Meets Wednesdays from 1:00 - 4:00 PM in the Joy Schmutz Conference Room of the Joslyn Center. The Club is open to players of all levels. You must be a member of the Joslyn Center. Dues of $1.00 are collected at each meeting you attend. The Club Awards trophies annually to the members with highest point standing and best percentage of wins. There is also an annual round robin tournament held at the beginning of each year. Contact Ben White at 927-3774 for more information.

Friday, April 23, 2004

Paso Robles Winter Chess Open 

"The Paso Robles Winter Chess Open was held February 21, 2004 at the Paso Robles Senior Center. Twenty-Three participants entered the four round tournament to face off on this rainy Saturday. The tournament started at 10:00 a.m. sharp and did not finish until 7:30 p.m.
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Chess Open at Paso Robles Senior Center

Posted by: ChessManiac.com Team Member / 4:39 AM

Alexander McDonnell (1798-1835)  

Chess Corpse! 

This photo was emailed to me. I thought some of you would get a kick out of it. Have any of you ever felt like this when you are at the chess board?



So the question is what can you do when your opponent seems to take forever to move. What are some things that you do when this happens in an OTB(Over The Board) chess game?

I will start it off. Always use a CHESS CLOCK!
Discuss it in the forums here
Play Free Chess

Posted by: ChessManiac.com Team Member / 4:36 AM

ChessManiac.com Top Ten Chess Players 

Chess Maniac Top Ten and Their Avatar Images:


Grossman 2261

Angela Alston 2228

Mecking 2193

Barry 2191

Ingvar Johannesson 2161

Strizzi 2138

Vassilis 2084

Tarod 2112

fightnite 2080

Alfalon 2054

Posted by: ChessManiac.com Team Member / 4:35 AM