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Bay Area Chess was named 2018 Chess Club of the Year by the US Chess Federation! Thank you all for your continued support of our club and our events.

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2022 US NATIONAL Amateur Championship
Play at lichess.org & Stay anywhere your heart desires

South [Main & Blitz]
(Jun 25)

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Live Entries:
- June 25
2022 Rockefeller Qualifiers
Play at San Jose Chess Center (map)

Rockefeller
(June 25-26)

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Live Entries:
Processed Entries:
- All Qualifiers

2022 US NATIONAL G/30 G/10 G/60 Championship
Play at Santa Clara Convention Center (map) & Stay at Santa Clara Delta by Marriott (map) with free parking!

G/30
(July 16) G/10
(July 16) G/60
(July 17)

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Live Entries:
- G/30 & G/10
- G/60

2022 US NATIONAL Class Championship

Play & Stay at Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas) (map)

1000+	u1000
1000+ Main (August 13-14 or 12-14) 1000+ Blitz (August 14)	u1000 Warmup Quads, Swiss, Blitz (August 12) u1000 Main, Rapid, Fast (August 13) u1000 Last Chance Quads, Swiss, Blitz (August 14)

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Live Entries by Start Date:

Aug 12
Aug 13
Aug 14

2022 CalChess STATE Open & Class Championship
Play & Stay at Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas) (map)
with free parking!

u1000 Main (Sep 3) u1000 Blitz (Sep 3) 1000+ Main (Sep 4-5 or 3-5) 1000+ Blitz (Sep 5)

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Live Entries:
- u1000 (1-day & Blitz) and 1000+ (3-day)
- 1000+ (2-day)
- 1000+ (Blitz)

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Signature Tourneys

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Date		Location	Quads	Swiss	Rapid	Blitz	Actions
Jun	Sun 26	Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas)	9a	12:30p


Jul	Sat 2	San Jose Sonesta (North Milpitas) (new site)	9a	12:30p
	Sun 3	San Jose Center	9a
	Sat 9	Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas)	9a	12:30p
	Sun 24	San Jose Center	9a
	Sat 30	Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas)	9a	12:30p
	Sat 31	Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas)	9a

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Cash Day

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	Date	Location	Cash Day	Format	Actions
Jun	Sun 26	San Jose Center	10a	4x G45 +15
Jun
Jul	Sat 2	San Jose Sonesta (North Milpitas) (new site)	10a	4x G60 +5
	Sun 3	San Jose Center	12p	4x G45 +5
	Sun 24	San Jose Center	12p	4x G45 +5
	Sun 31	Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas)	12p	4x G45 +5

The Real Bay Area Chess Championship (FIDE-rated)

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Date		Location	Championship	Format	Actions
Jul	30-31	Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas)	9:30a (Sun 10am)	5x G90+30
Jul	31	Silicon Valley Sonesta (South Milpitas)	7pm (Sun)	G5 d1