Waltham Chess Club - ZOOM Grand Prix

Welcome to the ZOOM Grand Prix!  As of 06-16-2025, this page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

Starting this Friday 06-20-2025, this will be the new home of the USCF-Rated Tournaments hosted by the online Waltham Chess Club that require ZOOM.  Players who commit to joining ZOOM each and every Tournament will be allowed not only to participate in our weekly USCF-Rated Tournaments (same schedule as before), but also to participate in an optional Grand Prix Cash-Prize event that will run over several weeks a session.  Details to follow.

Membership in this Club and participation in its USCF-Rated tournaments requires a current Membership with USCF (https://secure2.uschess.org/webstore/member.ph).  In addition, players must register one time with chess.com by filling out this USCF Authentication Form ( https://www.chess.com/news/view/uscf-member-authentication-9266) and join the US Chess Members Only Club to be eligible to play in this Club.

Because the ZOOM Grand Prix is also a Cash-Prize event, players who plan to participate in it are asked to install Proctor (http://chess.com/proctor).  This will be used to monitor players' computers and play areas in a manner more rigorous than ZOOM.  See this Forum: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/welcome-2853. DM me if you have questions or concerns about it. 

The old Club Waltham Chess Club - USCF-Rated will continue to run USCF-Rated Tournaments, but they will no longer require ZOOM.

More details to follow.  If you have been Invited or accepted into this Club, it is a privilege.  Treat it as such!   Nick :-)