🦃 A Pre-Thanksgiving Special Event 🦃
Join us for an Exclusive Meetup with Four-Time U.S. Chess Champion, GM Yasser ("Yaz”) Seirawan, (plus a Special Surprise Guest), via a Live Zoom...
World Cup Fever — More Prize Giveaways!
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Families and Friends,The 2025 FIDE Chess World Cup is underway in the coastal state of Goa, India, from October 30 to November 27. The event takes place a...
2nd Annual Chess Trivia Challenge
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Members, Families, and Friends,
It’s time once again to test your knowledge of chess facts and factoids ripped from the headlines and pages of Chess Life ma...
Open Mic Day at the Demo Chessboard!
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Families and Friends,
In memoriam and in tribute to Daniel Naroditsky and his personal mission to share his love of chess and his knowledge of chess positi...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Families and Friends,
If we missed you last week at the Silverdale Chess Club, you missed National Chess Day when everyone received 200 honorary rating points just for attending!
I'm ki...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Families and Friends,
Do you know the official rules of chess? Do the world’s top Grandmasters, champions like Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Garry Kasparov, Wesley So, and Gukesh ...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Members, Families and Friends,
Starting this Saturday at 12 noon, an innovative chess club tournament experience featuring 15-minute Rapid Chess lets YOU decide which rounds to play!
You can choose...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Members, Families and Friends,
Starting this Saturday at 12 noon, an innovative chess club tournament experience where YOU decide which rounds to play is calling your name.
You can choose to pl...
Announcing the
Silverdale Chess Club
Ridgetop Rapids
US Chess-Rated, 9-Rounds
(3 rounds each Saturday)
"Game 15”: 15 minutes-per-side
starting September 27, 2025
Active USCF membership required. $10 e...
Regular chess play including US Chess-rated Quads and individual match play, resumes at the Silverdale Chess Club this
Saturday, September 13th.
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Families and Friends,
A world class chess fig...
Silverdale Chess Club Showcases the Surprising Latvian Gambit
You've settled in for a quiet game of Chess, ready to spring your home-brewed preparation of your pet line in the Ruy Lopez, or perhaps the Giuoco Piano, and lead a d...
Silverdale Chess Club End of Summer Swap Meet
We'll close out the Summer season of the Silverdale Chess Club this week with our first, annual, Chess Paraphernalia Swap Meet.
If you have any unusual items of chess “Merch”...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Families and Friends,
The 2025 Summer season of the Silverdale Chess Club is wrapping up with a
valuable lecture on one of the hottest openings on the chessboard today.
Tap into the Power of the Jo...
Willing to Share one of Your Pet Lines in Chess?
It’s time to tap into the fertile minds of Silverdale Chess Club members! This is an invitation to share a part of your opening repertoire — not all of your secret weapons, b...
Dear Silverdale Chess Players, Families and Friends,
Chess variants can be fun and useful for training purposes.
We think we’ve come up with a new one you might enjoy!
For those who are game, we th...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Members, Family and Friends,
This is a special announcement to fill you in on a special offer.
The Silverdale Chess Club has arranged to produce T-shirts with our Chess Club logo and offer them a...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Members, Families and Friends,
The Silverdale Chess Club has made its official video debut on YouTube with chess Grandmaster, teacher, coach, and humorist Ben Finegold. Featured interview questions were p...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Members, Families and Friends,
Pleasant greetings to all!
The Silverdale Chess Club Summer Round Round tournament is nearing completion as players finish up their eight rounds. It looks like it is co...
GM Ben Finegold at the Silverdale Chess Club
Saturday, July 19 at 2:45PM
Attendance is Free
In case you hadn't noticed, the initials of GM Ben Finegold, our special guest speaker at the Silverdale Chess Club this Saturday, and...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Friends and Families,
Mark your calendars for July 19th when the Silverdale Chess Club will welcome chess coach, teacher, analyst, humorist and part-time philosopher, Grandmaster Ben Finegold, for an ...
Pleasant Greetings to All Silverdale Chess Club Round-Robin Players!
Thank you for your participation in the Silverdale Chess Club's 2025 Summer Round-Robin Tournament. As you may know, (and we are happy tor remind), we've tried some...
Candidate for GAME OF THE YEAR called a Masterpiece!
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Friends and Families,
A candidate for the GAME OF THE YEAR was played this week between GM “Pragg” Rameshbabu ...
Dear Silverdale Chess Club Players, Friends and Families
Happy Summer Solstice, the first day of Summer!
It’s around halftime for the Silverdale Chess Club's 2025 Summer Round Robin Tournament as we make the pairings for Round 5, ...
Meet GM Ben Finegold, July 19 at 2:45PM at the Silverdale Chess Club
The Master of Ceremonies, wait, make that the Grandmaster of Ceremonies, for online chess instruction and entertaining chess humor, Grandmaster Ben Finegold will present an...