Maynard-area Chess Club

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From the first meeting on 2023-06-18 to the latest on 2023-08-13 we've had a low of 4 and a high of 16 players, from beginners to experts.

Take a look at our photos. You can use #MaChessC as a unique hashtag if you have some you'd like to post elsewhere.

Basics

The most important thing is to join the mailing list! Be sure to check your spam and trash and reply to the follow-up email you'll receive after you request to join.

Time: Sundays, 2:10pm - 6pm

Location: Excelsior Comics & Games Lounge, 8 Waltham St, Maynard, MA (508) 808-9124

Parking: Behind the Jiffy Lube across the street, or at any of the very nearby municipal parking lots.

Questions? maynard-chess-help at mit dot edu

Families et cetera: Many other games & wifi available if you want to play chess but another in your party doesn’t.

Lead Organizer: Danny Clark @ (617) 401-6414 Text preferred. Any queries at all!

Area Served

MaChessC is for all, but especially for those in Maynard and nearby towns including Gleasondale, Stow, Boxborough, West Acton, Acton, Sudbury, Littleton, Boxboro, Hudson, Marlborough, Bolton, Wayland, Lincoln, Concord, West Concord, Carlisle, Westford, Berlin, Harvard, Southborough, and Weston. Please add your town if it isn't on the list! :-)

Club Focus

A more fun/social club with clockless, G/30, rapid, and blitz being played most often.

Stay in contact

Mailing Lists

  1. Add yourself to maynard-chess at mit dot edu at https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/maynard-chess
  2. Contact organizers via maynard-chess-help at mit dot edu

MeetUp Group

If you use MeetUp, it helps us a lot if you RSVP from our Meetup Group!

Chess Servers

Chess.com, lichess.org

Social Media

Discord

If you like Discord, you can accept this invite and ask to join the #boardgames channel.

Reviews

On Google Business or Yelp!.

Physical Flyer

Please use this PDF if you'd like to print some flyers.

Other local(ish) options

Drive times are from MaChessC.

See also WhereToPlayChess.info - MA, Massachusetts Chess Federation, US Chess Federation - MA.

MetroWest Chess

30 minute drive - https://www.metrowestchess.org/

  • Wednesday nights, 7-10:30pm
  • Single USCF-rated game per night and the control is always G/90; d5

Billerica Chess Club

40 minute drive - https://www.chess.com/club/billerica-chess-club

  • Friday nights, 7pm

Medford Chess Club

45 minute drive - https://www.medfordchessclub.com/

  • Saturdays, 1-3pm

Boylston Chess Club

60 minute drive - https://boylstonchess.org/

Wachusett Chess Club

65 minute drive - http://www.wachusettchess.org/

  • Wednesdays from 6-10:30pm

See also