January Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, January 5th – West Chester Quads Friday eve, January 11th – Shining Knights, Friday Night Action, Bryn Mawr Saturday, January 12th – MasterMinds Quads / Scholastic Swiss Thursday eve, January 17th – ATKM Game 30 quads Weekend, January 18-21 – Liberty Bell Open Saturday, January 19th – ASAP – … Continue reading →

Going to be home for the holidays? If so, consider joining the MasterMinds club for our 1st Holiday Swiss tournament on the weekend between X-Mas and New Year’s : Dates: Saturday – Sunday, December 29th – 30th Location – Inglis House, Founder’s Hall, 2600 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia 19131 3 Round Swiss, Game 85, TD 5 … Continue reading →

2013 Greater Philadelphia Chess League Location: Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, 2600 S. Broad Street (Broad & Shunk Streets, Philadelphia. Same site as last year) Dates (All Sundays): January 27th, February 24th, March 24th, April 21st & May 19th Time: 2 rounds, G/85 TD/5 (85 minutes with 5 second delay) each day (as traditionally scheduled) … Continue reading →

December Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, December 1st – West Chester Quads Saturday, December 1st – Queens Academy Saturday, December 8th – MasterMinds Quads / Scholastic Swiss Saturday, December 8th – Shining Knights scholastic, Wayne, PA Sunday, December 9th – South Jersey Chess, December Open Friday eve, December 14th – Shining Knights, Friday Night Action, … Continue reading →

69 players participated in the 6th Philadelphia Metropolitan Scholastic Chess Championships today! Congratulations to the Team and Indivdiual Champions: George Washington High (School Champions) MasterMinds (Club Champions) Primary (K-3): Harrison Sanford, Tayon Brown, Paolo Marchiano and Nihal Bankulla Elementary (K-6): Zachary Kingsley & Manas Narula Middle School (K-8): Tykiem Gresham High School (K-12): Angelo Dellomargio … Continue reading →

November Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, November 3rd – Philadelphia Metropolitan Scholastic Champs, Meadowbrook P.A. Saturday, November 3rd – West Chester Quads Saturday, November 10th – MasterMinds Quads / Scholastic Swiss Saturday, November 10th – Greater Philadelphia Scholastic Championships, Maple Glen, P.A. Sunday, November 11th – South Jersey Chess, November Open Thursday eve, November 15th … Continue reading →

Local Chess Events (from my facebook group, Philly Plays Chess) September Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, September 1st – West Chester Quads Saturday, September 8th – MasterMinds Quads Friday eve, September 21st – Silver Knights, Friday Night Action, Bryn Mawr Saturday, September 22nd – 4th Annual Pitman Open Tues eve, September 25th – Main Line … Continue reading →