Westport Chess Club of Kansas City, Missouri

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Westport Chess Club of Kansas City, Missouri

A fun little chess club in Kansas City, Missouri
Tuesdays at 6:30 PM We are a chess club in Kansas City, Missouri, with a wide variety of player strengths.

We have casual play, USCF rated games, and chess tournaments. $2-Adults/$1-Kids. Food & drink specials. No membership required.

01/03/2026

Happy New Year! Here's to more brilliancies and fewer blunders in 2026. See you Tuesdays in person or Thursdays online! ♟️

04/29/2024

White to move. Can White save the game?

12/18/2023

Dear Westport Chess Club fam,

Happy Holidays!!

This year has been a memorable journey on the 64 squares for our club. Your participation, enthusiasm, and patience (remember that night we brought tournaments back?) have made this year exceptional. We are grateful for your continued support and engagement in our little chess community.

As we look forward to 2024, we're excited about the opportunities to meet, play, and grow together in this game we all love. May your holidays be filled with joy, peace, and maybe even a few winning strategies!

Wishing you all a checkmate in the coming year!

Sincerely,
Rich, Brent, Ben, and Nathan

01/01/2023

We at the Westport Chess Club wish you and your family and friends good health, prosperity, and happiness in the new year! May 2023 be better than your endgame--I mean my endgame! (With a bad joke to start the year, it's nothing but UP for you.)

Don't forget, we have an in-person, over the board tournament on Tuesday, Jan. 3rd @ 7:30! Registration starts at 6:30. See you at the Flea!

All our best to you and yours, friends.

12/11/2022

An over the board tournament?? Whaaat?! Yep! You heard that correctly. We are having our first in-person tournament since the start of the pandemic! Can you join us?

Where: Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill, Kansas City, MO

When: Tuesday, Jan. 3rd, 2023 @ 7:30 p.m. Please show up early to get registered.

Registration: In-person, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Time control: Four rounds of G/10. Each player has 10 minutes to make all of their moves. (If you are ahead, but you run out of time, you lose.) The tournament should take 80 minutes to complete.

Cost: $5 entry fee. Cash only.

Prizes: Each win will get you $2.50, and a draw will net you $1.25. For losses, you get a "good game" from the person across the board.

Rated? No. This is not a USCF-sanctioned event. Many folks let their USCF memberships expire during COVID, so this tournament is just for fun!

NOTE: To make pairings easier, we need to have an idea of your rating. If you know your rating--or have a good guess at it--that's great. If not, no worries! And if you need to use your Chess.com rating, that is totally fine, but let us know it's your Chess.com rating. Thanks.

Finally: If you have a chess clock, you probably want to bring it. We have clocks, but they're analog. We will supply the board, the pieces, and the tournament director. If you don't like our clocks, and you have a smartphone, you can download an app called "Chess Clock by Chess.com". It's free and simple to use.

We hope to see you there!

11/27/2022

if you know, you know

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving from The Westport Chess Club! We hope you have a great day, everybody. Don't let kitchen disasters, rude relatives, late guests, failed apple pies, or a shortage of wine get you down. Like Bob Marley says, don't worry 'bout a thing. You're alive, and we think you're awesome--thank you for making our little club special!

A note to our LGBTQIA+ community -- We see you. You are welcome here. May you have a warm and pleasant time w/ your loved ones today.

Sincerely,
The Westport Chess Club

12/23/2021

Hello Westport Chess Club! Happy Holidays! However you celebrate this time of year, we wish you and yours the happiest and the merriest!

Thanks so much for being a part of our little club.

Sincerely,
Ray, Dave, Brent, and Ben

07/09/2021

Did you hear?! We're now meeting twice a week!

We will meet in person every Tuesday night from 6:30 - 10:00 at the Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill (in the room that faces Westport Rd.) Some of these nights will include USCF-rated tournaments, which cost an additional $1 - $5 to enter. You do not have to participate in them, if you don't want to. Feel free to join us anyway; there are lots of folks available for non-tournament play.

Starting next week, we will also meet online at Chess.com each Thursday evening at 7:00. There we will have Chess.com-rated tournaments, which are free. Each week's tournament time control will vary to keep things interesting and to meet most of our members' preferences. Will you join us? (Note: The chess.com servers start these tournaments promptly at 7:00! You'll want to be online a little early.)

Post here in if you have any questions!

Take care, folks! All our best to you!

07/06/2021

My head is spinning from all the things I want to say right now--I'm so excited! For the first time in over 15 months (which somehow seems like 15 years), we are having LIVE CHESS AT THE FLEA!!! Tomorrow evening--Tuesday, July 6th, at 6:30--we will be at the Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill in our usual spot. I can't wait! It's been soooo long. I've missed each and every one of you. And new members, I can't wait to meet you.

To celebrate, we are not taking anyone's money tomorrow. Your money's no good! The fee to play is most happily on us! So come on down and celebrate with us--it's free!

(I don't know what to expect on our first night back. Our little club has grown a lot during this pandemic. I'm wondering if we'll have enough boards and pieces? If you have a board and pieces, you might want to consider bringing them. If you don't have any, no worries! We probably have it covered.)

For more info, see www.westportchessclub.org or ping WhereDoesTheHorseGo or DrSpudnik on Chess.com.

Have a great night! See you tomorrow!!

Address

817 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO
64111

Opening Hours

6:30pm - 10pm

Website

http://www.westportchessclub.org/

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