If you are beginning to play chess, or are dusting off your game after a hiatus of years (or decades!), join our Thursday evening adult chess class. Learn tactics and strategies to improve your game, and enjoy the camaraderie of your fellow adults! Find out more here:
Advanced players will benefit from our Monday evening master class with GM Nick de Firmian, three-time US Chess Champion, noted expert on chess openings, and author and communicator extraordinaire! The master class is offered online using lichess and Zoom. Find more information here:
If you are ready to play and want to build rating points (and win some $!), join our monthly cash quad (1 in 4 chance of taking home $80!)
or play in our Friday night adult chess tournaments .
These memorial chess tournaments, named for the chess greats, happen throughout the year. Most tournaments are 6 rounds, with a round every Friday night @ 7 pm @ the Berkeley Chess Center. Games are G/90 with a 30 second increment. The entry fee is $70, but titled players enter free! There is a $500 prize fund for every tournament!
BCS also hosts periodic special events, including simuls and seminars from some of our illustrious GM alumni! Check our website or join our mailing list https://lp.
WGM Carla Heredia Serrano makes a move at the Novato Checkmates’ simul exhibition in Novato. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)