The Philadelphia area has a chess champion once again as International Master Thomas Bartell captured the 2015 Delaware Valley Open Chess Championship on October 17-18. After a year’s hiatus the tournament returned at its new venue, St. Joseph’s University. Bartell defeated all of his opponents in the competition which lasted about 8 hours over the … Continue reading →

2015 Summer Swiss III, Saturday & Sunday, August 29-30 Location – Inglis House, Resident Lounge, 2600 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia 19131 Open to all players 4 Round Swiss, Game 85, TD 5 (Two 1/2 pt byes available upon request, Commit before tournament) Times: Registration 9:30-10 am, Saturday, August 29th Rounds 1 & 2: Saturday 8/29, 10:30 … Continue reading →

2015 Summer Swiss II, Saturday & Sunday, July 25-26 Location – Inglis House, Resident Lounge, 2600 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia 19131 Open to all players 4 Round Swiss, Game 85, TD 5 (Two 1/2 pt byes available upon request, Commit before tournament) Times: Registration 9:30-10 am, Saturday, July 25th Rounds 1 & 2: Saturday 7/25, 10:30 … Continue reading →

July Philadelphia Area Chess Events Weekend, June 4th-5th – Shulman Cup, Cherry Hill Saturday, July 11th – St. Joes U. Game 30 Quads Saturday, July 11th – MasterMinds Quads & Scholastic Swiss Saturday, July 11th – West Chester Quads Saturday, July 18th – Time to Think Swiss II Sunday, July 19th – Luther Acres Swiss … Continue reading →

2015 Summer Swiss, Saturday & Sunday, June 27-28 Location – Inglis House, Resident Lounge, 2600 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia 19131 Open to all players 4 Round Swiss, Game 85, TD 5 (Two 1/2 pt byes available upon request, Commit before tournament) Times: Registration 9:30-10 am, Saturday, June 27th Rounds 1 & 2: Saturday 6/27, 10:30 am … Continue reading →

June Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, June 6th – West Chester Quads Sunday, June 7th – Luther Acres Swiss & Barbecue Weekend, June 13-14 – Time to Think Swiss (New event at Inglis House, run by Dan Bell. 4 rds, Game 90, delay 15 sec. Not to be confused with the Inglis House Swiss that … Continue reading →

2014 Winter Swiss – Saturday & Sunday, December 20-21 Location – Inglis House, Resident Lounge, 2600 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia 19131 4 Round Swiss, Game 85, TD 5 (Two 1/2 pt byes available upon request, Commit before tournament) Open to all players Registration 9:30-10 am, Saturday, December 20th Rounds 1 & 2: Saturday 12/20, 10:30 am … Continue reading →

December Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, December 6th – West Chester Quads Saturday, December 13th – MasterMinds Quads & Greater Phila Scholastic Grand Prix (GPSGP) Saturday, December 13th – Shining Knights scholastic, Conshohocken Saturday, December 20th – ASAP scholastic (Also GPSGP), Mastery Charter Shoemaker Weekend, December 20th & 21st – Inglis House Winter Swiss (to … Continue reading →

November Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, November 1st – West Chester Quads Saturday, November 8th – MasterMinds Quads & Greater Phila Scholastic Grand Prix (GPSGP) Saturday, November 8th – Phila. Metropolitan Scholastic & Grade Championship, Meadowbrook Saturday, November 15th – ASAP scholastic (Also GPSGP), Lenfest Center Sunday, November 16th – ATKM Quads Weekend, November 22nd- … Continue reading →

September Philadelphia Area Chess Events Saturday, September 6th – West Chester Quads Saturday, September 13th – MasterMinds Quads and Scholastic Summer League Weekend September 20-21 – Inglis House – Summer Swiss III (to be confirmed) Saturday, September 27 – South Jersey Chess – September Open Continue reading →