Chess
Classes
for Kids (Year-Round)

*Beginner,
Intermediate and Advanced Classes - Eight class times offered each week
*Engaging
learning, tournament play within each week's group
*Online
and In-Person Options
*Includes
option to participate tournaments at reduced rate; free online chess club
participation
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Hamden
Chess Club
*Casual Play and USCF Tournaments

*In-Person
Activities:
Casual Play Mondays & Thursdays; Monthly USCF- Rated tournaments
for kids and adults
*Online Activities: 10+ tournaments each month with prizes
*HCC
library borrowing access
*151 HCC members
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Chess
Classes for Adults
(Fall, Winter, Spring)

Classes meet one evening
(two hours) per week
Winter/Spring 2025 Courses:
*Chess
for Beginners
*Chess
Tactics and Calculation
*Chess Openings
*Chess Endgames: Tactics & Strategies
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Adult Education or at PMCA for Adult Chess Classes
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Upcoming
Adult Chess Classes in partnership with Hamden Adult Education
(Offered in Fall, Winter and Spring):
WINTER/SPRING
2025 (Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30PM)
Taught by NM Jordan Groff
*Chess
for Beginners (Feb 12, 19, 26)
*Chess
Tactics and Calculation (Mar 12, 19, 26)
*Chess
Openings (Apr 9, 23, 30, not Apr 16)
*Chess
Endgames-Tactics and Strategy (May 7, 14, 21)
- Sign
up for Adult Chess Classes at Hamden Adult Education
web site at the course links above or in-person at PMCA.
The entire course catalog of Enrichment courses is at:
www.hamdenadulted.com.
Class
Location: Play More Chess Academy, 1227 Whitney Avenue,
Hamden, CT 06517
Congratulations:
Congratulations
to our recent winners of HCC online and OTB tournaments (in Bold):
Feb 12: Todd Kearns
Feb 10: Kieran Kromash
Feb 5: Arthur Xu
Feb 3: Alan Watrous
Jan 29: Akshay Sriram
Jan 27: Aditya Regmi
Jan 22: Todd Kearns
Jan 20: HCC January MLK Day Action Quads: Michael Uwakwe (Quad
1); Ravendra Nohar & Michael Cuppernull (Tie-Quad 2); Brian Dai (Quad
3); Mendel Bogart (1st Sm Swiss); Gabi Rosenstein & Moshe Leib Peck
(Tie-2nd-Sm Swiss)
Jan 18: HCC January Game-in-45 Challenge: Open Section: David Herscovici,
Michael Uwakwe (Tie 1st/2nd); U1600 Section: Ravendra Nohra 1st; Aleksandr
Kuzmin 2nd; Tournament Biggest Upset: Rylan Chang
Jan 15: Arthur Xu
Jan 13: Sahil Singh Lemar
Jan 11: HCC January Rated Beginner Open (U1200): Joshua Lyon, Jesse
Prescott (Tie: 1st/2nd); Top U900 Ryan Christopher Somuk; Top U600 Maximilian
Mashkov
As of Feb 13, 2025, $33,045 has been distributed in cash and prizes at
the adult and kids tournaments (OTB and online) since our first tournament
was held in Fall of 2017.
All USCF cross tables for HCC tournaments are listed here.
Recent results of Completed HCC Online tournaments on Lichess are listed
here.
Join the HCC, participate in our next tournament, and
win a prize!
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