*Please
Note: PMCA/HCC will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday*
Monday, May 26, 2025 Memorial Day
*Students
who have a regular scheduled Beginner or Intermediate class on this
Monday, may join a class at their level that same week as a make-up.
Please email info@playmorechess.com
to schedule a make-up class.
2025
Summer Chess Program
(6 Weeks - June 23, 2025 - Aug 1, 2025)
Sign up for one or more weeks
Full day, Half day and 3-day options available
Flyer/Daily
Schedule

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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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Up
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Chess
Classes for Adults
(Fall, Winter, Spring)

Classes meet one evening
(two hours) per week
Fall 2025 Courses:
*Chess
for Beginners
*Chess
Tactics and Calculation
*Chess Middlegames: Plans and Strategy
*NEW! Chess: How to Analyze Your Games
Sign up online at Hamden
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):
FALL
2025 (Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30PM)
Taught by NM Jordan Groff
*Chess
for Beginners (Sept 17, 24, Oct 1)
*Chess Tactics and Calculation (Oct 8, 15,
22)
*Chess Middlegames: Plans and Strategy
(Nov 5, 12, 19)
*NEW! Chess: How to Analyze Your
Games (Dec 3, 10, 17)
- 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):
May 21: Arthur Xu
May 14: Alex Emmons
May 12: HCC May Action Quads: Alex Emmons (1st-Quad 1/Sm Swiss);
Omkar Maralappanavar (2nd-Quad 1/Sm Swiss); Arthur Beyer, Jr. (Quad 2)
May 7: Todd Kearns
Apr 30: Alex Emmons
Apr 25: HCC April Ambitions Rated Beginner Open (U1200): Nathan
Barandon, William Socci (Tie-1st/2nd); Best U900: Daniel Svolik; Best
U600: Kevin Yu
Apr
23: Arthur Xu
Apr 21: HCC April Action Quads: Alex Emmons (Quad 1); Ravendra
Nohar (Quad 2); Arthur Beyer Jr., Yosef Bogart, Gabi Rosenstein (3-way
tie-Quad 3)
Apr 16: Will Johnson
Apr 9: Asher Luszcz
Apr 5: HCC April Advantage Game-in-45 Challenge: Open Section:
Omkar Maralappanavar (1st), Alex Emmons, Praharsh Varada, Jacob LaPlant
(Tie-2nd); U1600 Section: Aaron Torres (1st), Daniel Svolik (2nd); Will
Johnson (Biggest Upset in tournament)
Apr 2: Alex Emmons
As of May 22, 2025, $35,620 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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