Sacramento Chess Club

The Davis Scholastic Chess Club (DSCC) and UC Davis Chess club are organizing the Stephen Sosnick Memorial Chess Festival on June 25 and June 26 with the generous patronage of the Sosnick family.     The featured guest for the event will be Grandmaster Joel Benamin, who will conduct a book signing, lecture, and simultaneous exhibition at the UC Davis Convention Center on Saturday, June 25.  Grandmaster Benjamin became the youngest national master at age 13, breaking the record previously held...

After missing the 2020 and 2021 live and in-person weekend events, we are back!  The 24th Annual Sacramento Chess Championship is scheduled for July 2-4, 2022, at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 2224 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento.  Tournament information: Sections:  Master/Expert, Reserve, Senior (Age 50+) -- Grandmaster Enrico Sevillano and International Master Josiah Stearman have committed to playing in the event! Rounds:  6, United States Chess Federation rated (membership requir...

The Sacramento Chess Club will be opening up again for meetings at Great Escape Games starting on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, from 6 to 10 pm. Great Escape Games does not require individuals who are fully vaccinated to wear a mask when in the store, however, please protect yourself to what ever level you deem to be appropriate. If you have not been fully vaccinated, please where a mask at the Club meetings. For the first couple of Tuesdays, we will simply have open play and will start a tournamen...

The Sacramento Chess Club G/75 +15 Spring Sectional Online Rated is open for registration. This USCF on-line rated swiss event features a one game a week format from May 26 through June 16, 2021, on chess.com with two sections 1800+ and U1800 (no playing up). There is no entry fee or prizes, however your USCF membership must be current through June 30, 2021 in order to participate. Chess.com Fair Play rules will apply. Please complete the ENTRY FORM (url https://tinyurl.com/pczhax6f) to part...

The Sacramento Chess Club G/75 +15 April Quads is open for registration.  This USCF on-line rated quad event features a one game a week format on April 28, May 5, and May 12, 2021 on chess.com.  There is no entry fee or prizes, however your USCF membership must be current through May 31, 2021 in order to participate.  Additionally, since this is a ratings balanced quad format event, players must commit to playing all three rounds.  Chess.com Fair Play rules will apply.     Please complete the...

Our first USCF rated on-line event had fourteen players and wraps up this Wednesday.   The Sacramento Chess Club USCF has scheduled its second on-line rated event event, the SCC Spring G/75 +15, five round a one game a week tournament from March 24, 2021 to April 21, 2021 on chess.com.  Since this is our second attempt with this format, there is no entry fee or prizes, however your USCF membership must be current through April 30, 2021 in order to participate.  chess.com fair play rules will...

The Sacramento Chess Club will be hosting a USCF on-line rated event event tournament starting on February 10, 2021.  The format is a once-a-week, 5 round G/60 +10 tournament.  Since this is our first attempt with this format, there is no entry fee or prizes, however your USCF membership must be current through March 2021 in order to participate.  Fair play rules will apply.     Please complete the entry form to participate in the event. The deadline for entries to participate in Round 1 i...

The Sacramento Chess Club has scheduled its first on-line USCF rated event event, a 5 round, once-a-week G/60 +10 tournament from February 10, 2021 to March 10, 2021 on chess.com.  Since this is our first attempt with this format, there is no entry fee or prizes, however your USCF membership must be current through March 2021 in order to participate.  Fair play rules will apply.     Please complete the entry form to participate in the event. The deadline for entries to participate in Round ...