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The Downers Grove Chess Club provides friendly and fun chess action. Chess players of all levels of chess experience attend and are welcome. Downers Grove Chess Club has no club dues. DGCC membership is at 20 members, including 5 players with a master or expert rating. We have a typical attendance of about 10 players per club meeting. DGCC is an affiliate of the United States Chess Federation and of the Illinois Chess Association. DGCC successfully defended its 2009 CICL team championship and its 2010 CICL 5-way co-championship by three-peating in 2011. It is now the CICL co-champion team, with one other team. Lots more info on the FAQs page. News: - 12. May 2012: We won the CICL Championship, we won against the Motorola Kings, St. Charles and the Wombats. details at
http://www.facebook.com/DownersGroveChessClub
- Michael Adams is in town for the Chicago Open and on May 23rd 2012 he agreed to play in our club for a 90 Min/game Clock simul
cost: 90 $; We are looking for 6 more players.(4/14/2012) more info at chess a.t klugonline.com - We beat the Wombats and we are Western Division Champions 2011! Thanks to all that played
- The start time for Downers Grove Chess Club's weekly meeting has changed to 7:00pm. It is now open from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm, Wednesdays.
- The transition to Steffen Klug being DGCC's club president has begun, congratulations and thanks Steffen!
- On March 14, in
round 8 of the 2011-2012 CICL team season. DGCC's team won 4.5-1.5 against St. Charles Chess Club. This puts DGCC's match record for the season at 7.5
out of 8. DGCC has earned a place in the CICL's league championship playoffs, but first place in the West Division is still up for grabs. There's one match left in the regular season.
- Two teams representing DGCC played in the United States Amateur Team - North tournament held on the February 17 - 19th weekend. The A team's result was 3 out of 5 match points, and the B team result 2 out of 5. Thanks to all who played (Team A - Steffen, Greg, Dan P, Kevin; B team - Rama, Brian, Bill, Mike), especially Steffen who organized things. There are photos of each team on the Photos webpage
Upcoming Events at DGCC
(Casual games available every Wednesday)
May 23, 2012
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DGCC meets on Wednesdays, from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm. Organized activities usually start at 7:15 pm.
DGCC meets at:
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Oak Trace (formerly called "Fairview Village") |
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200 Village Drive |
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Downers Grove, Illinois |
For more info, contact:
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Steffen Klug
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email: chess a.t klugonline.com (please replace the a.t with @ due to junk mail overload) | |
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