• 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
  • “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
  • “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

    Free
  • Mad Hatter Ladder Blitz Swiss

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

    The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold a free, unrated 5-round blitz tournament with a G/5+0 time control in one section over one evening, April 27th, and the outcome of this

    Free
  • Isles of Blood and Spices Blitz

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

    In a final homage to Mervyn Peake—for now—the Menlo Park Chess Club will hold an unrated 5-round tournament with a G/5 time control (no increment or delay) in one section

    $5
  • Casual, Blitz, Bughouse, Ladder Chess Evening

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

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

  • No Chess Due to the Holidays

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

    There will be no chess meeting December 21st, 28th and January 4th due to the Holidays and the fact that the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center will be closed during that