Chess
Classes
for Kids (Year-Round)
*Beginner
and Intermediate Classes - Eight class times offered each week
*Engaging
learning, tournament play within each week's group
*Online
and In-Person Options
*Includes
option to participate tournaments at reduced rate; free online chess club
participation
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Hamden
Chess Club
*Casual Play and USCF Tournaments
*In-Person
Activities:
Casual Play Mondays & Thursdays; Monthly USCF- Rated tournaments
for kids and adults
*Online Activities: 10+ tournaments each month with prizes
*Over 140 HCC members as of Nov 2023
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Chess
Classes for Adults
(Fall, Winter, Spring)
Classes meet one evening
(two hours) per week
*Chess
for Beginners
*Chess
Tactics for Club Players
*Chess Openings-King Pawn
*Chess Openings-Queen Pawn
*Chess Endgames: Tactics & Strategies (New-2024)
*Chess: Plans and Strategies (New-2024)
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Adult Education or at PMCA for Adult Chess Classes
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Upcoming
Adult Chess Classes
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Apr
3, 10, 17, 2024 (Note 1st class meeting is Apr 3, not Mar 27 that
was in printed catalog)
Sign up for Adult Chess Classes at Hamden Adult Education web site
at the course links above or in-person at PMCA. The entire catalog
is at: www.hamdenadulted.com.
Congratulations:
Congratulations
to our recent winners of HCC online and OTB tournaments (in Bold):
Mar
27: Asher Luszcz
Mar 25: Stephan Waizmann
Mar
23: HCC March Game 45 Challenge: Top (1700+): Alex Emmons 1st;
Joe Bihlmeyer, Jacob Laplant, Will Johnson (tie-2nd); U1700: Drew
Hetherington 1st; Elizabeth Smith, Praharsh Varada, Nicolas Zimmerman,
Laurent Lafosse (tie-2nd); U1300: Asher Blake, Zeeshan Syed (tie-1st/2nd)
Mar 20: Praharsh Varada
Mar 18: HCC March Action Quads: Jacob Laplant (Quad 1); Michael
Cuppernull, Brayden Sabol (Tie-Quad 2); Robert Vinson (Quad 3); Oliver
Barber, Joshua Lyon, Aditya Regmi, Mendel Bogart (tie Quad 4/Sm Swiss)
Mar 16: HCC March Mayhem Challenge (Scholastic) Trophy Winners:
Daniel Chou, Brian Dai (Quad 1); Caleb Cunningham, Caleb Festa (Quad 2);
Austin Place (Quad 3); Angelo Giannopoulos, Malcom Polly, Rachel Chou
(Quad 4); Nico Ciriello, Rayan Shahzad (Quad 5); Maximillian Mashkov,
Elijah Flores, Lucas Lyon (Quad 6/Small Swiss)
Mar 13: Todd Kearns
Mar 11: Stephan Waizmann
Mar 9: Will Johnson
Mar 6: Arthur Xu
Mar 4: Stephan Waizmann
Mar 2: Will Johnson
As of March 28, 2024, $25,940 has been distributed in cash and prizes
at the adult and kids tournaments (OTB and online) since our first tournament
was held in Fall of 2017.
All USCF cross tables for HCC tournaments are listed here.
Recent results of Completed HCC Online tournaments on Lichess are listed
here.
Join the HCC, participate in our next tournament, and
win a prize!
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