• Casual 5-Round G/3+2 Blitz Tournament

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    We'll hold a casual 5-round G/3+2 blitz tournament as something of a warmup for our club's blitz championship, to occur the following Wednesday, December 14th. Tomorrow's event will either be one single Swiss section or, depending upon turnout, we may hold 6-person round robins based on rating (or some estimation thereof). We'll begin "promptly" at

    Free
  • Year-End Blitz Ouroboros

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Our final meeting and tournament of 2022, we'll play 5 or 6 rounds of G/3+2 blitz in a single Swiss section or, depending upon turnout, we may hold 4- or 6-person round robins based on rating (or some estimation thereof). We’ll begin promptly at 7:15pm so please register ahead of time via the button on

    Free
  • First Thursday Club Meeting of 2023

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Our regular weekly club meeting now occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for January 12th.

    Free
  • Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Chess Evening

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Our regular weekly club meeting now occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for January 19th or 26th.

    Free
  • G/3+2 Blitz Tournament in Two Sections

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    We'll hold our first blitz tournament of 2023, a free 4- or 5-round G/3+2 unrated event in two sections, assuming there are sufficient entries. Clock move (as opposed to touch move) and all other US Chess blitz rules apply. First place in each section wins a $25 Kepler's gift certificate; ties will be settled with

    Free
  • Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Chess Evening

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Our regular weekly club meeting now occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for February 2nd.

    Free
  • Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Chess Evening

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Our regular weekly club meeting now occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing

    Free
  • “Tower of Flints” Team Blitz #1

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold two consecutive team blitz tournaments March 9th and 16th, part of a long-promised experiment to see if this format works for our membership. The first event on March 9th will offer free entry and will include either eight teams of 4 players (32), six teams of six players

    Free
  • Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Chess Evening

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    Our regular weekly club meeting now occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing

    Free
  • “Tower of Flints” Team Chess960

    Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold its first team Chess960 event March 30th, a follow-on to our Team Blitz on March 9th and part of a long-promised experiment to see if the team format works for our membership. The tournament will consist of eight teams of four players in a 3-round Swiss with a

    Free