Chess at the Library- Cancelled until September 14, 2020
Sponsored by the Stark Youth Chess League
Chess at the Library can be found at the Stark County District Library's Main building located at 715 Market Avenue North in Canton, Ohio. The chess club meets in the McKinley Room from 5:00 till 7:45 pm beginning on the 2nd Monday of September and continues until the last Monday in May. No membership is required. Players of all ages are welcome and general instructions by our advanced players and instructors are available free of charge. Newsflash - Chess in the Park begins first Wednesday of June.
Calendar of events for the 2019 -20
September 9th- Open Chess
September 16th - Blitz Tournament - 10 min. 5 rounds sign in by 6:00
September 23rd - Open Chess
September 30th - Open Chess
October 7th- Open Chess
October 12th SPECIAL - See National Day of Chess Tournament icon
October 14th - Tournament- Atomic Chess- 10 min. sign in by 6:00.
October 21st- Open Chess
October 28th- Open Chess
November 4th- Open Chess
November 11th - Open Chess
November 18th- Tournament- Earn Your Queen- 10. Min.- Sign in by 6:00.
November 25th- Open Chess
December 2nd - Open Chess
December 9th - Open Chess
December 16th --Crazy House chess tournament -10 min. -pairing begin@ 6:00 bring clocks
December 23rd- Merry Christmas -No Chess
December 30th- Library Closed - No Chess
January 6th - Open Chess
January 13th- Open chess
January 20th- Library Closed for Martin Luther King Day. Newsflash - Chess players can join us at
Food Court in Belden Village Mall beginning at 5:00 pm.
January 27th- Chess tournament - 10 MINUTE BLITZ - pairings begin @ 6:00 Bring Chess Clocks
February 3rd - Open chess
February 10th - Open Chess
February 17th - Library Closed- open chess at BELDEN VILLAGE MALL- food court 5:00- ?
February 24th -Chess tournament-Bobby Fischer’s CHESS 960- pairings begin @6:00 pm. Bring clocks
March 2nd - Open chess
March 9th - Open chess
March 16th - Chess tournament -- 5 minute blitz begins @ 6:00 pm. Bring chess clocks. Cancelled
Chess will be at Belden Village Mall food court 5-8 until April 20
March 23rd - Open chess at Mall
March 30th Open chess at Mall
April 6th- Open chess at Mall
April 13th- Open Chess at Mall
Resume at Library in September 2020
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April 20th- BUG HOUSE TOURNAMENT 10 minutes begins @ 6:00 pm. Bring chess clocks.
April 27th- Open Chess
May 4th- Open Chess
May 12th - Open Chess
May 19th- Chess Tournament- Earn Your Queen- 10 Minutes Begins @ 6:00 pm. Bring chess clocks.
May 26th- Library Closed -no Chess- Start Wednesday at Weis Park for the summer. See Chess in the Park icon
News Flash: There's more chess in town!
Chess at The Stark County District Library' North Branch Library
Stark County District Library North Branch location: 25th Street N.W.
Coach Carl Patron runs this Thursday night chess club mostly for the k-8th.
Meeting date and time: Thursdays from 6:00-7:45 p.m.