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SUMMARY:Casual\, Blitz\, Lecture\, Ladder Chess Evening
DESCRIPTION: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 as well as a lecture are in the offing and we will also play another free\, unrated blitz tournament beginning round 7pm\, given there appears to be a continuing appetite for same. Note that our weekly lecture begins at 6:30pm and it remains one of the highlights of club attendance.
URL:https://menloparkchess.club/event/casual-blitz-lecture-ladder-chess-evening-36/
LOCATION:Arrillaga Family Recreation Center\, 700 Alma Street\, Menlo Park\, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:blitz,bughouse,casual,free,ladder games,lecture,swiss,tournaments,unrated tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Drury":MAILTO:info@menloparkchess.club
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SUMMARY:Freestyle Chess (Chess960) Draft Tournament
DESCRIPTION:A number of people have requested that we revisit Chess960 or\, as it’s now styled\, Freestyle Chess in another casual tournament so that’s exactly what we’ll do in this event\, again using a piece placement draft with the following format and rules: \n\nThere will likely be 5 or 6 Swiss rounds at G/5;d3 in one or two sections\nRegistration will occur onsite–please try to arrive by 6:45pm\nThe games will be played with the normal Freestyle/Chess960 rules except for the use of a draft\, wherein white starts black’s clock then black places the first piece on the back rank and starts white’s clock\, white copies that move then places another piece of their own\, black copies that placement then places a third piece\, etc.\, until black places a final piece and white makes the first chess move of the game\nIt’s important to note that the draft phase covered above occurs while players’ clocks are running\, just as in normal moves for the game\nThe king must be placed between the two rooks as in normal Freestyle/Chess960\nMore information about castling may be found in chess.com tutorials here and here\nThe bishops must be placed on opposite-colored squares\nWe will use clock move rather than touch move\, as in our casual blitz tournaments\nAn illegal move pointed out by an opponent (no one else) immediately ends the game as a loss for the player who made the illegal move
URL:https://menloparkchess.club/event/freestyle-chess-chess960-draft-tournament-2/
LOCATION:Arrillaga Family Recreation Center\, 700 Alma Street\, Menlo Park\, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:casual,free,freestyle,lecture,swiss,tournaments,unrated tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Drury":MAILTO:info@menloparkchess.club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250918T180000
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SUMMARY:Casual\, Blitz\, Lecture\, Ladder Chess Evening
DESCRIPTION: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 as well as a lecture are in the offing and we will also play another free\, unrated blitz tournament beginning round 7pm\, given there appears to be a continuing appetite for same. Note that our weekly lecture begins at 6:30pm and it remains one of the highlights of club attendance.
URL:https://menloparkchess.club/event/casual-blitz-lecture-ladder-chess-evening-37/
LOCATION:Arrillaga Family Recreation Center\, 700 Alma Street\, Menlo Park\, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:blitz,casual,free,lecture,tournaments,unrated tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Drury":MAILTO:info@menloparkchess.club
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