Menlo Park Chess Club

Wednesday Night Mini-Marathon (cont.)
2022-03-30 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-03-23 18:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold its first rated tournament beginning Wednesday, March 16th, at 6:30pm, one intended for new or newer US Chess members seeking to establish OTB regular and quick ratings (though more experienced players are certainly welcome to join). The tournament is modeled after the revered Mechanics Institute Tuesday Night Marathons (https://www.milibrary.org/tuesday-night-marathon) and will run over four successive weeks, ending on April 6th, with one G/30 d/5 game played each evening. There is no entry fee given we are hoping to foster US Chess membership in the club and chess books will be offered as prizes to the top three finishers. Please feel free to invite anyone who may be interested in rated chess play and do share our tournament announcement with any and all in your chess community:
https://new.uschess.org/menlo-park-chess-club-wednesday-night-mini-marathon
See https://menloparkchess.club/wednesday-night-mini-marathon/ for complete details.

Wednesday Night Mini-Marathon
2022-03-16 18:30 - 20:30

Wednesday Night Chess
2022-03-09 18:00 - 21:45, 2022-03-02 18:00 - 21:45, 2022-02-23 18:00 - 21:45, 2022-02-02 18:00 - 21:45, 2022-01-26 18:00 - 21:45, 2022-01-19 18:00 - 21:45, 2022-01-12 18:00 - 21:45
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Wednesday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Cypress Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center.

Fun/Informal Rapid Tournament
2022-02-16 18:30 - 20:30
We’ll hold the club’s first informal, unrated rapid tournament beginning around 6:30pm Wednesday, February 16th. This is a good opportunity for people new to tournament chess and/or to the use of a chess clock to get a feeling for what it’s all about. Everyone is welcome–experienced tournament players and newcomers alike. We’ll cover all of the following before the start but please let us know if you have questions in the meantime.

Details
Date: February 16th (one evening)
Location: Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, Cypress Room
Format: Individual Swiss system in one section
Rounds: 3 or 4, depending upon number of players
Time Control: Rapid 10+5 (10 minutes per player per game, plus a 5-second increment)
Rating: Unrated (we may use Lichess Rapid ratings for pairing purposes for those who have them)
Start Time: First round starts at 6:30pm
Byes: Late arrivals may be given one or more half-point byes
Cost: Tournament is free ($3 to enter Arrillaga Family Recreation Center)
Equipment: Boards, sets and chess clocks provided by the club

Standard US Chess rules apply (simplified to the following):
– Touch move: you must make a legal move with the touched piece unless you make clear beforehand that you were adjusting it (“adjust”)
– Same hand moves the piece and stops the clock
– Player of the black pieces selects on which side of the board the clock is placed
– Player of the black pieces starts the clock
– After your game ends feel free to analyze together but keep your voices down
– Keeping a game score is optional
– Tournament Director may intercede in clearly drawn games
– While observing other games in progress (games in which you are not playing):
– – No kibitzing
– – No pointing out time expired (only the players should do so)
– – No pointing out illegal moves or offering any other advice
– – No pointing out failure to stop the clock by one player or the

Wednesday Night Chess
2022-02-09 18:00 - 21:45
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Wednesday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Cypress Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Either this week or next we may hold an informal, unrated Swiss system rapid tournament (10+5 or the like) of 3-4 rounds to kick off tournament play at the club (for those who are interested–you needn’t play if you don’t wish to, of course).

First Club Meeting
2022-01-05 18:00 - 21:45
The club’s first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 5th, 2022, from 6:00-9:45 pm in the Cypress Room, Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Drop in anytime Wednesday evening to play some chess or simply say “hello” and
please share our flyer (Menlo_Park_Chess_Club_Flyer) to help spread the word and grow this new club in the Bay Area.
