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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):

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