We were so pleased to see a nice write up written to chess.com. There have been many articles written on the benefits of chess – and our one faithful Dayton Chess Club member is one shining testimony….   A game that changed my life  

Thanks to all who came to our Open House.  We try to have two of these events a year …. no charge for a day’s membership…and today we offered a lecture, a simultaneous (10 players against one) and a blitz tournament.    Too darn quiet for a blitz!!!! Again   – thanks to all who spent […]

On the 8th of October, 2011, Dayton Chess Club (DCC)  hosted National Chess Day – thanks to Ms Kay Stanley, DCC member & founder of “Scholastic Knights” (every Thursday evening at DCC, 6:30pm-9:30pm). It was a successful Saturday…..as photo reveals….. Thanks, Ms Kay – you’re a blessing to Scholastic Knights program – and to the […]

Dayton wins for the 2nd time in a row! Cross table: CROSS TABLES CINCI-DAYTON MATCH APR 2012   Pictures will be downloaded soon…….   Thanks, Cincinnati Chess Club!  

Finally – corrected cross table! 2012 MOTCF Cross Tables You might recognize a few of the players…..                  

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Three Squares from Riley Driver’s Point of View If GM Alex Goldin were to read this, he would be pleased as he has instructed me to focus on end games and especially pawn endgames to learn – really learn – how to properly calculate. Additionally, this happens to be one very […]

CHAMPIONS Greater Dayton High School Chess League Miami Valley School’s Team of Chess Champions: From left to right –  Matthew Page, 10th grade, 5th board (shared), Matt Renner, coach (rear), Ishan Paranjpe, 10th grade, 1st board, Bo Wang, 12th grade, 5th board (shared), Bill Dyer, 11th grade, 4th board (rear). Phillip Shepard, 10th grade, 3rd […]

****First MOTCF entry:  Skullsplitters! Please note that the listed players under each team are NOT necessarily in board order number!!! **Skullsplitters Lou Friscoe Joe Landusky John Hampton Wm. Hemming **TalmaAubryScottManians Charles Diebert John Bath James Weitthoff John Hayes **The CCLian Defense John Hughes Alan Casden Vikram Raman Chris Shen **CCLB Runya Xu Luke Xie Rohit […]

Here are a few photos of the tournament…..

Bellbrook High School Chess Team wins Second Place At Ohio Grade Level Chess Championship 2012           This past Saturday 401 scholastic chess players descended upon the campus of Akron University to play in the Student Union.  The students represented grades K-12 and played 5 rounds of a game known worldwide that tests mental agility. The […]