Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 3

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

Note: Registrations are now closed for the championship given the maximum number of players (40) signed up for and played in the first round. Feel free to send email to

Free

Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 4

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

Note: Registrations are now closed for the championship given the maximum number of players (40) signed up for and played in the first round. Feel free to send email to

Free

Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 5

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our club championship beginning Wednesday, October 12th, at 7pm, a four- or five-round USCF-rated Swiss system event using the dual-rated G/60 d/5 time control

Free

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

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

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

Free

February “Mud Month” Mini-Marathon, Round 1

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our first rated tournament of 2023 beginning Thursday, February 2nd, at 7pm, a four round USCF-rated Swiss-system event over four weeks using the dual-rated G/45 d/5 time control. This tournament is suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. ("Mud Month"

$5

February “Mud Month” Mini-Marathon, Round 2

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our first rated tournament of 2023 beginning Thursday, February 2nd, at 7pm, a four round USCF-rated Swiss-system event over four weeks using the dual-rated G/45 d/5 time control. This tournament is suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. (“Mud Month”

$5

February “Mud Month” Mini-Marathon, Round 3

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our first rated tournament of 2023 beginning Thursday, February 2nd, at 7pm, a four round USCF-rated Swiss-system event over four weeks using the dual-rated G/45 d/5 time control. This tournament is suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. (“Mud Month”

$5

February “Mud Month” Mini-Marathon, Round 4

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our first rated tournament of 2023 beginning Thursday, February 2nd, at 7pm, a four round USCF-rated Swiss-system event over four weeks using the dual-rated G/45 d/5 time control. This tournament is suitable for experienced players as well as newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. (“Mud Month”

$5

“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.

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

Free