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Chess Classes
for Kids (Year-Round)



*Beginner and Intermediate Classes - Eight class times offered each week

*New Advanced class (For age 13+ or rating of 1000+ taught by
NM Jordan Groff)

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

Classes meet one evening
(two hours) per week

*Chess for Beginners
*Chess Tactics and Calculation
*Chess: The Power of Pawns (New Fall 2024)
*Chess Openings: Play the Sicilian! (New Fall 2024)
*Chess Endgames: Tactics & Strategies
*Chess: Plans and Strategies

Sign up online at Hamden Adult Education or at PMCA for Adult Chess Classes

• Sign up for Adult Chess Classes at Hamden Adult Education web site at the course links above or in-person at PMCA. The entire catalog of Enrichment courses is at: www.hamdenadulted.com.

Oct 9: Arthur Xu
Oct 7: Leo Turner
Oct 5: HCC October Odyssey (Scholastic) Trophy Winners: Aaron Torres (Section 1); Rayan Mathivanan, Timur Tuktomyshov (Section 2); Caden Giacomarro, Breiden Cox (Section 3)
Oct 2: Praharsh Varada
Sep 30: Alan Watrous
Sep 28: Praharsh Varada
Sep 25: Akshay Sriram
Sep 18: Akshay Sriram
Sep 16: HCC September Action Quads: Kushagra Bhargava, Nick Watrous, Cole Markham (3-way tie 1st-Quad 1); Tomas Gordon, Wyelin Newell, Kevin Tae (3-way tie 1st-Quad 2); Mendel Bogard, 1st; Greg Schwartz 2nd (Quad 3-Sm Swiss Section).
Sep 14: HCC September Game-in-45: Tommy Kozlek IV, Alex Emmons (tie 1st/2nd-Top Section); Tomas Gordon-1st, Leroy Chang-2nd (U1700 Section); Susan Metrick-1st, Stephen Betts-2nd (U1300 Section)
Sep 13: HCC September Scramble (Friday Knight Quads Scholastic) Trophy Winners: Logan Carney, Aarav Singh Lamar (Section 1); Lucas Lyon, Maximilian Mashkov (Section 2); Leo Turner, Timur Tuktamyshov (Section 3)
Sep 11: Asher Luszcz
Sep 9: Maicon Miguel
Sep 7: Roberto Frunzio


As of Oct 10, 2024, $30,480 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!

Recent News:

• 2024-06-30 2023-2024 Year-in-Review (PMCA and HCC)
• 2024-05-22 2024 College Scholarship Winners Announced by PMCA/HCC
• 2024-05-14 Hamden Chess Club named Connecticut Chess Club of the Year for 2023 by Connecticut State Chess Association