How to Join |
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Please visit our
Membership page
for how to sign up and get started |
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A quick overview of the
club |
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Meets: |
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Tuesday
Nights only |
No weekends, no other nights. Tuesday Nights only |
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Time: |
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6:30 pm - 12:00 midnight |
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Games: |
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1 Game per night |
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How long may
the game last? |
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4 hours |
Each player has a total of 2 hours allocated to them. |
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Requirements: |
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USCF rated Swiss System event |
You must be a member of the USCF. You can join at
the club. |
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Time Control: |
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40/90; SD/30; d5 |
This means each player gets 90 minutes to make 40 moves, then an additional 30 minutes for the rest of the game, there is a delay of 5 seconds through both time controls |
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Who Plays Who: |
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Matched by rating, Adults & Kids
mixed |
We provide "sections" which are groups divided by rating
so that you play among those with a similar rating (playing
strength). |
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Casual Games? |
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Rarely |
We are tournament rated oriented so very rarely do people
show up to play casual games |
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Instruction: |
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Occasional class instruction |
Scheduled only a few weeks in advance. Announced on
our news feed on the home page. |
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Learn to play
at the club? |
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No |
We do not teach how to play or provide individual
instruction |
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Improve Play
at the club? |
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Yes |
Improvement can be achieved by going over games with
opponent and study at home |
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Beginners
Welcome? |
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Yes |
Must have firm grasp of how pieces move and fundamental
ideas of how to play |
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Must write
moves down? |
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Yes |
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Kids play Kids
only available? |
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No |
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What is the
club's address? |
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39 E. Central St.,
Natick,
MA
01702
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Google Maps |
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The links below will give you
much more information about playing at the club.
We
have tried to incorporate answers to every type of question we
have been asked into the information below. |
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IF after
reading the above and looking through the information below
you still have questions you may reach us by
Info_Requests
at
MetroWestChess.org |
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For a complete list of our
FAQs, visit our FAQ page |
Getting to the specifics
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How to Sign up to Play
at the club |
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Directions
to the club |
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How to get on the Club Email List |
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The History of the Club |
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How the club is Governed |
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Tour of the Club, its facilities, web site and programs |
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Learning more about the Club
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To learn more about the club, return to our home
page and explore our site. We've organized our site along three
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- Community
- looking at the club in terms of the people who participate
- Compete -
looking at the different ways in which we organize our play
- Learn & Improve
- looking at the different ways we go about increasing knowledge
of the game
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We hope you will choose to
play at the MCC and become a part of our Chess community. |
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