“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.”

Blaise Pascal



Winners of the 2020 Rochester Chess Holiday Tournament. Free Advanced Chess Classes by Woman FIDE Master Jovana Milosevic

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Rochester Chess Holiday Tournament! The tournament was held online on Chess.com from December 15-29. One slow game (G/30+30) was played per week for 3 weeks in 4 sections: 3 quads and one mini-swiss. Cole Hafner finished in first place with a perfect 3-0Read More…

Challenge from the UK to Play a Team Match on Chess.com

Looking for players! Below is a challenge from a chess club in the UK to play a team match against Rochester Chess. The games would be “daily” correspondence chess with a 3-day time limit. They expect up to 8 members on their team in the rating range of 1200 –Read More…

Reminder to Register for 2020 Rochester Chess Online Quads

It is not too late to register for the 2020 Rochester Holiday Quads which will begin on Tuesday, December 15. Learn more and register by clicking on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyshpR-aoTmZY1dIhWPrfzDoyyZUuhAUZR_KFsYnHHDjrkNQ/viewform?usp=pp_url The following individuals have already registered: First Name Last Name Chess.com User ID Chess.com Rating Paul Gabrail peteypabmf 1720 George PaulikRead More…