Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 3

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

Note: Registrations are now closed for the championship given the maximum number of players (40) signed up for and played in the first round. Feel free to send email to the club if you wish to play in later rounds as we may see a withdrawal or two. The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our

Free

Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 4

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

Note: Registrations are now closed for the championship given the maximum number of players (40) signed up for and played in the first round. Feel free to send email to the club if you wish to play in later rounds as we may see a withdrawal or two. The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our

Free

Menlo Park Chess Club Championship, Round 5

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

The Menlo Park Chess Club will hold our club championship beginning Wednesday, October 12th, at 7pm, a four- or five-round USCF-rated Swiss system event using the dual-rated G/60 d/5 time control over four or five weeks (the number of rounds will depend on the number of players). This tournament is suitable for experienced players as well

Free

Casual, Blitz and Club Championship Playoffs

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

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 we’ll also hold the blitz playoffs for our recently-completed club championship.

Free

No Club Meeting November 23rd, 2022

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

The club will not meet the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 23rd. We'll be back in action the following week, of course!

Free

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Chess Evening

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

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 we’ll discuss details of the next blitz tournament, tentatively scheduled for December 7th.

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 one single Swiss section or, depending upon turnout, we may hold 6-person round robins based on rating (or some estimation thereof). We'll begin "promptly" at

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 6-person round robins based on rating (or some estimation thereof). We’ll begin promptly at 7:15pm so please register ahead of time via the button on

Free

Holiday Season: No Club Meeting

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

The Arrillaga Family Recreation Center will be closed December 21st and 28th so our club will not meet on those Wednesdays and, as a reminder, we will begin meeting on Thursdays in 2023, starting January 5th, from 6:00-9:45pm. Enjoy your holiday season and we hope to see you after the New Year!

Free

Holiday Season: No Club Meeting

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

The Arrillaga Family Recreation Center will be closed December 21st and 28th so our club will not meet on those Wednesdays and, as a reminder, we will begin meeting on Thursdays in 2023, starting January 5th, from 6:00-9:45pm. Enjoy your holiday season and we hope to see you after the New Year!

Free

First Thursday Club Meeting of 2023

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

Our regular weekly club meeting now occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for January 12th.

Free

Casual, Blitz, Bughouse Chess Evening

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

Our regular weekly club meeting now occurs Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:45pm in the Oak Room of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. Casual, blitz and bughouse chess are in the offing and we’ll discuss details of the next tournament, tentatively scheduled for January 19th or 26th.

Free