• 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

    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

    $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

    $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

    $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

    $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. 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
  • “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
  • “Tower of Flints” Team Bughouse

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

    The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold its first team Bughouse event April 6th, a follow-on to our Team Blitz tournament and part of a long-promised experiment to see if the team format works for our membership. The tournament will consist of sixteen teams of two players in a 4-round Swiss with a G/5 time

    Free