Spring, 2021 News

The novice/intermediate class is currently not meeting. 

A special summer intermediate class is forming — see details here.

Our next tournament is Friday, April 23, 2021.

• • The tournament is located at Piada Italian Street Food; 1930 Highway 6, Sugar Land
• • Time control is Game/30 with 5 second delay.
• • 3 rounds  (possibly four if time permits)
• • Cost is $10. Cash prizes based on number of entries.
• • To register, send a note to fbcc@fortbendchessclub.com with your USCF number and send your payment to the tournament organizer.  You can send the fee using QuickPay to yangwei0041@gmail.com or send the fee using Venmo to fort-bend-hess-club. Finally, payment and registration is accepted at the tournament no later than 6:15 PM and only if fewer than 20 players have already registered.
• • You must be a member of the USCF to play in this tournament. Renew your membership here: https://new.uschess.org/become-member
• • Registration limited to 20 entries.
• • Bring a tournament-regulation chessboard and a chess clock if you have one. If you are paired against a player and neither of you have a board, then the game will be called an unrated draw.
  
  
  

Sign up for the month-of-Sundays tournament in May.
Time control will be Game/90.   Fast time controls are good for learning to think fast. Slow time controls are good for finding more complex combinations and avoiding mistakes.
Click Here for details.  

Coaches

Coaches are available for individual or group coaching or for extended, formal classes for groups. See the coaches’ list and contact fbcc@fortbendchessclub.com to get details.

Visit the Coaches page to get information about coaching.

Visit our Lectures page to see the lecture notes and slides on the rules of chess.

Tournament results

March 27, 2021: Congratulations to Ethan Wan, Zohaib Khawaja, and Rahim Hussain for tying for first place. This was Rahim Hussain’s first tournament.

• • FBCC 2021 Primavera Open (April 9, 2021)
• • FBCC 2021 March Maelstrom Open
• • FBCC Chessplayers Hate COVID (March 19, 2021)
• • FBCC 2020 Father’s Day Double Round Robin
• • FBCC No More Winter 2020
• • FBCC Spring 2020
• • FBCC 2020 Warm Winter Open (Jan 24, 2020)
• • FBCC 2020 Janus Open (Jan 10, 2020)
• • FBCC 2019 Christmas Tree Open (Dec 27, 2019)