Welcome To The Southwest Chess Club!

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The Southwest Chess Club meets every Thursday night from 6:00 PM in the town of Greendale, Wisconsin. We meet at the Layton State Bank (downstairs), at 5850 Broad Street. Here is a map to the club. Due to flooding problems, our Hales Corners Village Hall location is not available until further notice. We will continue to meet at the Greendale Layton State Bank. Our club sponsors two weekend tournaments each year (October & April). The upcoming Hales Corners Challenge VIII will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2008 (NEW LOCATION !! à Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel—4747 S. Howell Avenue—Milwaukee—414-481-8000 (formerly known as Four Points Sheraton, across street from airport). For HCC-VIII, we are happy to announce that Goddess Chess is sponsoring additional prizes: Top Finishing Female Player--$50/Best Game by Female Player--$25/Best Game by Male Player--$25, in addition to our standard prizes. We recently co-sponsored a FIDE-rated event with Midwest Chess Adventures (MCA). The event was held March 8-9, 2008, in the SWCC club meeting room. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have a Blog that shows current club news, and you are invited to contribute information, games, and any items of interest! Also, two of our club members have created active blogs: Ivan Wijetunge has a popular blog with current news, games, and interesting posts. Souvik Roychoudhuri has a blog that has games and news from our club and the Waukesha club. Check out the blogs! Join us to play rated tournament games, blitz, or some skittles. There is always a game to be had! Think you are good? There are some players here that might teach you a thing or two! Not that good? We have players of all ratings and experience levels who are always willing to help you improve your game. In the summer, we have a full schedule of lectures right before the games begin. Watch for announcements! The US Chess Federation provides results of our completed events online. The crosstables contain complete pre- and post- ratings of all participants. Our club maintains a very large library of Chess Books, Chess Videos, and Chess DVDS (click on each link for a full list). Club members can check out these titles for 3 weeks at a time. For books, see Andrew Grochowski after you have filled out this form, and he will bring in your book the following week. For DVDs (3-week rental, $3) and Videos (3-week rental, $2), see Robin Grochowski, who will bring it in the following week. Sound like fun? Stop by anytime and meet the friendly people of the Southwest Chess Club. For more information, you may contact any of the tournament Directors by phone or email: Allen Becker: (414) 423-0206 (cell 414-807-0269) Email Allen Gary Wright: (414)-226-5753 (cell 414-517-5495) Email Gary Tom Fogec: (414) 425-6742 Email Tom Robin Grochowski (414) 744-4872 Email Robin Sheldon Gelbart (414) 529-5931 Email Sheldon WebSite: Allen Becker (web page updated September 1, 2008)