Hey everybody, now that we have a few members I figured we could introduce ourselves.  I'll start:

My name's Jeff, I'm 28, live in Greenville and have been playing for about a year, but have studied pretty hard the last few months to get better.  My wife bought me a USCF membership for Christmas, so I'm planning on playing some rated OTB games at the Greenville Chess club ASAP.  Aside from that, I'm a veteran of the Navy and am finishing a Computer Engineering degree at Clemson.

I'm going to try to keep us at 1 vote chess game and 1 team match at a time, so please participate if you find the time, and I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

Jeff, This was a good idea putting this group together. I'll see if I can more of the guys around here to join.

I'm Bob and I'm in Lexington.

I'm the Director of the Columbia Chess Club. We play every Thursday evening so if anyone is over this way be sure to stop by. Check us out online at www.columbiachess.com .

I play in quite a few of the tournaments in SC and Charlotte. If anyone has questions about getting into OTB play at our state tournaments feel free to shoot me a message.

Also, be sure to stay up to date on SC Chess at www.scchess.org .

Pleasure to meet you Bob, and thanks for the links, I hadn't seen the scchess.org site.  I just went over the Chumachenko-Pohl game of the week, and hopefully I'll have on opportunity to play Klaus Pohl next month at a tourney in Greenville.

Paul Lowry from Columbia here.

David Gongre from Columbia, joining his fellow chess players from the state capital and beyond.

Welcome David !  

Greetings from Spartanburg. My name is Lee

Yo my name is Daniel Dodds, been playing chess for about 4 years (playing in tourneys for about 3) i'm from Blythewood SC and proud!

Hello from Greenville. My name is Josh I'm 27 and I started really playing to learn chess about 4 months ago. Jeff, what details do you know about the greenville chess club?

Hey Josh, glad to have you.  The GCC meets on Thursday nights ~ 7:30 at the Bobby Pierce center for rated events, and we usually have between 10-25 people show up.

More info can be found on the website(it's a little outdated, but the schedule is current):

http://www.greenvillechessclub.org/

I am Jeb

I am from Irmo and I am 18 years old.  I am trying to find people to play chess with.  People my age like video games.  So I might joinn Columbia chess club.

Hello all.  Paul Tinkler, lawyer, Charleston.  56 years old.  Started playing chess tournaments at 19.  Have not played in a tournament in a while.  USCF expert. 

Hello yall,

   My name is David, I have been living in the SC for the most of 20 years, grew up in NY and MA. I do woddworking and odd jobs, and since I am self employed I have been playing chess and learning what I can. I have had a lot more free time lately. If you see me on make sure I am actully there, sometimes I read and leave the site logged in and check back and forth, But if someones live I usally play if the game keeps going.

     Sincerely, David

Hello from Greenwood, SC !

Greenwood has a small family friendly community OTB chess club welcoming all ages and all skill levels (beginners too!).  Proud to serve the counties of Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, and Saluda.

Details - http://greatergreenwoodchessplayers.pbworks.com

Greenwood club players are now being encouraged to play at chess.com to stay connected with players from the club (and all of SC).  Especially players who have other priorities which can keep them away from weekly club meetings.  Hopefully player relationships will grow, ‘re-entry’ into the club meetings will be less awkward, and OTB tournaments will be better attended.  BIG thanks to those who created & maintain group South Carolina, USA !!

Events Calendar - http://www.scchess.org/calendar/calendar.htm

Mike Games

SC Scholastic Coordinator

http://scscholasticchess.pbworks.com  (also see facebook group "Chess for Scholastics in South Carolina")

MGames@Yahoo.com or 864-389-1180 (anytime)

Hello Everyone,

My Name is George Miller and I am from Greenwood, SC also, and a member of the club Mike Games mentioned above.  I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. If anyone lives in our area, please feel free to stop in and play some chess at our local get-togethers.. and of course I'd love to play you online here at Chess.com.

Keep Smiling, God Bless, and Happy Chess Playing!

Sincerely,

George Miller