Greetings!Northern California is home to one of the most plentiful chess regions in the United States. We are one of the top five states* in membership in the U.S. Chess Federation.
We have dozens of local chess clubs in our
club list
that you can drop in and enjoy a casual game. The
Mechanic's Institute Chess Club
in downtown San Francisco is
in fact the oldest chess club in the U.S.
If you are serious about some competition, look at our
tournament page
as there is a chess tournament for almost every weekend in the year.
We have several of the top scholastic players in the United States and
a few of them are even World Champion caliber for their age group.
* USCF considers Northern and Southern California two different states.
by Tom Langland
The CalChess Board of Directors has selected Saturday, September 4th ,2010 as the date of the next CalChess Annual General Meeting.
If Garry Kasparov
votes, so should you!
The meeting will start at 2:30PM at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway located at 1500 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109. This will be in conjunction with the annual Labor Day Chess Tournament held in San Francisco.
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by Aditya Kumar
The Fremont Chess Club has hosted many reputed players in the past, notably GM Gregory Kaidanov, IM Emory Tate, and IM Andranik Matikozyan.
Ken Zowal, Yuri Shulman and Aditya Kumar
During the past week (July 19th to the 23rd) it was GM Yury Shulman's turn to do the honors. Shulman conducted a grueling five-day chess camp for up-and-coming Bay area scholastic chess players at the Fremont Chess Club.
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Event: Labor Day Tournament
OFFICIAL CALCHESS
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Addr: Golden Gateway Holiday Inn
1500 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA
Type: Swiss
Rounds: 6
USCF Rated: Yes
TC: 2-day = r1-3 G/60, join 3-day
3-day = 30/90 G/60
Prizes: $7,900 b/160
Entry Fee: $95
Contact: Richard Koepcke
e-mail: richardkoepcke@yahoo.com
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