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Simplified Thursday Night Chess Schedule – Des Moines, WA

We recently simplified our events schedule!

We play every Thursday at Des Moines Gospel Chapel in Des Moines, WA. Start time is 7:00 PM, registration opens at 6:30 PM. Please arrive by 6:50 PM for pairings.

  • 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month:
    • USCF Classical, G/60+15. One game.
  • 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month:
    • USCF Rapid Quads, G/15+10. Three games.
  • If there is a fifth Thursday, Casual Play is at Marina Mercantile down the street! No USCF membership required.

All entries free unless otherwise noted.

All events are USCF Rated, so you need a valid and current USCF membership. It is not always possible to process membership at the South Sound Chess Club, so please ensure you have this taken care of before showing up!

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Spring Rapid Open Results and Prizes! (2024)

SSCC Rapid Open

Thanks to the 30 chess competitors who came to the 2024 Spring Rapid Open held on April 20th, 2024 in Des Moines, WA! We had three titled players attend as well, which was great to see.

Prize winners overall and per class:

Open / Overall

  • 1st: NM Siddarth Sundaram (5.0/5.0), $179
  • 2nd-3rd: FM Ryan Porter, Andrew Fletcher, Jan Buzek (4.0/5.0), $71.33 each

Class Prizes

  • U1800:
    • 1st/2nd: Franz Keller, Walter Guity (3.5/5.0) – $37.50 each
  • U1400:
    • 1st: Christian Jordan (3.0/5.0) – $32
    • 2nd: Koby Portes, Olin Martin (2.0/5.0) – $14 each
  • U1000:
    • 1st: Matthew McKendry (3.0/5.0) – $30
    • 2nd: Shen Gong, David Zhang (2.0/5.0) – $12.50 each
  • Unrated:
    • 1st: Nicholas Lucy (2.5/5.0) – $25
    • 2nd/3rd: Charles Du, Orar Al Dhaheri (2.0/5.0) – $19 each

The full crosstable can be found below as a PDF or the USCF site direct link with ratings changes:

Final Crosstable Spring Rapid Open

USCF Crosstable with Ratings Changes

Select photos attached – for the full album, check out the Facebook post for the event on our page!

NM Siddarth Sundaram
NM Siddarth Sundaram
FM Ryan Porter
FM Ryan Porter
FM Peter Yu
FM Peter Yu
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Rapid Quads in Des Moines! 4.11.2024

Games Underway!

Twelve players turned out for USCF Rapid Quads on April 11th, 2024! Free entry on Thursdays.

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Announcing the Winter Rapid Open!

We are announcing the Winter Rapid Open on Saturday, February 17th, 2024 at Des Moines Gospel Chapel!

This is our first weekend tournament with an entry fee and prize pool – we’re excited to announce it early! Registration will be available early in the new year, but for loyal blog readers, we wanted to get it out to all players.

Block it off on the calendar and we’ll see you there.

2024 Winter Rapid Open at SSCC!
2024 Winter Rapid Open at SSCC!
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November Events on the Site

We’ve updated the Events Page for November at the Des Moines Gospel Chapel!

Classical this week and blitz the following week. We’re retiring Dual-Rated Games due to lack of interest and we’re taking suggestions on what to replace it with. Shoot us an email – we’re thinking about going with another unrated week, possibly blitz, possibly rapid.

No event on Thanksgiving! 

Events Page: https://www.southsoundchess.com/events-page/