So you or someone you know want to learn chess from the beginning? SCC is sponsoring Chess for Beginners on Wednesday evenings in September (7th, 14th, 21st, 28th), 7:30-9:30pm at the club. Attend 1 or all 4 classes. These classes are for adults 21+. If interested go to https://forms.gle/Qaq5mfWP8ghgHKvV9 for more information and to sign up.
Novice winners: Congrats to Dhanasekaran Palanisamy, who won last Sunday’s Novice tournament with 3.5/4. He was followed closely by a 4-way tie for second place (all 3.0/4): Andra Marinescu, Max McCall, Balbir Singh and Brent Ward. Welcome to new club members Doug Henderson, Dhanasekaran Palanisamy (won 1-year membership in Novice) and Orren Ravid! Thanks for supporting the club. …
May Flowers, round 2 (5/13) signup list as of today: Dylan B., Evan C., Francisco D., Alex F.,Jameson G., Coleman H., William H., Sam H., Boas L., Nicholas L., Henry L., Erin M., John S.,Matthew v.E., Emerson W-G., Dan Y. 6 seats remaining. Sign up by emailing Jselsky3@comcast.net. May Quads winners: Congrats to the following, …
Congratulations to club member Brandon Jiang on his outstanding performance in the Open section! In the words of Reno SCC Captain Ralph Anthony, “… you drew three Grandmasters in your first three rounds – GM Tarjan, GM Kudrin and GM Sevillano; beat two experts and finished with 4 points out of a possible 6, including …
A 1-section, 4-round Swiss tournament. TC: 40/120, sudden death 60, 5sec delay. Prize fund of $400 based on 20 paid entries, 4 per prize group: $120 (First) $80 (Second) $60 (U2100) $55 (U1800) $50 (U1500) $35 (U1200/unr) Entry fee: $36 by 9/20, $48 at site. SCC members subtract $10. Unrated players free with purchase of …
We are pleased to announce that we will host GM Viktor Mikhalevski (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Mikhalevski) at the club on Monday, August 9. Viktor will offer a short lecture, then club members and friends will have a simul. Time and location: 7:30pm (please arrive by 7:15) at 7212 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115. Cost: $30 for paid-up SCC …
At our temporary Greenlake location: 7212 Woodlawn Ave. NE, Seattle Three rated tournament games at 10am, 2:15pm, 6:30pm. Four-player sections determined by rating. Time control: Game 120, 5sec. delay. Fee: $9 (paid-up SCC members) or $16 (non-SCC members). Prizes: free entry to next quad. Register in person on Mon. or Fri. evening or by mail …
Good news – the Club will reopen for in-person chess next week! Our new temporary location is 7212 Woodlawn Avenue NE, Seattle at Orlov Chess Academy. On Monday June 14th we will be open 7-10:30pm for casual chess. On Friday June 18th we will hold a USCF-rated tournament which starts at 8pm sharp (please arrive by 7:45). …
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The 12th Annual Seattle Chess Club Extravaganza took place online on November 14th-15th. Winning the first place prize in the Open section was GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy. IM David Shahinyan won second place, while GM Aleksej Aleksandrov and FM Rohan Talukdar tied and split the third place prize. The U2200 prize went to Sophie Tien, and …
After 10 years at our offices at Northgate, restrictions due to the pandemic have forced the club to close and move its stuff into storage for the duration. We look forward to reopening soon at a new location!