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New HCC Membership Benefit:

The books listed are available for purchase, and HCC Members may borrow up to two books at a time for up to
30 days. from the HCC Chess book collection.
https://www.librarycat.org/lib/HamdenChessClub


Hamden Chess Club named Connecticut Chess Club of the Year for 2023 (and 2021) by Connecticut State Chess Association


Upcoming USCF and weekly online Tournaments, Adult Casual Play are listed on Events page


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

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




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):

June 11: Alex Emmons
June 4: Alex Emmons
May 31: HCC May Game-in-45 Challenge: Open Section: Alex Emmons, Karim Naba (Tie-1st/2nd); Under 1600 Section: Alexandr Kuzmin (1st); Roger Weiler (2nd); Biggest Upset in tournament: Alexandr Kuzmin
May 30: HCC May Maneuver Rated Beginner Open (U1200): Kyle Cohen, Pragyan Pandey (Tie-1st/2nd); Best U900: Caden Giacomarro; Best U600: Timur Tuktamyshov
May 28: Todd Kearns

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

As of June 12, 2025 36,240 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.

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Play More Chess Academy
1227 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06517
Email: info@PlayMoreChess.com | Phone: 203.680.8456