Columbia SC Chess Club

After a draw in week one against Chess long Island, Columbia pulled out a dominating win in week two vs Ayer Chess club of Ayer, MA! After some negotiating with Ayer they agreed to play the match at the standard date and time of Sat at 1pm.  My notice of the normal time change on Friday didn't make it to all in time so we had a lower than normal turnout but so did Ayer.  They only brought 3 as well instead of the 5 needed so there are no forfeits.  Thanks to all who could play including Sam...

The Chess.com clubs league Season 2 is tentatively set to start soon.  The rules below with a change from the minimum number of boards from 4 to 5 and there will be Blitz as well as Rapid.  There will also be playoffs.  These are the main changes.  Here is the link for the full rules.  https://www.chess.com/news/view/clubs-league-season-2-rules  I hope you have visibility to this but unclear if you do.(might just be for admins) A. Schedule Chess.com’s Clubs League Season 2 regular season i...

Congrats to Sam Copeland,  Mike Sailer, CheckmateB4Material, anpu3, KassySC ,RadSun09,  who played last Saturday!  Another competitive match unraveled and this time it was Columbia who came out on top by the slimmest of margins 6.5-5.5!  The games in this match were so sharp and exciting to witness.  I felt it would be a special day when the first wild game was completed by RadSun09 claiming the point and then another sharp game by RadSun finishing the second game before any other games compl...

Congrats to Sam Copeland, rg8check, Mike Sailer, CheckmateB4Material, JSATiger, jarlaxle36, anpu3,RadSun09, minetroopa  who played last Saturday!  It was a great turnout with 10 boards apiece.  Starting round 1 up 6-4, we lost 10.5 to 9.5 in a very competitive match with Cercle E'cheses de Hull.  Our third match is this Saturday, June 6th, at 1 pm. In the Clubs league there are currently 115 confirmed clubs from 36 countries. Chess.com’s Clubs League 2020 season will be Saturday, May 23 (fi...

Congrats to Mike Sailer, Sam Copeland, CheckmateB4Material, JSATiger, jarlaxle36, anpu3,  rg8check who played last Saturday!  It was a good turnout for the first match which was very much fun.  We lost 7.5 to 6.5 in a very competitive match with ChessEmpire.  Our second match is this Saturday, May 30th, at 1 pm. In the Clubs league there are currently 115 confirmed clubs from 36 countries. Chess.com’s Clubs League 2020 season will be Saturday, May 23 (first match) through Saturday, July 11...

The Club League is soon to be underway and I am jacked.  There are currently 115 confirmed clubs from 36 countries. Chess.com’s Clubs League 2020 season will be Saturday, May 23 (first match) through Saturday, July 11 (final match).   The league will have weekly matches on eight (8) consecutive Saturdays – May 23, May 30, June 6, June 13, June 20, June 27, July 4, and July 11. The suggested default match time is Saturday 1:00pm EDT.  The estimated match time is 1 hour. 2 Games @ G15 +2  ...