Dear Mechanics' Intitutute Chess Club Fans, The newest issue of the Newsletter by Mechanics' Institute Chess Club is out! Highlights from Issue #1063: Three New Book Review by IM John Donaldson discusses Openings for Amateurs - Theory vs P...
Issue 1062 of the Mechanics' Chess Room Newsletter is out now! GM-in-Residence Sam Shankland gives lecture and plays in blitz tournament The highlight of our monthly tournament round-up is the victory of IM Varun Krishnan in the blitz tournamen...
Dear All, I got an okay for a once a month online tournament for our Mechanics' Players! Question is: 8 round G/5+2 or 5 rounds G/15+2? It'll be USCF online rated, and will probably do it on a Thursday evening. Please, comment below wit...
Mechanics' does not have any in-person tournament this weekend, so we encourage people to attend this event that we just got info from our good friend Arthur Braden. He'll be the TD!
Mechanics' Institute October Online Blitz Championship Saturday October 23 @ 7:00PM Join the many Mechanics' players for a fun Saturday evening online blitz! USCF Online Blitz Rated 8SS G/5+2 - automatically run tournament on chess.com Prize ...
2021 Fall Mechanics' Women's Online Championship FREE but registration is needed! Sign up by 10/23 Saturday 6PM to be included! Back by popular demand Repeating the 2021 Mechanics' Women's Championship that happened in the spring. This free...
Mechanics' Institute August Blitz Championship Online TONIGHT!! Friday, August 27 @ 7:00PM Join us for a fun Friday evening online blitz! USCF Online Blitz Rated 8SS G/5+2 - automatically run tournament on chess.com Prize Fund: $300 b/...
Mechanics' Institute July Blitz Championship Online Saturday, July 24 @ 6:30PM USCF Online Blitz Rated 8SS G/5+2 - automatically run tournament on chess.com Prize Fund: $300 b/30 paid entries MUST REGISTER: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula...
Join us today as GM Nick de Firmian and FM Paul Whitehead take on all comers in a 1-hour arena starting at 5pm PT. G/4+2 and we will broadcast the arena Live on our Mechanics' Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/mechanicschess Arena link opens ...
LAST CALL for TOMORROW 2021 Schutt/Brandwein/Jay Whitehead Memorial Blitz Online via Chess.com Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 3PM Pacific Time Please join us in a tournament recognizing three important people in Mechanics' Institute history Event wil...
Hi everyone! We will have a free 6-round G/5+2 blitz tonight that we will stream on our Twitch channel:https://www.twitch.tv/mechanicschess Open to all players that are members of the Mechanics' Chess.com community. To join, click this link:http...
Join us tonight for our monthly USCF rated blitz championship starting at 6:30PM Pacific! 8 rounds, G/5+2, $400 b/30. We will be streaming the blitz event also on our Twitch channel:https://www.twitch.tv/mechanicschess To Register for the tournam...
Hi everyone, We will run a free Tuesday Night Online event, 5 rounds G/8+2 starting at 6:30pm. Link is here: https://www.chess.com/live#t=2022164 TNM begins next week! Register here: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2021OnlineTournaments...
Came take your shot against 3-time US champion GM nick de Firmian in his arena starting in an hour. Join here:https://www.chess.com/live#r=893157 Watch the live stream on our channel here:https://www.twitch.tv/mechanicschess
Hey Mechanics' players, We will have a club friendly match today vs. SG King from the Netherlands starting at 11am Pacific time today. 2 games, G/15+2 against same opponent, one white, one black. Here is the match link if you are free:https://www...
Correction! GM Nick de Firmian Arena starts 5pm PST today. Good Luck!
Come join GM Nick de Firmian's arena today at 4pm at this link:https://www.chess.com/live#r=846639 Registration opens at 3pm, see you there! You can follow the action on our Twitch channel:https://www.twitch.tv/mechanicschess Abel
Hi everyone, FM Paul Whitehead's G/3+2 Arena resumes at 5pm today, registration is open now! https://www.chess.com/live#r=846526 Tune in to our Tuesday Night Marathon tonight starting at 6:30pm, Registration is open here: https://www.milibrary...
Dear Club Players, We have two upcoming club matches with two European clubs. These will be on Saturdays at 11AM to accommodate the time zone difference. Please sign up for 1/23 or 2/5, respectively, by inputting your full name and email addre...
Hi everyone, The TNM is on break, but we scheduled a 5-round G/8+2 for any Mechanics' players looking for some action starting at 6:30 PST. Have fun everyone! https://www.chess.com/live#t=1944065
Dear Players, You are invited to participate in the IM Donaldson Arena tonight at 7PM. https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournaments/im-donaldson-arena It's a 60 minutes arena with G/5+2 games. It's free for players who are playing in the main eve...
GM Aleksandr Lenderman, GM Jim Tarjan, IM Elliott Winslow, and NM Ruiyang Yan are among the entries to the 2nd annual IM John Donaldson Championship this weekend, will you be among them? Our holiday tournament finale is this weekend! $2000 prize p...
Hi everyone, GM Nick de Firmian will enter the arena today at 4pm, an hour earlier than usual because of a staff and member virtual party at Mechanics'. We will also not have a stream available just for today's session. Here is the game link:ht...
https://tribridgeschessclub.com/tournaments/hhm-tournament/ Please, read the following message from Joshua Anderson, friend and colleague at the Chess Journalist of America among other places (https://tribridgeschessclub.com/personal-history-wri...
