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Simplified Thursday Night Chess Schedule – Des Moines, WA

Post author By kyle
Post date September 5, 2024

We recently simplified our events schedule!

We play every Thursday at Des Moines Gospel Chapel in Des Moines, WA. Start time is 7:00 PM, registration opens at 6:30 PM. Please arrive by 6:50 PM for pairings.

1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month:
- USCF Classical, G/60+15. One game.
2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month:
- USCF Rapid Quads, G/15+10. Three games.
If there is a fifth Thursday, Casual Play is at Marina Mercantile down the street! No USCF membership required.

All entries free unless otherwise noted.

All events are USCF Rated, so you need a valid and current USCF membership. It is not always possible to process membership at the South Sound Chess Club, so please ensure you have this taken care of before showing up!

Events Page

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Events

November Events on the Site

Post author By kyle
Post date October 29, 2023

We’ve updated the Events Page for November at the Des Moines Gospel Chapel!

Classical this week and blitz the following week. We’re retiring Dual-Rated Games due to lack of interest and we’re taking suggestions on what to replace it with. Shoot us an email – we’re thinking about going with another unrated week, possibly blitz, possibly rapid.

No event on Thanksgiving!

Events Page: https://www.southsoundchess.com/events-page/

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Events

Classical Night – September 7th, 2023

Post author By kyle
Post date September 7, 2023

Ten players came out for Classical Chess Night on Thursday, September 7th. USCF rated, totally free!

G/60+15

Go to our Events Page to catch the next one, and all the other events we put on down in Des Moines, WA!

Classical Chess Night - Des Moines — Classical Chess Night – Des Moines

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Events

Tournament Results: April 27th, 2023 (Hybrid Mini-Swiss, USCF Dual-Rated)

Post author By kyle
Post date April 28, 2023

We had 16 total players for tonight’s mini-swiss, dual-rated event! Congratulations to the following players who got a perfect 2.0/2.0 in their two games:

Henry Hua
Khoi Ngoc Le
Nehanraj Ramesh

We’ll see you next week for Classical! We shortened up the time control to G/60; d30. Still one single slow game.

For pictures of the event, check out our Facebook page!

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All About Keeping Notation in Chess

Post author By kyle
Post date April 14, 2023

South Sound Chess provides official two-copy US Chess Federation scoresheets for our players at no charge.

These scoresheets allow you to write in pen on the top page and have a copy made on the backing sheet, which is typically yellow. After the game, both players sign the other’s sheet, circle the result, and both players submit their yellow sheet to the Tournament Director while keeping the top white scoresheet for themselves.

So… what’s notation all about?

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