Attention US Veteran Chess Players! Join Chess Vets!

Chess Vets is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit formed in 2016. https://www.facebook.com/chessvets.org

Join our Chess Vets club! We are currently activating our Chess.com club again.
We offer ongoing multi-day tournaments.

We currently only offer our weekly live tournaments only on LiChess, but plan on moving them to Chess.com in the near future and separate the ELOs for more balanced play.

On our FB page https://www.facebook.com/ChessVets you will see an event page. You DO NOT need to be a veteran to join, just a LiChess.org Chess Vets team member. Warning. This 5 round Swiss G/5 inc 5 tournament averages 1800 ELO. We even have candidate Masters who play here. So come only if you have thick skin. No jerks or cheaters tolerated. 

We hold a voice chess club Zoom meeting 1 hour prior to the Open tournament. Meet other US veteran chess players that reside all over the US. We post results for our weekly live tournaments on this FB page.  The Zoom link can be viewed on the event page at start of meeting.

Want to earn money? Are you an informative >1700 ELO chess player that can be entertaining? We want to pay you to do a 15-20 minute chess related video. Why? We want to highlight the awesomeness of US veteran chess players to the world on our YouTube channel! You choose of video topic. Submit it for our review. If we use it, we will pay you $15 and contract you for future videos. Win-Win. https://www.youtube.com/@ChessVets.

You can help our ongoing mission of donating sets to deployed US troops and our communities by viewing, subscribing and sharing to our YouTube channel. We hate traditional fundraising. 

See you on the virtual board!

Michael Lenox, US Navy Chief (Ret)
Chess Vets Founder/President
Chess.com handle SWCCC

If you are a Chess Vet club member (www.chess.com/join/chess-vets), have reached 1500 ELO on Chess.com, are a US Veteran or active duty, submit your 15-20 minute chess related video to talent@ilchessvet.org. If we plan on using it on our YouTube channel www.youTube.com/@ChessVets, we will contact you further and pay you $15. If it trends well, we may also contract you for further content. Our goal is to upload a new video daily.

Effective Immediately. Chess Vets Chess.com club has changed its club entry requirements. Going forth, having served or still serving in the US Armed Forces or invited by a current club member will be a requirement for joining. This includes US merchant mariners. www.chess.com/join/Chess-Vets

Our Lichess.org team is still open for anyone to join. https://lichess.org/team/chess-vets

Why Join Chess Vets if you served or still serving in the US Armed Forces or invited by a current club member? 

Get more from your club.
1. Earn Chess Vets Swag (Hats, Mousepads, Coasters, Challenge coins, Amazon Gift cards and Chess.com membership upgrades) for winning, or sometimes just participating, in any of our tournaments.
2. Join us on Zoom weekly for our online chess club.
3. Join Chess Vets 1 day tournament Quads (600-1000), (1000-1200), (1200-1500) and (Open) on Chess.com. MUST be a Chess.com Chess Vets club member. www.chess.com/join/Chess-Vets
4. Weekly live open tournaments on LiChess.org. Why not Chess.com? We can't schedule bathroom breaks between rounds here (yet). These tournaments are open to all LiChess Team Chess Vets members. Scheduled on Chess Vets Online Clubs | Facebook events.

Why Join Chess Vets if you served or still serving in the US Armed Forces or invited by a current club member? 

Get more from your club.
1. Earn Chess Vets Swag (Hats, Mousepads, Coasters, Challenge coins, Amazon Gift cards and Chess.com membership upgrades) for winning, or sometimes just participating, in any of our tournaments.
2. Join us on Zoom weekly for our online chess club.
3. Join Chess Vets 1 day tournament Quads (600-1000), (1000-1200), (1200-1500) and (Open) on Chess.com. MUST be a Chess.com Chess Vets club member. www.chess.com/join/Chess-Vets
4. Weekly live open tournaments on LiChess.org. Why not Chess.com? We can't schedule bathroom breaks between rounds here (yet). These tournaments are open to all LiChess Team Chess Vets members. Scheduled on Chess Vets Online Clubs | Facebook events.