WCC - A place where chessplayers meet to enjoy the game of chess
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WCC - A place where chessplayers meet to enjoy the game of chess
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The Watauga Chess Club meets every Tuesday night from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM at the North Richland Hills Recreation Center, 6720 N.E. Loop 820, North Richland Hills, TX . Click here for a map of our meeting location. Players of all strengths attend regularly so you're sure to find a competitive opponent. The club normally holds a 5 minute blitz tournament on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. We also run approximately 10 regular weekend tournaments per year. Check out our Tournaments page for future tourneys. Join us and become part of the ever growing DFW chess community! If you have any questions please contact one of our officers.
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The final score was Texas 22 - Oklahoma 20. This years event was every bit as exciting as last years. Thanks to everyone on both teams for making this such an enjoyable event! Pictures from the Red River V victory are available for viewing here. Thanks go to Carmen Chairez for his fine photography! Click here for pictures of last years Red River 4 tournament!!!
The Watauga Chess Club is making some changes to our tournaments… Click here to find out more!
Latest News: March 7th - Saturday, March 29th, The WCC is holding the WCC March Swiss tournament! This is a 4 round swiss tournament with time controls of 45/45/60/60. Click here to find out more!!! To see who has advance registered online click here! Advance register now with your Credit Card or Paypal account. Click here! February 15th - Saturday, February 23rd, The WCC is holding our 1st 100 Dollar Quads tournament! This is a winner take all quad with the winner in each quad receiving $100!!! Click here to find out more!!! To see a player roster click here!
January 14th - Saturday, January 19th, The WCC is holding our second Dollars for Points tournament! Prize payout for this tournament is based on performance ONLY. If you score 3.0 or higher, Click here to find out more details on this great tournament! To see a player roster click here!
November 26th - Online advance registration for the 2007 Tarrant County Quick Championship on December 8th is now available!
This tournament has a $500 prize fund! For information on the tournament click here. To see a player roster click here!
November 3rd - Saturday, November 10th, The WCC is holding our first Dollars for Points tournament! Prize payout for this tournament is based on performance ONLY. If you score 3.0 or higher, Click here to find out more details on this great tournament!
To see a player roster click here!
October 13th - Online advance registration for the Tarrant County Championship tomorrow is now closed. You can still play if you register in person by 8:45 a.m. Saturday morning at the tournament site. For information on the tournament click here. October 9th - Online advance registration for the Tarrant County Championship on October 13th is now available! This tournament has a $500 prize fund! For information on the tournament click here. To see a player roster click here! September 14th - Online advance registration for the WCC Swiss #2 tournament tomorrow is now closed. You can still play if you register in person by 8:45 a.m. Saturday morning at the tournament site. For information on the tournament click here. To see a player roster click here!
August 22nd - Online advance registration for the WCC Swiss #2 tournament on September 15th is now available! This tournament has a $500 prize fund! For information on the tournament click here. To see a player roster click here!
August 8th - Online advance registration for the WCC Quads #2 tournament this Saturday is now closed. You can still play if you register in person by 8:45 a.m. Saturday morning at the tournament site. For information on the tournament click here. To see a player roster click here!
August 8th - Online advance registration for the WCC Quads #2 tournament this Saturday closes tomorrow night at 12:00. For information on the tournament click here. To see a player roster click here!
August 1st - Online advance registration is now open for the WCC Quads #2 tournament to be held Saturday, August 11th. For information on the tournament click here. July 30th - At The Watauga Chess Club we're making some changes to our tournaments… Click here to find out more! July 13th - Online advance registration is now closed for the WCC Swiss #1 tournament to be held Saturday, July 14th. You may still play and register for tomorrow tournament by 8:45 a.m. in person. For information on the tournament click here. To see a list of who has advanced registered click here. Online advance registration is now available for the WCC Swiss #1 tournament to be held Saturday, July 14th. For information on the tournament click here. To see a list of who has advanced registered click here. June 22nd - Tomorrow, May 12th, the WCC is hosting the 1st Annual Arlington Classic at the University of Texas at Arlington. Time controls are long (Game/90) and there is a Prize fund of $1000 based on 40 full entries. For more information click here! Online advance registration is now closed. To see who is already registered click here. May 22nd - Saturday and Sunday, June 23rd and 24th, The WCC will be hosting the 1st Annual Arlington Classic at the University of Texas at Arlington. Time controls are long (Game/90) and there is a Prize fund of $1000 based on 40 full entries. For more information and to register online click here! To see who is already registered click here. May 11th - Tomorrow, May 12th, the WCC is hosting the Watauga Chess Club Quads #1. To find out more click here. Online advance registration is now closed. To see who is already registered click here. May 10th - This Saturday, May 12th, the WCC is hosting the Watauga Chess Club Quads #1. To find out more click here. Online advance registration closes at midnight tonight. To see who is already registered click here. May 6th - Get ready for some longer time controls! This Saturday, May 12th, the WCC is hosting the Watauga Chess Club Quads #1. To find out more click here. Pictures from the Red River V victory are available for viewing here. Thanks go to Carmen Chairez for his fine photography!
April 17th - Calling all Texans!!! Defend the state honor and help us retain the traveling trophy at right, in this Sunday's Red River 5 tournament! We need all the help we can get to retain the trophy because last year we won it back in the final few games (see above). The Okie's have already started talking trash and are hellbent on taking the trophy back! For information on the tournament click here. April 13th - Online advance registration is now closed for the Many Springs Swiss #37 to be held tomorrow, April 14th. You may still register before 8:45 a.m. Saturday morning. Play starts at 9:00 as usual. For information on the tournament click here. To see a list of who has advanced registered click here. April 10th - Online advance registration is now available for this Saturday's Many Springs Swiss #37! Click here for details. To see a list of who has advanced registered click here.
March 23rd - Online advance registration is now closed for our first Quick Quads tournament to be held tomorrow, March 24th! You may still register before 8:45 a.m. Saturday morning. Click here for details. To see a list of who has advanced registered click here.
March 16th - Online advance registration is now available for our first Quick Quads tournament to be held next Saturday, March 24th! Click here for details. To see a list of who has advanced registered click here. March 9th - Attention!! Starting next Tuesday March 13th, the WCC will change it's regular club night from Thursday to Tuesday nights. The club will still start at 6:30 and will meet in the same location. February 26th - This coming Saturday, March 3rd, the Denton Chess Club is hosting the 2nd annual Denton Open. Registration is onsite between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning. For more details click here.
February 14th - Results from MSO #36 are now available by clicking here. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who played!! January 30th - Online advance registration is now available for the Many Springs Open #36 on February 10th. See who's already registered. Click here! ***Note - some previous preregistered players from our cancelled MSO 35 are included here. If you do not wish to play at this tournament please inform the webmaster by clicking here or by contacting Tom Crane or Tom McCaslin.
January 13th - Due to severe weather conditions, the Watauga Chess Club has had to cancel todays tournament. We are sorry for the inconvenience. For those of you that prepaid we will either offer a full refund, or credit your payment to another event. For more info you may contact the webmaster by clicking here or Tom Crane. See who's already registered. Click here! January 7th - Online advance registration is now available for this Saturday's Many Springs Open #35. . January 2nd - Happy New Year!!! The location and date of Red River Shootout V has been decided. It will be on April 22nd in Davis, Oklahoma. More details will be made available soon. The 2007 WCC tournament schedule is now available on our tournaments page. Click here to see it now. Our pictures page is currently being moved and redesigned. In the meantime is will be unavailable, but all pictures will be back soon.
December 28th - There will be NO chess tonight at the rec center. Happy Holidays!!! December 8th - Saturday, December 9th the WCC is hosting the Tarrant County Quick Championship! Click here for details. Online advance registration has closed. You must pay during registration tomorrow morning by 8:45 a.m. if you wish to play. Good luck!!! December 5th - Saturday, December 9th the WCC is hosting the Tarrant County Quick Championship! Click here for details. Online advance registration is available!!! To see a list of advance registered players click here.
November 5th - This Saturday, November 11th the WCC is hosting the Many Springs Open #34. Click here for details. Click here to see a list of advance registered players. October 24th - Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2006 Tarrant County Championship! Registration is now available online for Many Springs Open #34 on Saturday, November 11th. Click here for more details.
October 20th - Online advance registration for the 2006 Tarrant County Championship is now closed. You may still register in person before 8:45 a.m. tomorrow. For more information click here. October 14th - Online advance registration for the 2006 Tarrant County Championship is now available. For more information click here. October 10th - Saturday October 21st the WCC is hosting the 2006 Tarrant County Championship. For more information click here. October 3rd - This Friday night, October 6th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. Want some Saturday afternoon skittles?? A number of our chess friends have started playing at the Summerglen library near the corner of North Beach and Basswood Blvd (4205 Basswood Blvd). Play is usually in the front meeting room and usually starts around 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.,. Please bring a board and set if you have one as only a few are provided. September 23rd - This Saturday the WCC is hosting Many Springs Open #33. For more information click here.
September 19th - This Saturday the WCC is hosting Many Springs Open #33. To advance register online click here. For more information click here. To see a list of registered players click here. September 12th - This Friday night, September 15th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. September 10th - Advance online registration for Many Springs Open #33 is now available. For more information click here. To see a list of registered players click here. August 31st - Advance online registration for the 72nd Annual Southwest Open is now closed. For more information on registering on gameday please visit this page.
August 29th - Advance registration for the 72nd Annual Southwest Open closes Wednesday night at midnight. To register online click here. For more information, please visit this page. To see a list of players by section click here. Please note*** Due to this weekends Southwest Open, there will not be our regular Friday night chess tournament. Join us again in 2 weeks for another Watauga Chess Club Friday Night Chess tournament!
August 15th - This Friday night, August 4th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. The 72nd Annual Southwest Open starts two weekends after next! Click here to see who is already registered! Click here for more information.
August 12th - Online registration for Many Springs Quads #11 is now closed. If you want to play you must register by 8:45 a.m. at the tournament site. The time control is slow G/75 and you will play 3 games to determine the winner of the quad. Each player plays all the other players in the quad (4 players=quad) to determine the winner. Rating range in each quad is usually within a 100 - 400 point range. Click here for details and how to register! August 11th - Many Springs Quads #11 is tomorrow, August 12th. If you want the advanced registration discount you must register by midnight! The time control is slow G/75 and you will play 3 games to determine the winner of the quad. Each player plays all the other players in the quad (4 players=quad) to determine the winner. Rating range in each quad is usually within a 100 - 400 point range. Credit card and PayPal now accepted. Click here for details and how to register! To see who's playing click here! August 3rd - This Friday night, August 4th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. The 72nd Annual Southwest Open is now available for online registration. To register online click here. For more information, please visit this page.
July 31st - Want to play in an event where you'll be playing others with a rating close to yours?? Come out to play on Saturday, August 12th in the Many Springs Quads #11. The time control is slow G/75 and you will play 3 games to determine the winner of the quad. Each player plays all the other players in the quad (4 players=quad) to determine the winner. Rating range in each quad is usually within a 100 - 400 point range. Credit card and PayPal now accepted. Click here for details and how to register! July 25th - This Friday night, July 28th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. July 23rd - Parent's, to gain my more insight into the world of Scholastic/Youth chess, visit Darrel Knoblochs Chess Newsletter page by clicking here.
July 22nd - Online registration for MSO#32 is now closed. You may still register before 8:45 a.m. this morning if you wish to play. Click here for info.
Denton Chess Club!The Denton Chess Club meets every Monday night from 6:00-9:00 at the Denton Public Library North Branch,3020 North Locust, Denton, Texas 76209. If you're looking for chess on Mondays them a look! Click here to get a map. Click here to see their website.
Want some Saturday afternoon skittles?? A number of our chess friends have started playing at the Summerglen library near the corner of North Beach and Basswood Blvd (4205 Basswood Blvd). Play is usually in the front meeting room and usually starts around 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.,. Please bring a board and set if you have one as only a few are provided.
July 17th - This weeks Friday night action chess has been cancelled due to the USCF junior open held this weekend and MSO#32 on Saturday (click here for info). There is a great likelihood of a poor turnout on Friday because most of our regulars will be playing in one of the 2 tournaments. July 15th - See who's playing (preregistered) in Many Springs Open #32! Click here to find out now. You may now pay either with a Paypal account or with a regular credit card through Paypal. Click here for more details on MSO#32.
July 13th - Online registration for Many Springs Open #32 is now available! You may now pay either with a Paypal account or with a regular credit card through Paypal. Click here for more details on MSO#32. July 6th - This Friday night, July 7th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. We plan on having Friday night chess every 1st and 3rd Friday of every month!
July 2nd - Pictures from this years Red River Shootout have been posted in a special photo gallery. Click here to see!
June 13th - Don't forget, this Friday night, June 16th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. We plan on having Friday night chess every 1st and 3rd Friday of every month! May 30th - This Friday night, June 2nd, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. May 15th - This Friday night, May 19th, Watauga Chess will host another night of G/30 action chess! Click here for more info. May 12th - MSO #31 online registration is now closed. You may still register tomorrow before 8:45 a.m.,. Click here for more details on Saturdays tournament. May 8th - MSO #31 is now available for online registration if you have a PayPal Account. Click here for more details on Saturdays tournament. April 24th - Ready for some more Friday Night G/30?? On Friday May 5th come on out to the Signet Office Building in Euless for 4 rounds of Game/30 Action Chess. Click here for more details. Congratulations to everyone who helped Texas take back the Red River Trophy pictured here ---->>
April 17th - There will not be Chess at the Rec Center next Thursday, April 20th. We will resume our regular schedule the following Thursday. Please join us and a bunch of other Texas chess players as we take on Oklahoma to regain the Red River traveling trophy this Saturday!! Click here for more details. Should be a great time for everyone (even the losers (Okies)). April 4th - MSO #30 has now been rated. You can see your post tournament rating and tournaments results by clicking here. Thanks to everyone who made this event a success! March 26th - Online pre-registration via your PayPal account is now available for next Saturday's Many Springs Open tournament at Dalworth Carpet. Click here for details!
March 22nd - Don't forget to make room in your schedule to play in the Many Springs Open #30 on April 1st! If you've been itching to becoming an OTB(over the board) tournament player we're going to give you a special incentive. If you register and pay for your USCF membership through the Watauga Chess Club, we will waive the entrance fee for MSO#30! You must be a new (never had a USCF membership) USCF member to qualify for this special offer. Winners of the tournament who were able to benefit from this offer will have the appropriate entrance fee deducted from their prize winnings. Click here for more info about the tournament. March 3rd - Tomorrow is the first ever Denton Open! 50+ players are already set to play and the prize fund is $1000! Click here for more details. February 13th - Results from Saturdays Many Springs Quads #10 have been posted on the USCF website. Click here to see them now! You can see the results from last Fridays St.Vincents Action Chess tournament by clicking here. February 10th - Darrel Knobloch has just released his February Chess Newsletter. Click here to see it now. Please come out to St.Vincents tonight for some fun action chess (Game/30). Click here for details. We are also having a 3 round Quad tournament tomorrow, February 11th. Click here for details. We should have quite a few players out tomorrow based on early entries!! February 6th - Do you like slow time controls and playing others near your rating? Well, come on out on Saturday February 11th and play in Many Springs Quads 10!! It's a 3 round Game/75 tournament in which you'll compete with players within approximately 200 rating points of your own rating. You can pay online with your PayPal account! Click here for more details. February 3rd - *Note: There will not be Chess at the Rec Center next Thursday, February 9th. We will resume our regular schedule the following Thursday. Please come out to St.Vincents on February 10th for some fun action chess (Game/30). Click here for details. We are also having a 3 round Quad tournament on Saturday, February 11th. Click here for details. January 15th - Congratulations to the Denton Chess Club on the completion of their first Tournament! Click here to see more. January 14th - Congratulations to the winners of the first St.Vincents Friday Night game/15 tournament! Winners were Remo Navales (Open) and Rob Jones (Reserved). Our next tournament at St.Vincents will be Friday, February 10th. Be sure to check out the Chess Reporter page now found on our Tournaments page. Click here to go there directly. January 9th - Saturday afternoon, January 14th, Denton Chess Club will host it's first tournament! It's an unrated 5 round Game 15 event and no annotation is required! Details on the tournament may be found here. January 8th - Night time rated chess anyone? This Friday the 13th, St.Vincents Academy in Bedford will host a 30 minute rated swiss sys tournament! All ages are welcome, but you must be a member of USCF to play. Details on the tournament may be found here. January 5th - Games from the Dalworth Open are now available on our games page. Click here to see them now. Thanks to Darrel Knobloch for providing the transcriptions! January 1st - Happy New Year! Start the new year off right with some competitive chess! On Saturday, January 7th the Watauga Chess Club will host the Many Springs Open #29 in North Richland Hills. The time controls will be G/45 for the first round and Game/60 thereafter. You can preregister by clicking here. For more info go here. December 28th - Please make a note... We have moved our Time and Location starting next week. Next Thursday we will be in our new home at the North Richland Hills Recreation Center, 6720 NE Loop 820 in North Richland Hills,TX. Our playing Time will now be Thursday nights from 6:30 to 10:00 P.M. We hope that all of you can follow us there. Contact the webmaster:Send mail to
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