Hamden Chess Club

The Hamden Chess Club is based at Play More Chess Academy in Hamden, Connecticut and meets for weekly casual play and in-person USCF tournaments each month. Membership on this Lichess team is limited to current community members of Hamden Chess Club and currently enrolled students of Play More Chess Academy in Hamden, CT. Please visit http://playmorechess.com to join HCC as a community member or enroll as a student.

Each week we offer online tournaments for various rating levels. A $20 Amazon gift card is awarded for 1st place in online tournaments with four or more participants. A member must be in good standing (i.e. currently enrolled as an HCC Community member or currently enrolled as a student at Play More Chess Academy) at the time of the tournament to receive a prize for that tournament. Cumulative individual prize winnings for online tournaments are limited to 2X annual membership fee per membership year for HCC Community members. (There is no annual limit for online prize winnings for students enrolled in chess classes or lessons at PMCA). Team members live in all parts of CT: Hamden, New Haven, North Haven, Wallingford, Woodbridge, Bristol, Danbury, Fairfield, Meriden, Middletown, Milford, New Britain, New London, Norwalk, Stamford, and West Haven as well as many smaller cities and towns.

Team membership and participation in HCC online tournaments is limited to currently enrolled HCC Community Members and students at Play More Chess Academy.

When requesting to join the HCC team on lichess, please provide FULL NAME and EMAIL for member verification.

Thank you.

Hamden Chess Club Admin