San Antonio Chess Club
Founded in 1888 at the historic Menger
Hotel near the Alamo,
the San Antonio Chess Club is the oldest chess club in Texas.
Updated November 28, 2005.
Index:
The Jewish Community Center Chess Club Nov. 29, 2005 pairings are listed here.
The Methodist Hospital Chess Club Nov. 30, 2005 rd. 5 pairings and rd. 4 results are listed here.
Dec. 3-4, 2005: Jim Gallagher Memorial
Jan 14, 2006: Dr. Martin Luther King 10th Annual Memorial Chess tournament - Scholastic.
Jan. 21-22, 2006: Texas Team Tournament
The San Antonio Chess Club and regular activities:
We meet Thursday evenings 6-10 p.m. (except holidays) at the Lions Field Recreation Center, 2809 Broadway near Mulberry - see map (phone: 826-9041). This is a City of San Antonio facility and visitors, including minors are welcome. All regular participants are expected to pay a $5 per year fee to the City of San Antonio. Please bring chess sets, boards & clocks if you have them - they are not provided at site.
Annual SACC business meeting (2/3/05) minutes here. Club members receive a monthly newsletter that covers local chess news, upcoming tournaments and games by local players. Membership is $10 per year.
Activities at Lions Field: Every Thursday (except holidays): casual skittles, blitz tourney begins 8 p.m. (see below)
2005
San Antonio Chess Club Champion: Gregg Stanley
2005 San Antonio
City Champion: Jose' Luis Silva
To join for a year and to receive our monthly newsletter,
send $10 regular membership ($5 junior, family $15, and life $200) with
your name, address and zip code (phone # & e-mail address optional)
to: San Antonio Chess Club, P.O. Box 501, Helotes, TX 78023-0501
For Texas events, click here. For Texas Region VI events, click here.
2005:
Inaugural
American Sunrise Chess Fiesta - Nov. 19, 2005 - Guadalupe Community
Center
Fall Open - October
1-2 - TNI Building, PGN
games
San Antonio City
Championship Results
- July 23-24 - TNI Building, PGN games
San Antonio Club Championship
Results - June 2005 - Lions' Field
Texas Team Results
- June 11-12 - TNI Building, Medical Center
Fiesta Open
- Apr. 16-17 - TNI Building, Medical Center, PGN
games
New Year Open
Results - Jan. 1-2 - Airport Hilton, PGN
games
2004:
San
Antonio Turkey Shoot, - Nov. 27-28 - TNI Building, Medical Center,
PGN games
Texas Women's
Championship, - Nov. 27-28 - TNI Bldg., Medical Center, PGN
games
Jim Gallagher
Memorial Results - Sept. 25-26, 2004 - TNI Building - PGN
games
San Antonio City
Championship Results
- June 19-20, 2004 - TNI Building - PGN
games
San Antonio
Club Championship Results - May 2004 - Lions' Field
Texas Action Championship
Results - Apr. 24, 2004 - TNI Building - PGN
games
Texas Team Championship
Results - Mar. 13-14, 2004 - TNI building - PGN
games
2003:
Texas
Open Results - Dec. 27-28, 2003 - San Antonio Airport Hilton Hotel
- PGN games
Jim Gallagher
Memorial Results - Nov. 22-23, 2003 - TNI Building - PGN
games
San Antonio
City Championship Results - July 26-27, 2003 - TNI building - PGN
games
Texas Action
Championship Results - Apr. 26, 2003 - TNI building
Texas Team Championship
Results - Feb. 15-16, 2003 - TNI building - PGN
games
2002:
Texas
Open Results - Dec. 28-29, 2002 - Airport Hilton - PGN
games
Texas Woman's
Championship Results - Nov. 16 -17, 2002 TNI building
Texas Senior Championship
Results - (includes futurity section) Nov. 16 -17, 2002 TNI
68th Annual Southwest
Open Results - Aug. 31 - Sept. 2, 2002, Airport Hilton PGN
Games
San Antonio City
Championship Results - July 27-28, 2002 TNI building
Texas Action Championship
Results - April 27, 2002 Leon Valley Grange Hall
2002 Texas Team
Championship Results - February 23-24, 2002 TNI building, Medical Center
Region VI
Scholastic Championship Results - February 2, 2002 Foster Elementary
2001:
Texas
Open Results - December 29-30, 2001 Airport Hilton
San Antonio Fall
Open - November 24-25, 2001 TNI building, Medical Center
67th Southwest Open
- Sept. 1-3, Menger Hotel; PGN Games: (open
and reserve)
2001 San Antonio
City Championship July 28-29, TNI building, PGN
Games
2001 Texas Action
Championship April 14, TNI building, Medical Center
2001 Texas Team
Championship - Feb. 3-4, TNI building, Medical Center
2000:
Texas
Open - December 30-31, 2000 & January 1, 2001, Hilton Airport
Hotel
66th
Southwest Open - Sept. 2-4, 2000 Menger Hotel
San Antonio City
Championship - July 22-23, 2000, Leon Valley Grange Hall
Texas Action Championship
- April 1, 2000 Methodist Hospital, Medical Center
Texas Team Championship
- Feb. 19-20, 2000 Methodist Hospital, Medical Center
Y2K Open - Jan.
1-2, 2000 Comfort Inn Airport
For Texas Chess Association
tournaments before 2002, check out TCA
Archives.
Local web sites:
Texas:
Other web sites: