• Freestyle Chess (Chess960) Draft Tournament

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

    A number of people have requested that we revisit Chess960 or, as it's now styled, Freestyle Chess in another casual tournament so that's exactly what we'll do in this event, again using a piece placement draft with the following format and rules: A Swiss system tournament of 4 or 5 rounds at G/5;d3 in one

  • A4c Variant Tournament #4

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

    “A4c” or “The Clock (Almost) Never Stops” Variant Background: One of the strongest blitz players in our club came up with this variant and, after hearing it described, we couldn’t resist holding three informal tournaments in 2024 and 2025 to give it a try. It proved very popular so we're giving it another go—it involves