Welcome to Tri Bridges Chess Club

Your Chess Journey Begins: Learn, Practice, Play -Have fun!

The Future Belongs To Those Who See Possibilities Today.

Our Mission

To promote chess in all its forms and to encourage the game throughout Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the United States. (Too stuffy?)

Our Commitment

“To provide an encouraging chess experience for children and adults at all levels through a variety of activities and opportunities.”

How can we Help?

We recognize and try to demonstrate the many different ways you may enjoy and benefit from the game whether that be tournaments, lessons, analysis, simultaneous exhibitions and simply playing the game.

About Us

Tri Bridges Chess Club Unleash Your Brilliance

Founded on the idea of the traditional community chess club (e.g. Marshall in New York City, Mechanics Institute in San Francisco), Tri-Bridges strives to be of use to all chess players in the community. For some, this means teaching how to move the pieces and getting kids excited about the game.

For others this means teaching them about concepts like forks, pins, and skewers, so they can do better in tournaments. We have various guest lecturers and lectures on subjects ranging from attack to zugzwang. Finally, some need one on one lessons and we have space for people to take private lessons if the main area is being used.

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Make a move and win with Tri Bridges here.

Jan 26, 2025

Sunday Blitz #31

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Sunday Blitz Event #30 – 4 round G/5, d2 (play each person twice – 8 rated games) This event will only affect your blitz rating (though highest rating used for […]

$10

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Jan 26, 2025

Sunday Blitz #32

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sunday Blitz #32 – 6 round G/3, d2 (play each person twice – 12 rated games) This event will only affect your blitz rating (though highest rating used for pairing. […]

$10

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Jan 27, 2025

How to Play Chess Class - Weekly 01/06 to 03/24

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

How to Play Chess Class - Weekly 01/06 to 03/24 The classes will be held at Code Ninja @ Milltown Square, Downingtown. All classes are 9 weeks and $90. They […]

$90

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Jan 27, 2025

Piece Play Chess Class - Weekly 01/06 to 03/24

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Piece Play: This class is an introduction to positional concepts such as outposts, open files, and weak squares. Ram Singh is the teacher and the classes will be held at […]

$90

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Jan 28, 2025

Club Night!

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The chess club meets from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. This is unrated free play for all levels, and anyone is welcome. If you have any questions, please call/text (484) 948 […]

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Jan 29, 2025

Second Chess Class - Weekly 01/08 to 03/26

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Second Chess Class: This class is for those who know how to move the pieces, know how to castle, but lose most of their games. The course will mostly focus […]

$90

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$100

Beginner Chess Course

2 Hours / Meeting

Certification

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$150

Intermediate Chess Course

5 Hours / Meeting

Certification

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$200

Expert Chess Course

8 Hours / Meeting

Certification

4.9

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Why Chess?

Teamwork

All the pieces must work together to accomplish the goal. Also, each piece has different skills, but they all need to come together to accomplish the goal.

Accountability

As World Champion Lasker noted, “At the chess board, lies and hypocrisy do not last long.” The person responsible for the result of the game is you, not outside forces.

Pattern Recognition

Once learned, chess patterns are often recognizable in similar positions.

Thinking ahead

As players begin to think about their opponents moves and how they will respond, they naturally begin to think about what lies and planning not just for the moment, but will happen in the future.

Evaluation

Players are forced to make complex decisions based on known, but not always easily understood information.

Strategic Thinking and Planning

Players begin to realize that different actions lead to different outcomes – if x then y, if a then b.

Resourcefulness

While guidelines, principles, and the practice of thinking ahead helps to narrow the number of possible options, no one can plan for all variables in the game of chess. The game teaches one to be aware that surprises will occur and to be able to respond to them by applying what they have learned.

Thinking in time

Players began to understand the relationship of cause and effect as well as develop an idea of how past (previous moves), present (current position), and future (how do I win x), all work together.