Shenandoah Valley Chess Club
Meets every Friday (except Good Friday before Easter, and when Christmas or New Years falls on a friday or saturday) from 7:00 until whenever. Most people show up around 7:30 and play speed chess until 8:00, when serious ladder games (G/60) start...
...at Trinity Presbyterian Church - corner of S. High (rt 42) and Maryland Ave. (Port Republic road), Harrisonburg, Virginia. Harrisonburg is centrally located in the Shenandoah Valley at the intersection of three major highways: Interstate 81, U.S. 33, and U.S. 11. It is a two-hour drive from Richmond, Roanoke, and Washington, D.C. James Madison University is located in Harrisonburg.
Directions to Club: from I-81 take the Port Republic road exit (245) and go west (left if going north on 81, right if going south on 81) several blocks until you see S. High street; the church sign is right across the street, go straight and park behind the church.
Activities: Casual games, speed games, analysis, club ladder games, USCF-rated tournaments, non-rated theme tournaments, all the kibitzing you could ever want (but not during ladder or tournament games)...
Membership Information: All ages and levels of skill welcome! At present there are no dues! Just show up and play a ladder game to become a member.
Archive of past club newsletters (this link takes you back to the Feb. '01 newsletter, then you can click on previous issues to go back farther)
Club Website: If you're reading a paper copy of this document you can access it in the future on the internet by typing in the URL: http://cep.jmu.edu/huffmacj/svcc/svcchome.html
For more info contact Laura Nelson, newsletter editor, at dmlnmar@aol.com or Charlie Huffman, SVCC site webmaster (the only kind of master I'll ever be) at huffmacj@jmu.edu
United States Chess Federation site
Virginia Chess Federation site
James Madison University Chess Club site
The Richmond Chess site - this is a regional clearinghouse for chess events, organizations, contacts, etc. in the metro Richmond area.
For info about chess in Luray, Va, contact tomcmack@pagecounty.k12.va.us or see letter.
Lecture and simultaneous exhibition by National Master Rusty Potter to be given in Charlottesville Friday, February 28. Click for more info.