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Club Closed 10/1; New Event Starts 10/8!
Current announcements are below. These announcements will probably be found in the News section after they are moved off this home page.
The Reno Legends Memorial Begins October 8, 2026
This is a five-round open Swiss with section cash prizes:
Overall, A, B, C, D, E
Game in 90 minutes with 30-second increments
$40 entry fee
A New Event Began August 20, 2026:
The Summer Mini-Matches Quick Swiss, August 20 - September 17
Bonus Round September 24 - No effect on cash prizes
$20 entry fee to play two quick chess games, one as White and one as Black, against your opponent for the night over five weeks - a total of ten quick-rated games scheduled by Swiss tournament format. These are pure quick chess, with no effect on your regular/"slow" chess rating.
The Prizes
$250 First Place - Anthony Gold
$100 Second Place and $50 Third Place - Shared by Fred Casten and Alex Weirauch
$100 Biggest Ratings Upset - Morgan Showen (Q.unr./1265) def. Bruce Gold (Q.1991/2004)
$100 First Place Bottom Half of Rankings - Morgan Showen
Final Results after Rounds 9/10 ~ Bonus Rounds 11/12 Results
End of Round 10 determined prize winners.
On January 21,
On January 21,
(well, actually, January 22)
(well, actually, January 22)
We Celebrated
We Celebrated
90 Years
90 Years
Rummaging through our archives, Jason Thoel, AKA He Who Should Probably Not Be Named, found the ancient document you see to your left.
We are proud to discover our history in a more precise form than we used to know it: Until Mr. Thoel found these Minutes of the first meeting of the Reno Chess Club, held in the Hearing Room of the State Library Building on January 21, 1936.
The Trowell Club was kind enough to offer a room for $15 a month, or $350 in 2026 US dollars, a fairly steep price for enjoying the use of a room once weekly.
19 years later, Mr. Wm. F. Taber won the 1955 Idaho Open with a score of 6.5/8, ahead of such players as Mrs. Piatigorsky - please see another ancient document, the Washington Chess Letter. Fans of chess history will remember the Piatigorsky Cup events from the 1960's.
Happy birthday, Reno Chess Club!
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