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

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

“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