CHESS this Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at Starbucks!

Hi Everyone!

Last Sunday's session of chess over the boards saw quite a turnout of chess players of all ages and skill levels, from beginners to seasoned tournament players! Our Starbucks venue was packed with more than 25 players at one point, with virtually every table occupied with chess openings, middle games, tactics, traps, and end games of various kinds!

(Noticeably missing all too often from the tables were Starbucks products --- that's okay, as there is no purchase requirement, but it would be nice for some of us to buy something or other if you were to stay a while, from time to time or every other visit or so... to help keep this store in the Clayton Shopping Center as a solid community chess venue for all of us, as we have since 2008... thank you!)

We welcome players of all ages and skill levels for chess and perhaps even other games! Join us if you can every Sunday or Wednesday afternoon anytime from 3:00 p.m. through to closing time (come and go anytime)! There are no dues, and usually there's a chess puzzle to solve, with the first player solving it on the first try winning a free tall Starbucks drink of choice!

See you very soon, and certainly be open to making new friends and perhaps even renewing old friendships!

----- Mike T.
Contra Costa Chess Club
US Chess Federation
Affiliate Club ID #A6024746