The following are nearby chess club announcements, interesting chess news, or just interesting info ( :D ) we have received for chess within the past month or so from other clubs, Entries are organized by either the event date or date contributed. Routine chess club meetings by local clubs are found listed on the chess club page. Local quads or chess events are found on the chess events page.
West Chester Chess Club news and announcements are found on this page. WCCC plays every Thursday (except major holidays!)
View USCF announcements of chess events within 50 miles of West Chester. You can change the zip code and click 'Apply' to see events within 50 miles of your location.
***** View the Tri-State Chess Announcements - Latest one is Jan 30th about tournamentsthis weekend. They will be on their own page due to the frequency of their announcements (Which is good :) ) *****
Tournament on Feb 1! - Ed Snyder
We have been requested to put this information out to our WCCC members. Sounds interesting.
There is a tournament in Exton on Sunday (Feb 1), the Winter Open, with a relatively large total prize fund of $2,500 across several sections. This is attractive but so far not too many people have registered. If you are interested, here is the registration link.
DELAWARE TOURNAMENTS - Gary Quell
Hello Please consider the Sussex County Open, you can register and then pay at delawarechessassociation.org.
We will also have a tournament on March 7&8 of this year, up in New Castle. The Peninsula Quads are scheduled for 2/28, 4/25, 9/19 and 11/7. Please contact Ken (kenchessmilutin@gmail.com) as those have a limit on attendance. In April thru Oct on the third Sat there will be a tournament in Camden De, details to follow. Salisbury has the Civic Center non rated tournament on February 20 & 21 please contact Megan Jones: 410-548-4900 x109; jonesrm@wicomicocounty.org for details.
USCF TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD AT WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FEB 21ST
Details at this USCF page or this page
Quick overview: one day tournament, 4SS G30/5. Two sections, Open and U1500. Organized by PA College Chess
Upcoming PA Tournaments and Events - Leteef Street Feb 4
Hello,
Hope everyone is well. I am writing to share information about chess events coming up later this month. Let me know if you have any questions. -- Leteef
Rated tournament in Carlisle - My next chess tournament will be in Carlisle on Saturday, February 21st. More information and advanced registration is available at the following link.
A reminder that a couple things are different for my Carlisle tournaments from my recent tournaments in Hershey: The start times are earlier (At site registration at 8:30 AM, Round 1 at 9:30 AM) and faster time control (G/25, d/5). These changes are due to a difference in the time in which the space is available in Carlisle.
Upcoming Championship tournaments - The Pennsylvania State Open and Scholastic Chess Championships are returning to Central PA at the Red Lion Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel on the first weekend of March! Information is available on the State Federation website. Online registration is now available at the following link: https://pscfchess.org/pascholasticchamp/. Anyone interested in representing the Hershey club in scholastic sections, can enter my club code "CPA-Hershey".
Our local Central PA championship is returning to the Camp Hill Giant on the first weekend of April. More information and advanced registration can be found below for that tournament as well.
2026 Pennsylvania State Open and Scholastic Chess Championships - Weekend, March 7-8 (Quick side event on March 6th)
2026 Central Pennsylvania Championship (including scholastic on Saturday) - Weekend, April 4-5 at Camp Hill Giant
Upcoming local chess events in February*
* Harrisburg West Shore Chess Club in Camp Hill also runs regular tournaments, which I will share information on when I have it. I recommend signing up for their club email list so that you can get the information as soon as they send it
January Quads are cancelled due to bad weather