Exciting news!! 1) The Salem Oregon Chess Club now has a Discord channel (Thanks to Scott) for anyone who uses Discord! It is awesome.https://discord.gg/fHU35R96 2) I want to start hosting USCF tournaments in Salem (Albany is fine too). I thin...
We have a request for in person chess in Albany on a Saturday or Sunday evening. Is anyone else available to play at either of those times? Also, feel free to suggest good places to play at since I'm not super familiar with Albany.
Hi everyone, we have a new club daily challenge. It is a custom position setup so please review the position first and make sure you are comfortable playing from that position as White or Black before joining.
We've been challenged to a club match by Promote to King! Please join if you can 😊
The Salem Chess Club will be meeting at The Yard this Sunday May 18th at 2:30PM and hopefully every Sunday afterwards for the foreseeable future. I will be there and bring a few sets with me. Hope to see some of you there!
Hello AOCC! Question, is anyone interested in being a chess coach and/or receiving lessons from a chess coach? I’m able to provide tutoring on very select days and hours, but in the event that a clients schedule is unable to accommodat...
What a match it was and an incredible conclusion, love seeing the emotion poor out of GD after his win. truly earned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbPeUgTxRwE&t=97s
Happy Chess Day everyone! This has been a great year for chess so far. Our club is up to 48 members, we’ve had a very successful online tournament run winning 6 of our 8 tournaments if I remember that right, our Tournament this July ...
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all that came to support the chess tournament! It took a lot of effort, resources, and time to get this all put together, all the donations, supplies, and help that was given is what made this possible. Add...
Hello competitors! We are 6 days away from the First Annual Albany Oregon Chess Club tournament, This email is to serve as a reminder of what's to expect on the 13th. Games will begin at 1pm, please show up 15 minutes or earlier. The confe...
Heyoo so far preparations for the tournament are going really well, we have clocks for 40 players, and boards for 52 players. Currently we have 32 officially registered players, and it’s safe to assume that there could be 10+ people that sho...
Hello everyone! Some people have asked if there was a way to donate and support the chess club. This is the official and only Cashapp for the club. Thank you in advance for the support! Currently all donations will be going to supporting our tourn...
hey everyone, we have an online blitz arena starting at 6pm! get ready
Hello AOCC Sorry for the lack of activity in the group lately. There are plans in turning this around, actively seeking out club matches at the moment, preparing for our OTB tournament this summer, and posting more updates about the chess communit...
Hello AOCC currently this concept is in its infancy and isn’t perfectly refined. The goal is to figure out what people are most interested in as it pertains to this event. so I plan on making an official over the board tournament this summer with...
Hello AOCC and Happy New Year! I’d like to express how proud I am of our members and this group as a whole; this year we increased our member count by over 20 unique people, participated 4 tournaments and have won 3 of them, also our in person me...
Hello AOCC! I’d like to wish you all a merry Christmas
Hello AOCC, we have a challenge from ‘5 for 5’, please feel free to join, once both rosters are locked we’ll start the tournament
Hello AOCC! We have a match against Eugene starting on the 12th, so far we only have 3 members involved and we need to get those numbers up a side note, chesscom is weird and if you hit "join" tournament on the home page, it wont actually regist...
(Copied from email) “ Hello chess friends! It is time for our quarterly speed-chess tournament in Albany @ Memorial Middle School! This time we are doing game in 5 minutes with a 2 second bonus. $10 entry fee. Open and K-18 seconds. Please...
Hello everyone we have a match against Portland state chess! It will be a daily tournament and unrated, please join and represent!
we currently have two open events for members. link #1 will be our Club daily tournament, link #2 will be our first daily match against another club! please join both and try to have some fun #1 https://www.chess.com/tournament/1st-albany-oregon...
