Menlo Park Chess Club

Game Analysis with Jim Eade
2022-06-29 18:30 - 19:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, 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 evening, so we may need to postpone (this event will be updated asap if that’s the case). Please arrive before 6:30pm so we may begin on time. Casual and blitz chess will take place once the lecture is complete, and a sincere thank you to Jim in advance for offering to do this for the club!

MPCC June Mini-Marathon Round 4
2022-06-22 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver)
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 one section, one game per evening
Rounds: June 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd — games begin round 6:30pm
Control: G/45 d/5 (Game in 45 minutes for each player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $0 (the MPCC will pay for prizes and the US Chess rating fees for this event)
Prizes: Bookstore gift certificates and/or mousepad chessboards to the top three finishers, top three under 17 years of age
Byes: Half-point byes are available for any round save the last
Boards, sets and clocks will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Sign up for the tournament by clicking the “Register” button directly above
Our tournament chess rules summary is worth perusing if you’re new to tournament play
For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Join our Facebook group to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

MPCC June Mini-Marathon Round 3
2022-06-15 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver)

MPCC June Mini-Marathon Round 2
2022-06-08 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver)
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 one section, one game per evening
Rounds: June 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd — games begin round 6:30pm
Control: G/45 d/5 (Game in 45 minutes for each player plus a 5-second delay per move)
Entry Fee: $0 (the MPCC will pay for prizes and the US Chess rating fees for this event)
Prizes: Bookstore gift certificates and/or mousepad chessboards to the top three finishers, top three under 17 years of age
Byes: Half-point byes are available for any round save the last
Boards, sets and clocks will be provided by the Menlo Park Chess Club (bring a clock if you own one)
All tournament participants must be current US Chess members
Sign up for the tournament by clicking the “Register” button directly above
Our tournament rules summary is worth perusing if you’re new to tournament play
For more information please send email to info@menloparkchess.club
Join our Facebook group to stay abreast of future club tournaments and events

MPCC June Mini-Marathon, Round 1
2022-06-01 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver)

MPCC Burgess Park Blitz #2
2022-05-25 19:00 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold a free, unrated blitz chess tournament Wednesday, May 25th, beginning at 7pm. There is no entry fee and no US Chess membership is required to play in this one-section Swiss system event using the G/5+2 time control. Chess sets, boards and clocks will be provided but if you have a digital timer please feel free to bring it with you. Prizes for this event will be Hypermodern Chess books donated by the Jim Eade of the Eade Foundation and all are welcome to play!

Wednesday Night Chess
2022-05-18 19:00 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Our regular weekly club meeting occurs Wednesday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Cypress Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing and a few members will be making up tournament games from our previous quads event. Next week we will hold a free, informal, unrated Swiss system blitz tournament with the G/5 d/2 time control of 4-5 rounds, something which was very popular the last time we did this.

MPCC Spring Quads Round 3
2022-05-11 19:00 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our first rated quads over three weeks from April 27th – May 11th, 2022, with a make-up round to be held May 18th, if needed. The time control will be the same as that used for our earlier Swiss tournament, the dual Quick- and Regular-rated G/30 d/5, while quads will be based on a factor of rating/skill level and age. Chess sets, boards and clocks will be provided but please feel free to bring your own digital timer if you wish. Entry fee will again be $0 and prizes for first place in each quad will be $20 gift certificates for Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park (https://www.keplers.com/) with ties being decided by a blitz chess playoff. More information can be found in our TLA here.

MPCC Spring Quads Round 2
2022-05-04 19:00 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)

MPCC Spring Quads Round 1
2022-04-27 19:00 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)

MPCC Burgess Park Blitz
2022-04-20 19:00 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold a free, unrated blitz chess tournament Wednesday, April 20th, beginning at 7pm. There is no entry fee and no US Chess membership is required to play in this one-section Swiss system event using the G/5+2 time control. Chess sets, boards and clocks will be provided but if you have a digital timer please feel free to bring it with you. Prizes for this event will be Hypermodern Chess books donated by the Jim Eade of the Eade Foundation and all are welcome to play!

Wednesday Night Mini-Marathon (cont.)
2022-04-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-03-30 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-03-23 18:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
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 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)

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 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
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 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
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 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
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 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
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.
