Getting Started with Chess Tournaments

11 months ago
John Wright, SGVCC President

When you first open our Webpage you will see a reference to "Your home for tournament rated games." So what…

Support “Kings for Cure”

2 weeks ago

SGVCC is proud to support the Kings for Cure charity chess tournament on September 19-20 in the city of Monterey…

Checkmate for a Cause

2 months ago

Checkmate for a Cause 08/30/26 A 4-round single-day tournament. TLA here. Register here. Standings here.

IM John Donaldson Lecture Draws Big Crowd at SGVCC

9 months ago

 IM John Donaldson was at SGVCC  on January 5th to discuss his new book, "Inside the Mind of Bobby Fischer."…

2026 Club Championship starts September 14th

10 months ago

Our 2026 SGVCC Championship is now open for registration at our Calendar. We expect two time champion Leo Wang to…

Summer Fun 4

10 months ago

Summer Fun 4 06/08/26 - 07/13/26 This is a five round event in three sections. Players must play in their…

Holiday Swiss

11 months ago

Holiday Swiss 11/03/25 - 12/15/25 A This is a six round event in three sections. It starts November 3 and ends December 15. We…

March Madness

11 months ago

March Madness 03/02/26 - 03/30/26 This is a five round event in three sections. Players must play in their own…

Guidelines for Playing at SGVCC

11 months ago

Welcome to San Gabriel Valley Chess Club. This Guideline will help explain how we conduct our tournaments, certain rules when…

Play in our Club Championship

1 year ago

There can only be one Club Champion: will it be you in 2025? We have engraved the names of two…