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).

Martin Luther King Jr. 16th Annual Memorial Chess Tournament

January 14, 2012
Mission Academy, 9210 South Presa, San Antonio, TX 78223

UNRATED FIVE ROUND SWISS TOURNAMENT
Sections: Primary (K-2)Elementary (3-5) Middle (6-8) High (9-12)
Check In 8:45 - 9:45 am . Round one 10:30 am (Rounds are one hour each)
Round one subject to change to ensure correct pairings

Registration Guidelines: Names must be emailed by January 12, 2012. Name(s) School and Section of any student that you may think may come to the tournament.
At check-in, names can be verified or added.
Entry Fee is $6.00. Only names on list will be charged a late fee of ($9.00) and given a 1/2 round bye.
No Registration on January 14.
Any question please email TD ecchase@chessforeducation.com
Bring chess sets in case of large turnout, Snacks Bar Available.
Ample Seating in the gym. Please bring your own chairs and team tables.

Harmony Hills Elementary Scholastic Chess Tournament

January 21, 2012, Harmony Hills Elementary, 10727 Memory Lane, San Antonio 78216 - Please see the details in the attached flyer .

We are on twitter now!!!

SACC is on twitter now - follow SAChessClub to get all the updates and tournament announcements on your twitter account/phone. You are welcome to tweet your suggestions about SACC activities too.

Chess at Molly Pruitt Library

If you are looking to play chess in San Antonio, there is a new addition:
Molly Pruitt Library, 5110 Walzem Rd. (on Roosevelt HS campus)

Wednesdays: Free chess class, 4:30-5:30, open to students G7-12. Sponsored by Rackspace. No registration required

Thursdays: Family chess night. Meal for players and their familites (free) at 5:45 with instruction by Alex Weinberg. Play begins 6:30 until closing at 8:00. Sponsored by Rackspace. No registration required.   

For details, contact: 650-5122 or check out the library site at Molly Pruitt Library

Book Sale

Hundreds of used books on sale. Click here for a full listing and contact details.

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.

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.)