholastic chess coaching, in general, and / or don’t know how to get started, please also let us know. If the school doesn’t have the equipment available, we can donate equipment, loan equipment, or sell as much as you’d need to get started at a significant discount to other online retailers. We can also pair you up with a school who is looking for a coach. There are many more schools interested (Randolph is the most recent school in need) than coaches available. Just let us know!
Patrick Dowd and son recently paid a visit to the Memphis Chess Club. In contrast to our club (a restaurant where we also play chess), the Memphis Chess Club is a chess club where they also happen to have a restaurant!
Chess themed pizza and desert titles are available. Drink coffee, tea, or beer while you play!
The general seating area is very cool. There was plenty of room on a Friday afternoon for pizza and chess on any of the tables. There is a quieter balcony area above the main dining room.
The first (official, standard time control) state championship tournament in the past couple of years will take place the weekend of the 18th in Montgomery. If you’re interested in carpooling, please email us here and we’ll get you linked up with someone. Note, both a USCF and ACF membership is required. Please let us know if you have any questions about that, as well.
Tournament info included below:
We plan to conduct a FREE unrated tournament on Tuesday, 8/10 starting promptly at 5:30pm. To expedite the event, please REGISTER NOW using the form on this blog post.
The time control will be 10 minutes (for each player) with a 5 second delay. There will be one big section, containing all players and will be 4 rounds. No memberships to the HCC or USCF will be required. The winner will receive a Starbucks gift card. Hope to see you there!
Please email us with any questions.
Note – registration for this event has closed. In-person registration at Mario’s is still an option. Please show up a little early the day of the event if you need to register.
We plan to conduct a FREE unrated tournament on Tuesday, 7/13 starting promptly at 5:30pm. To expedite the event, please REGISTER NOW using the form on this blog post.
The time control will be 10 minutes (for each player) with a 5 second delay. There will be one big section, containing all players and will be 4 rounds. No memberships to the HCC or USCF will be required. The winner will receive a Starbucks gift card. Hope to see you there!
Please email us with any questions.
Our last free tournament was a smashing success and one we would like to repeat as soon as possible. We’ve had more and more new players attending each of the past few weeks, so this sounds like a great time to host another tournament.
We plan to conduct a FREE unrated tournament on Tuesday, 5/25 starting promptly at 5pm. To expedite the event, please REGISTER NOW using the form on this blog post.
UPDATE: online registration is now closed, but you can still register on site. Please plan to arrive early to get this done.
The time control may be anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes and will likely have a 5 second delay. There will be one big section, containing all players. No memberships to the HCC or USCF will be required. Hope to see you there!
Please email us with any questions.
On Tuesday 4/20, we will be holding a free unrated Quick chess tournament at Mario’s Five Points. The tournament will begin promptly at 5:00PM and will be 4 rounds. The time control is G/10; d5. Please register using the form below this blog.
There will be a prize of a chess clock to the tournament winner!
Register now using the form below! Please email us if you have any questions.
Be sure to join us on Zoom on Friday at 5:30PM. It’s a lot of fun! This week, we’re going to be sharing our favorite GM Game.
Use the credentials to join:
Meeting ID – 823 3836 2987
Password – 028824
Please join us for round 6 of the clubs league this Saturday. Last Saturday, we only had 3 of 4 boards and ended in a draw that would have been a win with someone playing on every board. Note, the match is on the 4th of July.
Calling all chess players… We need your help tomorrow (Saturday 6/27) at 2pm to pull in the W vs the LHS Chess Club. To join, click here. Registration will be from 1-1:59PM and the games will begin at 2. G/15 + 2 inc. One game with each color against a player from the opposing team.
If you haven’t taken part in the weekly group study/lectures led by Willie Sandifer, you’re missing out! The next meeting will be held on Friday, July 10th at 5:30PM, so please mark your calendars. The topic will be, “Your favorite GM game.” Please attend and bring along your favorite GM game to share with the group. If you don’t have a good example to bring, just bring yourself. Before you join, you’ll need a Zoom account. To create one, click here.
The Zoom meeting info is always:
Zoom ID: 823 3836 3987
PW: 028824
Today marks the 4th of the 5 round chess.com team tournament. We hope that you can join us. The challengers have been pretty strong. We’ll battle The Villages Chess Club from Florida. They’ve pledged to bring 11 people to the match. We really hope that we can count on your support.
To join:
Please email us here if you have any questions.
Today at 12pm CST, we have a match vs. the Columbia, SC Chess Club. They are expecting to be able to bring 10 players. It’s 2 games of G15 + 2 second increment. Last week, the team we played had some very strong players, so we could really use your support!
Click here to join the match. You can register starting at 11am. Please note, you must be a member of the chess.com Huntsville Chess Club to participate. Join here for free. Please email us at huntsvillechessclub@gmail.com with any questions.
