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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:

Present Tournaments:

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.

Future Tournaments:

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.

Local places to play chess:

Past Tournaments:

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.

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