MPCC June Mini-Marathon, Round 1

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold another rated mini-marathon beginning Wednesday, June 1st, at 6:30pm, a four-round Swiss system event of G/45 d/5 over four weeks and one suitable for experienced players as well as new or newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow: Format: Four-round Swiss-system tournament in

Free

MPCC June Mini-Marathon Round 2

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold another rated mini-marathon beginning Wednesday, June 1st, at 6:30pm, a four-round Swiss system event of G/45 d/5 over four weeks and one suitable for experienced players as well as new or newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow: Format: Four-round Swiss-system tournament in

Free

MPCC June Mini-Marathon Round 3

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold another rated mini-marathon beginning Wednesday, June 1st, at 6:30pm, a four-round Swiss system event of G/45 d/5 over four weeks and one suitable for experienced players as well as new or newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow: Format: Four-round Swiss-system tournament in

Free

MPCC June Mini-Marathon Round 4

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold another rated mini-marathon beginning Wednesday, June 1st, at 6:30pm, a four-round Swiss system event of G/45 d/5 over four weeks and one suitable for experienced players as well as new or newer US Chess members seeking to establish an over-the-board rating. Details follow: Format: Four-round Swiss-system tournament in

Free

Game Analysis with Jim Eade

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

Jim Eade, FIDE Master, club supporter and head of the Eade Foundation (https://eadefoundation.org/), a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding chess literacy and chess excellence around the world, will analyze one or two games from our recently-completed June Mini-Marathon. Note that Jim's lecture is tentative given he has a very busy week leading up to Wednesday

Free

MPCC Surfeit of Blitz Marathon: 5+3

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 tournaments of ever-shortening time controls (5+3, 5+0, 3+2, 3+0), each with free entry and modest cash prizes. Where this event differs from most, however,

Free

MPCC Surfeit of Blitz Marathon: 5+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 tournaments of ever-shortening time controls (5+3, 5+0, 3+2, 3+0), each with free entry and modest cash prizes. Where this event differs from most, however, is

Free

MPCC Surfeit of Blitz Marathon: 3+2

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 tournaments of ever-shortening time controls (5+3, 5+0, 3+2, 3+0), each with free entry and modest cash prizes. Where this event differs from most, however, is

Free

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

Free

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Evening

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

This evening we'll play casual, blitz, bughouse or other chess variants -- whatever people wish to do -- and our next tournament (rated or unrated) will likely occur in September (quite a few people are on vacation in August).

Free

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Evening

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

This evening we'll play casual, blitz, bughouse or other chess variants -- whatever people wish to do -- and our next tournament (rated or unrated) will likely occur in September (quite a few people are on vacation in August).

Free

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Evening

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

This evening we'll play casual, blitz, bughouse or other chess variants -- whatever people wish to do -- and our next tournament (rated or unrated) will likely occur in September (quite a few people are on vacation in August).

Free