Play Chess:
Local Chess Clubs: Most clubs meet in late September to start their formal in-house tournament (played at one game per week) that runs through the fall the into the winter. Here are some of the Clubs: (ASH, Giffen, Menands, Hamagriel, Myers, St. Joe (Kingston), St Pius X, Doane Stuart, TOAST, others- Email your posting to brjohn@juno.com for inclusion)
| Albany: Chuck Eson 861-6256 (hawkphil2@aol.com ) | Wednesday 7:30-10:30pm | Friends Meeting House, 727 Madison Ave., Albany | Club Championship | $25/year |
| Greenwich: John Hartnett 692-9030 (truhart2@nycap.rr.com ) | Thursday 7:00-11:00 | Greenwich Free Library (20 min East of Saratoga) | Casual games, lessons | |
| Guilderland CC: Philip Sells sellsp@mindspring.com | Friday 6:30-8:30 | Guilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave (Rt20), Guilderland | Casual games, lessons | Scholastic play welcome |
| Kings Knight CC: Ken Evans evanschess@aol.com | Wednesday 7-10 | Rosendale Cafe, Main St S. of Kingston | All levels | |
| Margaretville CC: Tom Delehanty tdelehanty@catskill.net | Tuesday 6:30 | Methodist Church on Church St., Margaretville Enter from parking lot at side of building | All welcome | No dues |
| Saratoga: Lee Battes (leebattes@aol.com) | Sunday 7:00-10:00 | United Methodist Church, 5th Ave at Henning Rd Saratoga Springs | Visitors welcome. Casual games possible | $8/ Year |
| Schenectady: Bill Townsend (wtownsen@nycap.rr.com ) | Thursday 7:30-10:30 | Niskayuna Community Center 1 mi where Ballstown neets Aquaduct and Aquaduct turns into Van Vranken Ave | Players of all ages and strengths welcome | $36/ Year |
| Athens Catskill Scholastic CC: Doug Pneuman athenschess@cs.com | Tuesday 6:00 | D.R. Evarts Library, 80 Second St | Beginners & Intermediate | Free |
| Ballard Scholastic CC: Fred Volkman fvolkman@nycap.rr.com | Monday 3:15-4:15 | Ballard Elementary School, 300 Ballard Rd, Wilton | Beginners Gr 3-5 | Free |
| Coxsackie Scholastic CC: Thomas & Susan Pacuk spacuk@mhcable.com 518 731-8946 | Tuesday and Thursday 3:15- 5:15 | Coxsackie Elem. Sch., 24 Sunset Blvd, Coxsackie |
This is where you can find special rules for scholastic players, and an introductory guide for parents of first tournament players, telling them what to expect.
Here are some games from the Champion of the the Kingston January 16, 2006 Martin Luther King event.
Use your computer to teach you some neat chess tricks by visiting one of these sites: