Friday Knights Chess Club - TN

12 Months ago, this club was started as a way for the members of the Friday Knights Chess Club, a group of chess players in Memphis to continue to play chess against each other after the Covid pandemic made in person chess events difficult, if not impossible to host For 12 months we have met every Friday at the same time for a little over an hour of chess.  During this time many new faces joined us from all over the United States.  This club now boasts well over 200 members, and I hope all o...

Hi Everyone, Over the last few weeks, we have noticed an usually large amount of trolling and smurfing within our tournaments.  I want to remind everyone what while FKCC is open to all, our primary goal remains to being welcoming and encouraging to new players to the game of chess at all ages.  As such, many of our membership is under the age of 12.  While I understand in many groups on chess.com, creating smurf accounts (Creating secondary accounts for the sole purpose of hiding your true r...

FKCC Schedule for Unrated 07/05/20 - 07/11/20 (arrive 10 min. early or your mission may abort)7/8 - Wednesday Arena, 6:00pm-7:30pm (90 minutes), G/5,d0             [FKCC Arena #11] https://www.chess.com/live#r=259286 7/9 - Thursday Beginners Tournament (U1001 or new), 5:00pm, 4SS, G/10,d0           [FKCC Virtual #30] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1308897 7/10 - Friday Knights Chess Club, 7:00pm, 6SS, G/8+2            [FKCC Virtual #31] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1308899

 FKCC Schedule for Unrated 06/28/20 - 07/04/20 (arrive 10 min. early or your mission may abort)7/1 - Wednesday Arena, 6:00pm-7:30pm (90 minutes), G/5,d0             [FKCC Arena #9] https://www.chess.com/live#r=246065 7/2 - Thursday Beginners Tournament (U1001 or new), 5:00pm, 4SS, G/10,d0           [FKCC Virtual #30] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1293098 7/3 - Friday Knights Chess Club, Freedom Arena!, 7:00pm-8:30pm (90 minutes), G/7+4            [FKCC Arena #10] https://www.chess.com/live#...

FKCC Schedule for Unrated 06/21/20 - 06/27/20 (arrive 10 min. early or your mission may abort)6/24 - Wednesday Arena, G/5,d0, 6:00pm-7:30pm (90 minutes)             [FKCC Arena #9] https://www.chess.com/live#r=232235 6/25 - Thursday Beginners Tournament (U1001 or new), 5:00pm, 4SS, G/10,d0           [FKCC Virtual #28] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1275974 6/26 - Friday Knights Chess Club, 7:00pm, 5SS, G/10+3            [FKCC Virtual #29] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1275975

FKCC Schedule for Chess Station Unrated 06/07/20 - 06/13/20 (arrive 10 min. early or your mission may abort) 6/10 - Wednesday Arena “Saturn Rings Chess” G/5, 6:00pm-7:30pm (90 minutes)           [FKCC Arena #8] https://www.chess.com/live#r=215081 6/11 - Thursday “Novice Space Cadets (Beginners Tournament)” (U1001 or new), 5:00pm, 4SS, G/10,d0           [FKCC Virtual #24] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1252661 6/12 - Friday “Knight Mission” 7:00pm, 5SS, G/5+5           [FKCC Virtua...

FKCC Schedule for the week of 5/31-6/6: 6/3 - Wednesday “Outdoor Arena”, G/5, 600pm-730pm (90 minutes) [FKCC Arena #7] https://www.chess.com/live#r=211235 6/4 - Thursday “Beginner’s Knight” (U1001 or new), 500pm, 4SS, G/10 [FKCC Virtual #22] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1245924 6/5 - Friday Knights Chess Club, “Faster & Faster”, 700pm, 7SS, G/3+2 [FKCC Virtual #23] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1245926

Schedule for the week of 5/24-5/30: 5/27 - Wednesday “Blitz’n Arena”, G/5, 600pm-730pm (90 minutes) [FKCC Arena #6] https://www.chess.com/live#r=208896 5/28 - Thursday “Beginner’s Knight” (U1001 or new), 500pm, 4SS, G/10 [FKCC Virtual #20] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1241310 5/29 - Friday Knights Chess Club, “May May Go Away”, 700pm, 6SS, G/5+5, 700pm [FKCC Virtual #21] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1241315

Schedule for the week of 5/17-5/23: 5/20 - Wednesday “Mental Boxing Arena”, G/5+5, 600pm-730pm (90 minutes) [FKCC Arena #5] https://www.chess.com/live#r=203288 5/21 - Thursday “Beginner’s Knight” (U1001 or new), 500pm, 4SS, G/10 [FKCC Virtual #19] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1232082 5/22 - Friday Knights Chess Club, “Arena Squared”, 700pm, G/10, 700pm-830pm (90 minutes) [FKCC Arena #6] https://www.chess.com/live#r=203292  

Schedule for the week of 5/10-5/16: 5/12 - Tuesday “It’s That Tuesday Knight Thing” [NOT US Chess rated this week], 600pm, 5SS, G/5+5  [Info about new US Chess rated events coming soon!] [FKCC Virtual #16] https://www.chess.com/live#t=1225635 5/13 - Wednesday “Mental Boxing Arena Knight”, G/5+5, 600pm-730pm (90 minutes) [FKCC Arena #4] https://www.chess.com/live#r=200372 5/14 - Thursday “Beginner’s Knight” (U1000 or new), 500pm, 4SS, G/10 [FKCC Virtual #17] https://www.chess....