ECE #116 – $250 Sunday Game Hour (move to Saturday due to snow!)
2026-01-24 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
NOTE: This event is being moved up a day due to snow!
Sections: Open, U1400, U700
Time: Open & U1400 are G60/d5; U700 is G25/d5 – 4 rounds
Prizes:
Trophies to Top 3, possibly more in U700, Rounds at 10, 11, 12, and 1.
$100 for 1st in Open, $50 for 2nd in Open
$75 for 1st in U1400, $25 for 2nd in U1400
Rounds at 10, 12, 2, and 4

Cherry Can't Set up a Tournament
2026-01-25 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | chess.com
While Cherry did a great job setting up the Winter Open (with Chris’s help) and his posters are fabulous his ability to set up a chess.com tournament, well … To “help” him, Samika named this one after him. Time control is G/8, d3 and it is 7 PM on Sunday.
Hope to see you all there!

Club
2026-01-27 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-01-30 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-17 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-03-24 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-03-31 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-04-07 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
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 – 5692.

Wild Wednesday Blitz Event
2026-01-28 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Stop in for our once a month Wednesday blitz tournament. This event will be at 7 pm. Players and sections will be determined based on entries. Generally there are 2 sections and the blitz is double games (you play each opponent twice.) The event usually takes less than 2 hours and has a few trophy prizes. This will alternate every 2 weeks with a quick tournament with the same set up. The blitz event is 3 d2. The time for the quick event is 8 d3 (See January 14 and February 11), to help everyone get ready for the state quick championship (3/6) the Friday night before the main state scholastic championship (March 7-8).

2026 PA State Game/75 Championship - East
2026-01-31 09:30 - 21:00 UTC | Chester Hotel & Conference Center, 815 N Pottstown Pike, Building A, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Time Control: G/75 d5
Championship: Open to all. EF: $35. $200-100, U2000 $75, U1800 $50.
Premier: Open to unrated or rated under 1600. EF: $30. $$ $90-60, U1400 $50, U1200 $40, U1000 $30. Trophies to Top 2, Top 2 under 1400, Top 2 under 1200, and Top 2 under 1000.
Scholastic: 2 Sections – Under 500 and Under 1000. Under 1000 trophies 1st to 5th, 1st and 2nd Under 750; Under 500 trophies 1st to 5th, 1st and 2nd Under 250 . Scholastic sections will run on own time frame, usually done by 4 PM.
All: Trophies to 1st-3rd school teams, top college/university team, combining 4-7 players from all sections. Registration ends at 9:30 am. Rounds 10 am – 1 pm – 4 pm – 7 pm; EF on site: $50 regardless of section. Team score is combination of G/75 sections.
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Once signed up, pay at site or contact Joshua Anderson for paypal/venmo. Registration ends at 9:30 am. PSCF required $5 OSA. Info: joshuamiltonanderson@gmail.com, 484-948-5692. Ent: . W. Sponsored & Organized by the PA State Chess Federation & Tri-Bridges Chess Club.
Note Please add your school name with the child’s grade [7th Grade Valley forge]

Winter Open
2026-02-01 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Chester Hotel & Conference Center, 815 N Pottstown Pike, Building A, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Wanting to encourage a bit of boldness in the chess players in the region, Cherry Perumalla and Christopher Romeril greatly helped me put the following tournament together.
Time Control: G30/d10 – 5 rounds
Prizes: $2500 total over 2 Sections – Open and Under 1000. Numerous Under Prizes.
Open – $650 – $400 – $250; Under 1800 – $100; Under 1600 – $75; Under 1400 – $50; Under 1200 – $50
Under 1000 – $300, $200, $100, Under 800 – $75, Under 600 – $50
EF $50; $70 1/31 or after; Under 1000 EF $30; $40 1/31 or after
Registration ends at 9:45 – 10, 11:30, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30. The extra half hour after the 11:30 round should allow people to get lunch from wherever they like.
Though the Autumn Open had low attendance, due to tight timeline and limited advertising, we liked the set up and hope to have even more great players this time.

Fourth All Girls Tournament
2026-02-07 12:00 - 18:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
4 rds G/40 d5
12 to 6 pm – Mothers (Unrated and free), Open, U400
Trophies to Top 3 in each section, plus few trophies based on entries.
We have added several special prizes. These include artwork by my wife.

ECE #118 – $250 Sunday Game Hour
2026-02-08 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Sections: Open, U1200, U500
Time: Open & U1200 are G60/d5; U700 is G25/d5 – 4 rounds
Prizes:
Trophies to Top 3, possibly more in U600, Rounds at 10, 11, 12, and 1.
$100 for 1st in Open, $50 for 2nd in Open
$75 for 1st in U1200, $25 for 2nd in U1200
Rounds at 10, 12, 2, and 4

Wild Wednesday Quick Tournament
2026-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Stop in for our once a month Wednesday quick tournament. This event will be at 7 pm. Players and sections will be determined based on entries. Generally there are 2 sections. The event usually takes less than 2 hours and has a few trophy prizes. This will alternate every 2 weeks with a blitz tournament with the same set up. The blitz event is 3 d2. The time for this event is G8 d3, to help everyone get ready for the state quick champoionship the Friday night (3/6) before the main state championship.

ECE #119 - Friday Night Tournament
2026-02-20 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Sections: Open, U900, U600, U300
Time Control: G25 d5; 3 rounds
Prizes: At least 3 trophies per section in the bottom 3 sections; $50 1st prize in Open
Rounds: 1st at 7, rest ASAP; bottom two sections done around 9, all sections done by 10

ECE #120 - PA State Scholastic Warm-Up
2026-02-28 12:00 - 18:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
$100 Open Prize – 4 Round G40, d5
G40, d5 is the longest we can easily make and still complete in about 5 to 6 hours.
We are doing a longer time control to help people get ready for the State Championships in Harrkbur the following weekend.
The 1st round will start at 12 and the other rounds – roughly 12, 1:30, 3, and 4:30 (will be paired as soon as possible.)
The sections are Open, Under 1100, Under 800, and Under 500 (sections are chosen to copy some of the sections at the state championship the following weekend.) The Open has 3 trophy prizes and a $100 for first place. The other sections will have at least three trophy prizes. Hope to see everyone there!

YET MORE PRACTICE!!
2026-03-01 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Since states is almost here we are throwing in an extra event. Trophies to top 3 per section. Trophies will have inaccurate labels as we just came up with this event this afternoon.
Sections Under 400, Under 800, Under 1200
States is 40 d5, but everyone plays faster so we can play 4 rounds of g/25, d5.
There is a 1600 who wants to play tomorrow a 1300 who can play from 1 to 3. I can be a little flexible for the open if we have some players interested.

ECE #121 - Saturday Tournament
2026-03-14 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Sections: U1300, U900, U500
Sections: 1:00 – 5:00; Under 1300, Under 900, Under 500
Time Control: Game / 25, d5
Prizes: Trophies to the top 3, at least, and a few other trophies
Rounds: 1st at 1, rest as soon as possible

Pawn Power - Weekly Class - Monday 6PM to 7PM - 3/16 to 5/4
2026-03-16 18:00 - 2026-05-04 19:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Pawn Power is a class designed to introduced various structures such as double pawns, isolated pawns, backward pawns, etc.
Ram Singh is the teacher and the classes will be held at Tri-Bridges Chess Club – 666 Exton Commons, Exton PA 19341.
All classes are 8 weeks and $80. They all start the week of 3/16 and will end the week of 5/5.
It is helpful for our planning and bookkeeping to sign up for the first class, but you do not need to sign up for each and everyone.

Piece Play - Weekly Class - Monday 7PM to 8PM - 3/16 to 5/4
2026-03-16 19:00 - 2026-05-04 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Piece Play: This is the class that in 2024 everyone who took won trophies at the state championship. Now obviously, we don’t guarantee such success, especially with the state tournament not until March, but 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 Tri-Bridges Chess Club – 666 Exton Commons, Exton PA 19341.
The class is 8 weeks and $80. The class starts y all start the week of 3/16 and will end the week of 5/4.

Club
2026-03-17 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
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 – 5692.
With states having passed, we are back to just our Tuesday night club, so please come and join us for free play, etc.

Basic Tactics - Weekly Class - Thursday 6PM to 7PM - 03/19 - 05/07
2026-03-19 18:00 - 2026-05-07 19:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
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 on tactics – i.e. forks, pins skewers, discovered check, double check, and the like.
Ram Singh is the teacher and the classes will be held at Tri-Bridges Chess Club – 666 Exton Commons, Exton PA 19341.
All classes are 8 weeks and $80. They all start the week of 3/16 and will end the week of 5/5.
It is helpful for our planning and bookkeeping to sign up for the first class, but you do not need to sign up for each and everyone.

ECE #122 - Friday Night Tournament
2026-03-20 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Sections: Open, U800, U500, U200
Time Control: G25 d5; 3 rounds
Prizes: At least 3 trophies per section in the bottom 3 sections; $50 1st prize in Open
Rounds: 1st at 7, rest ASAP; bottom two sections done around 9, all sections by 10

State Championship Celebration
2026-03-21 15:00 - 21:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
We were very fortunate at the state championship to find our months of hard work rewarded with many trophies and successes. This included a record 8 club trophies, 6 first places. To celebrate we will have a party with cake and lots of food. We will also havea bughouse tournament and blitz tournament. More info to follow.
Even if you did not play in the state championship you undoubtedly played some of these people at some point and are welcome and encouraged to come and celebrate!
Please remember to bring your trophies!
Doors open about 3, picture is at 5 with everyone, and bughouse tournament, food, birthday celebrations, etc., for post 5.

ECE #123 – $250 Sunday Game Hour
2026-03-22 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
Sections: Open, U1200, U500
Time: Open & U1200 are G60/d5; U500 is G25/d5 – 4 rounds
Prizes:
Trophies to Top 3, possibly more in U500, Rounds at 10, 11, 12, and 1.
$100 for 1st in Open, $50 for 2nd in Open
$75 for 1st in U1200, $25 for 2nd in U1200
Rounds at 10, 12, 2, and 4

ECE #132 - Saturday Tournament
2026-04-02 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | PA
Sections: Open, U1400, U700
Time Control: Game / 60, d5
Reg ends 9:30am, Rds 10am – 12:30pm – 3pm
EF: $20, PSCF required $5 OSA
Prizes: Open-$150, U1400 $100, U700 Trophies to Top 3

2026 State G/26, d3 Championship (U500, U1000) - Scholastic
2026-04-11 11:00 - 17:30 UTC | Tri – Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA, 19341, United States
2025 State G/26, d3 Championship (U500, U1000)
April 12. (QC) 2025 PA State Game/26;d3 Championship – Scholastic. 5-SS. G/26d3. Tri-Bridges Chess Club, 666 Exton Commons, Exton, PA 19341. 2 Sections: EF: $20. Under 1000: Open to K-12 who are unrated or rated under 1000. Trophies to Top 5 and Top 2 under 750. Under 500 – Open to K-12 who are unrated or rated under 500. Trophies to Top 5 and Top 2 under 250. All: Trophies to 1st-4th school teams combining 4 players from both sections. Reg ends 10:30am. Rds 11am – 12:30pm – 1:45pm – 3pm – 4:15 pm. PSCF required $5 OSA. Info: joshuamiltonanderson@gmail.com, 484-948-5692. Ent: https://tribridgeschessclub.com/event/state-g26d3-championship/ Sponsored & Organized by the PA State Chess Federation & Tri-Bridges Chess Club.
