MPCC Surfeit of Blitz Marathon: 3+0

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club seeks to answer a simple question: How much blitz chess is too much? Over four consecutive Wednesday evenings in July we will hold four separate unrated blitz

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Fischer Random (Chess960) Tournament

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold its first Fischer Random (Chess 960) tournament Wednesday, September 14th, beginning at 7pm sharp. The event will be unrated and will occur over

Free

Burgess Park Double-Blitz G/3+2

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

Based on conversations at the club last week and on a few online interactions over the past couple days it seems that another Blitz tournament is what people most wish

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Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 1

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 over four or five weeks (the number of rounds will depend on the number of players). This tournament is suitable for experienced players as well

Free

Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 2

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 the club if you wish to play in later rounds as we may see a withdrawal or two. The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our

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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 the club if you wish to play in later rounds as we may see a withdrawal or two. The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our

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 the club if you wish to play in later rounds as we may see a withdrawal or two. The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our

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 over four or five weeks (the number of rounds will depend on the number of players). This tournament is suitable for experienced players as well

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

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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

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