The recent February 19 John G. Harris Chess Championship at the University of Florida had about eight Pinellas participants, including PCS Chess member Jacob Rosenthal, a student at Jacobson Tech High School in Seminole. It was Rosenthal's fi...
Ishaan Bhowmick, one of our most active PCS Chess participants, played in the National K-12 Championship Dec 3-5 in Orlando. In his group (2nd Grade, Ratings 600 – 799), Ishaan won! Overall, Ishaan was #28 out of 90 2nd Grade U.S. participants. ...
For the first time, PCS Chess played in a multi-club arena! Pinellas students ishaanbhowmick and WargamerElit3 faced Sparta HS and Pope John HS, both of which are in New Jersey, on Sat., Oct. 23 from 2 - 4pm. The time control was 20|0 for eac...
Due to low turnout on Thursdays, we are no longer offering Thursday evening arenas. However, that is not a death knell for PCS! On the contrary, over the last 18 months ... - We have grown to over 400 members! - We have played over 200 tournam...
In the 20/20 Championship League, an international chess league, we started the new season with a loss against Poti (Georgia). On Sat., Oct. 9 we rebounded in Round 2 by defeating Team Malta 6.5 - 1.5 with strong play from Wasteproduct2002, AlexJ...
Local opportunities to play and improve in chess are rapidly approaching! This year, the Florida State Championship will be at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park from Sep. 3 – 6. See www.floridachess.org for details. Alton4Chess is hosti...
We enjoyed playing in this season’s 20/20 Championship League, an international chess league with over 100 teams, and we hope to play in 20/20 next season! The final round officially ends on August 1, but we finished our last match early; here ar...
Online chess (free): PCS Chess has you covered with … Arenas Wed 3:40 – 4:40pm (15|0); Thu 6:00 – 7:30pm (30|0); Sat 7 – 8pm (10|0) Swiss tournaments Tue 7pm (5|1, four rounds); Fri 7:30pm (10|0, three rounds, for K-12 students only) 20/20 Cha...
We are playing in the 20/20 Championship League, an international league with over 100 teams. See www.2020chess.com for more information. We have already played Harvard U (MA), Aberdeen U Alumni (Scotland), Doña Ana Comm Coll (NM), Abbots Bromle...
Based on a member's suggestion, we tried to have a Vote Chess game against LouBuc, the player with the strongest rating in PCS Chess. Unfortunately, we experienced "technical difficulties" and consequently decided to cancel this first PCS Chess a...
PCS Chess is playing in the 2020 Championship League, an international league with over 100 teams. See www.2020chess.com for more information. Participation is open to anyone in our club, student or adult. We have already played Harvard U (MA),...
PCS Chess has accomplished a lot in one year! * 379 members from 25 elementary, 12 middle, and 13 high schools in Pinellas County * 6 matches in the 20/20 Champions League against clubs in the USA, UK, and South Africa * 6 friendly matches ...
We are celebrating the 1st anniversary of PCS Chess (March 26, 2021) with our 1st PCS Chess t-shirt! On the back are the usernames & schools of everyone in PCS Chess who we know is a student, parent, alumni, or staff at any Pinellas Count...
Starting this week, there will be new Tuesday tournaments and a change to our Thursday tournaments. The new PCS weekly schedule is: Tuesdays: 7pm, open Swiss, 5|1, four rounds Wednesdays: 3:40 – 4:40, open arena, 15|0 Thursdays: 6:00 – 7:30...
We have a lot of exciting chess action on the horizon! PCS Chess is playing in the 2020 Championship League, an international league with over 100 teams. Participation is open to anyone in our club, student or adult. We have already pla...
PCS Chess is playing in the 2020 Championship League, an international league with over 100 teams. See results.scorchapp.co.uk/t/2020chess/pairings/5 & www.2020chess.com for more information. Participation is open to anyone in our club, stud...
Since a members’ account was recently closed for violation of chess.com’s Fair Play Policy, I thought it would be good to share that policy, from www.chess.com/blog/Milosz-2012/chess-com-community-policies : Fair Play Policy Do not get help fro...
PCS Chess is playing in the 2020 Championship League, an international league with over 100 teams. See results.scorchapp.co.uk/t/2020chess/pairings/4 & www.2020chess.com for more information. Participation is open to anyone in our club, stud...
On Sun Jan 31 at 2pm, PCS will play a friendly match against Ampleforth College (England), a day and boarding school of approximately 600 MS & HS students (ages 12 to 18). Ampleforth plans to field 10 to 15 players, so of course it is our goa...
PCS Chess is playing in the 2020 Championship League, an international league with over 100 teams. See results.scorchapp.co.uk/t/2020chess/pairings/3 & www.2020chess.com for more information. Participation is open to anyone in our club, stud...
PCS Chess will play a scholastic match against La Habra High School (California), on Sat, Feb 6 at 1pm. This match is only for students in grades K – 12. We are hoping for 12 PCS students v 12 La Habra students. Each PCS player will play two 10...
PCS Chess is playing in the 2020 Championship League, an international league with over 100 teams. See results.scorchapp.co.uk/t/2020chess/pairings/2 & www.2020chess.com for more information. Participation is open to anyone in our club, stud...
PCS Chess will play a scholastic match against Sparta Township, located in Sussex County, New Jersey, on Sat, Dec 5 at 10am. This match is only for students in grades 6 – 12. PCS will play a matching number of Sparta players, e.g., if 15 PCS stu...
The PCS Chess Club is currently playing in the 2020 Champions League, an international online tournament in which clubs play once a month. On Nov. 6, PCS Chess played in Round 1 against Harvard University. Seven PCS students from Forrest Lake ES,...
PCS Chess now has 300 members with students, staff, and parents representing 50 schools in Pinellas County. Our largest high school contingent is currently from Northeast HS; our largest middle school contingents are from Bay Point MS and Morgan ...
