The Berkeley Chess School

| Alireza Firouzja learns from Garry Kasparov. One of the people that really had influence on my chess was Kasparov. A lot of things that I know in chess is from the games that he played and the books that he wrote.

Congratulation to our alumni , GM Hans Niemman

Dear Chess Friends, Please join me in helping The Berkeley Chess School to reach their building improvement fundraising goal before the New Year. http://www.be...rkeleychessschool.org/make-a-gift-to-our-buil/ COVID-19 will be over sooner or later and it is important to have a beautiful chess club ready for boys and girls, men and women, professional players and amateurs. I was fortunate to participate in the Berkeley Summer IM Norm Tournament in 2019 and was extremely impressed by all the hard work, time, efforts, care and hospitality Elizabeth Shaughnessy and many others provided to the tournament participants and local chess players. During my life, I have seen many chess clubs and I definitely recognize the ones that feel like home, where you want to come over and over again, to learn, to play, to be happy and share the love for the game. Please donate what you can, so together we will help The Berkeley Chess School to provide a wonderful home for the chess players. P.S. Also, please share this post! See more

Berkeley Chess School is offering Winter Camp for 2 weeks. First week. December 21st-23rd. Second week. December 28th-31st... 3 time slots. 10am-11:30am1pm-2:30pm and 3pm-4:30pm! Great rates. $54 for the first week, $72 for the second week! or sign up for a single day for just $20! We offer a safe online learning environment. Our teachers provide quality instruction to the students and while having fun. Sign up here: http://www.berkeleychessschool.org/event/grand-opening/

#GivingTuesday Berkeley Chess School celebrates 40 years of serving children and adults. Through the years, BCS keeps making a positive impact in the community. . During the pandemic, BCS keeps bringing joy by providing o online chess lessons. BCS also is currently proving academic support and connectivity to students who are not able to engage in their studies from home. . One more reason to donate: We are expanding our front entrance to accommodate an ADA lift. #inclu...sionmatters . #givingtuesdaynow http://www.berkeleychessschool.org/donate/ . . #Berkeley #California #Chess #givingtuesday2020

We would like to congratulate our alumni Josiah Stearman for achieving his last International Master norm at the CCCSA Fall Invitational. We never had doubts that you could make it! We also want to congratulate to his family who has always support him.... Sarah Stearman Photo credit and results Charlotte Chess Center .

Thanks Kerry Lawless for your great pictures.

Carlsen and Nakamura Share Chess9LX Victory. https://www.chess.com//carlsen-nakamura-share-chess9lx-vic

2020 Champions Showdown | Chess 9LX: Day 2. https://youtu.be/AGBowHQ0gU8

Yesterday, Kasparov played against Carlsen. Watch out this interesting game https://youtu.be/tbMijp8nMYA

This weekend, September 11-13, we'll see legendary Garry Kasparov back at the board as Saint Louis Chess Club is hosting Champions Showdown: Chess9LX. Apart fr...om Kasparov, the lineup of this Fischer Random Chess tournament includes Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Peter Svidler, Wesley So, and Alireza Firouzja. "Playing a little chess this weekend! At least in "Chess9LX / Fischerandom Chess," I don't have to remember how to set up the pieces. And if I don't do well, I'll sue my young opponents for elder abuse!" - wrote Garry Kasparov on Twitter. Don't miss the action starting at 1:00pm CDT (GMT-5) live on https://www.twitch.tv/stlchessclub Details: https://www.uschesschamps.com/2020-champions-showd/overview #chess #FischerRandom #Kasparov #Carlsen #STLChessClub

From Friday to Sunday the Saint Louis Chess Club organizes a Chess 960 tournament, here called "Chess 9LX". Ten players will compete, including the four best US Grandmasters, two World Champions, three top Grandmasters and Alireza Firouzja, the world's best junior. The tournament is played as an online tournament on Lichess. The tournament is played according to the rules of Chess 960 at rapid time controls (20+10). https://youtu.be/f4qCYtkZMnU

Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.