Local clubs and tournaments

Find out how you rate.
Play in USCF tournaments.

Charlotte Chess Club
Queen City Chess
Winston Salem Scholastic Chess Association
Royal Rooks - Charlotte, NC
Tiger Chess - Salisbury, NC
North Carolina Chess Association
South Carolina Chess Association

View

examples of USCF tournament games with the Palview chess viewer.

Game Sample I
Game Sample II

Thanks for the JavaScript go to Andrew Templeton. For more information visit En Passant.

If you prefer, here are the 'PGN' text files for the above games.
sample.pgn and sample2.pgn.

A Few Essential Chess Links

Chessopolis - A well organized chess directory.

Chess Ninja - Mig Greengard's site

Chess FM - chess radio

The Week In Chess - A must for Chess news.

Pittsburg Archives - A huge game and software collection for downloading.

ChessBase - this has become a good place for chess news

ChessBase 'Light' 2007 - download the FREE version of ChessBase Light 2007.

Position after 16. e5.
Black to move.
What's Black's best move?
The game Smith-Lowder
in Sample I will provide the answer.






Scholastic tournaments are held by the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Scholastic Chess Association.
Scholastic players from other counties
may compete without joining the CMSCA.
Anyone can take part.
Beginners are welcome.