Welcome to the San Antonio Chess Club
Thanks for stopping by the San Antonio Chess Club web site. Founded in 1888 at the historic Menger Hotel near the Alamo,
the San Antonio Chess Club is the oldest chess club in Texas.
We meet Thursday evenings 6-10 p.m. (except holidays) at the Lions Field Recreation Center, 2809 Broadway near Mulberry - see map (phone: 826-9041). This is a City of San Antonio facility and visitors, including minors are welcome. Please bring chess sets, boards & clocks if you have them - they are not provided at site. Every week: casual skittles, blitz tourney begins 8 p.m. We also organize several weekend tournaments at other locations; see future events.
Membership/Newsletter: Club members receive a monthly newsletter that covers local chess news, upcoming tournaments and games by local players. Membership is $10 per year ($5 junior, family $15, and life $200).
Book Sale
Hundreds of used books on sale. Click
here for a full listing and contact details.
August Quick Rated Tournament
Aug. 21 Quick rated Game/20. 6SS, G/20. 2nd floor, 4450 Medical Dr.
EF: $10. $$ (b/80% entries) 1st-2nd: 35%-25%; 1st-2nd lower half 25%-15%. Reg. 11-11:30. Rds. start 12 noon & asap.
Entries: SACC, POB 501, Helotes, TX 78023
Info: 210-695-2324, schachlied@ yahoo.com.
Join us on Facebook
San Antonio Chess Club is on Facebook now - if you have a facebook account - join us
here
to get latest updates about the club acivities including upcoming tournaments.
US Class Championship, 2010
October 1-3. Details at
TCA site.
October Slammer
Oct 16 - Hornbeak Bldg, 2nd floor, 4450 Medical Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229
5-SS, Rd. 1 G/30, Rds. 2-5 G/60. $$1,100 b/40, 2 sections. $$1,000 b/40: $250-150; A, B, U1600 ea. $100-$75. U1400/unr. $75.
EF: $30 if rec'd by 9/30, $35 at site. Junior (18/under) or Senior (65+) entry (count 2/3 toward based-on): $20 by 9/30, $25 at site.
Reg. 9-10 a.m., Rds. 10:30-11:30-2-4:30-7:30. Half-pt. bye any 1 rd., notice before rd. 2. Entries: SACC, POB 501, Helotes, TX 78023
Info: 210-695-2324, schachlied@ yahoo.com.
More bang for your buck (and more bucks for your stuff-literally!!)
Now, San Antonio Chess Club members can utilize the website for posting their "sell"(or "buy") ads
for new or used chess material - boards, chess sets, books, CD/DVDs etc etc. This would ensure that
while you get a wider audience and good price for your stuff, it would also provide more opportunities
for you to explore options for good deals - maybe getting that wooden chess set you were planning to buy for long.
Follow the four easy steps to do this:
1. Think of a title for your ad (Example - For sale: Analysis wooden chess set for $20)
2. Provide description of the stuff (age, condition, size, author etc.) - the more the better.
And of course include your contact information (how, when, where)
3. Snap some pictures (optional but recommended) - ensure that it is clear enough if not of very high quality
4. Drop a mail with the above to linkedlist@gmail.com
This service is manual right now-and only for SACC members. Non-members can not post the ads right now-
though anybody can access the ads.As it is experimental right now, further development
would depend upon the response.
***You can access the current ads here.***
Calendar updates and local tournaments....
If you want to organize a local chess
tournament, and want this site to post about the same, please send us a mail at
linkedlist@gmail.com . Here are some
tips:
1. Please check the upcoming events calendar
to see if the proposed tournament dates clash with any existing ones-it could be
important for the number of participants.
2. Post/mail us well in advance so that
interested players could plan for the same.
3. Give as much details as
possible-while having a mail contact ID is good, most of the players tend
to check the site for details.
4. Do include a clear route/directions
section, if the intended location is a public place (like which
section/floor/room etc.)