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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


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

Winter/Spring 2025 Courses:

*Chess for Beginners
*Chess Tactics and Calculation
*Chess Openings
*Chess Endgames: Tactics & Strategies

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):

WINTER/SPRING 2025 (Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30PM)
Taught by NM Jordan Groff

*Chess for Beginners (Feb 12, 19, 26)
*Chess Tactics and Calculation (Mar 12, 19, 26)
*Chess Openings (Apr 9, 23, 30, not Apr 16)
*Chess Endgames-Tactics and Strategy (May 7, 14, 21)

  • 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):

Feb 12: Todd Kearns
Feb 10: Kieran Kromash
Feb 5: Arthur Xu
Feb 3: Alan Watrous
Jan 29: Akshay Sriram
Jan 27: Aditya Regmi
Jan 22: Todd Kearns
Jan 20: HCC January MLK Day Action Quads: Michael Uwakwe (Quad 1); Ravendra Nohar & Michael Cuppernull (Tie-Quad 2); Brian Dai (Quad 3); Mendel Bogart (1st Sm Swiss); Gabi Rosenstein & Moshe Leib Peck (Tie-2nd-Sm Swiss)
Jan 18: HCC January Game-in-45 Challenge: Open Section: David Herscovici, Michael Uwakwe (Tie 1st/2nd); U1600 Section: Ravendra Nohra 1st; Aleksandr Kuzmin 2nd; Tournament Biggest Upset: Rylan Chang
Jan 15: Arthur Xu
Jan 13: Sahil Singh Lemar
Jan 11: HCC January Rated Beginner Open (U1200): Joshua Lyon, Jesse Prescott (Tie: 1st/2nd); Top U900 Ryan Christopher Somuk; Top U600 Maximilian Mashkov

As of Feb 13, 2025, $33,045 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