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
Fall 2025 Courses:
*Chess
for Beginners
*Chess
Tactics and Calculation
*Chess Middlegames: Plans and Strategy
*NEW! Chess: How to Analyze Your Games
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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):
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):
July 9: Akshay Sriram
July 2: Alex Emmons
June 28: HCC June Joust Rated Beginner Open (U1200): Maxim Daniel
Badaev, Ethan Bartiromo, Gus Jonathan Leffers, Pragyan Pandey, Rohin Turaga
(Five-way Tie-1st/2nd - $53ea); Trophies-Best U900: Nibha Bala Gowda;
Best U600: Bhanutej Gottam; Best U300 Isaac Rothman
June 25: Alex Emmons
June 21: HCC June Jolt Game-in-45 Challenge: Open: Nicolas Zimmerman
(1st), Arthur Nagel (2nd); U1600: Aleksandr Kuzmin, Lisa Smith (Tie-1st/2nd);
Biggest Upset in tournament: Oliver Barber
June 18: Arthur Xu
June 16: HCC June Action Quads: Quad 1/Sm Swiss: Kushagra Bhargava
and Alexander Emmons (Tie 1st/2nd); Quad 2: Cole Markham; Quad 3: Art
Beyer Jr and Mendel Bogart (Tie 1st); Quad 4: Gus Jonathon Leffers
June 11: Alex Emmons
June 4: Alex Emmons
As of July 10, 2025 $36,935 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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