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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 event will determine the initial positions on the club's blitz ladder (more details about the ladder and possible prizes associated with it over the course …
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 over one evening Thursday, June 1st, our Isles of Blood and Spices Blitz. The entry fee is $5, all of which will be returned in …
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 …
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 time. The club will meet again on January 11th--see you then!
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:00pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz, bughouse and ladder chess games are in the …
"A4c" or "The Clock (Almost) Never Stops" Variant Background: One of the strongest blitz players in our club came up with this variant and, after hearing it described, we couldn't resist holding an informal tournament to give it a try. It involves a good deal of fast chess plus a game within a game (a …
On the heels of our very successful A4c Variant Tournament, we'll hold another Chess960 variant tournament, this time using a piece placement draft with the following format and rules: There will likely be 4 or 5 Swiss rounds at G/7;d3 in one or two sections The games will be played with the normal Chess960 rules …