Tournaments at Puddletown Chess are always exciting, but in February, we decided to add a fun twist! Before each round, I surprised players with a quick quiz about our chess community. The questions highlighted cool facts about our club, and the winners walked away with gift cards! Here’s a recap of…
99 players joined us for our April Oceanic Chess Gala II tournament. We barely missed out on triple digits, but it was a strong turnout considering the other great tournaments happening at the beginning of April (Seaside, Chess for Success). More than a third of the entries were provided for free:…
The Hello 2025 Tournament was a great success! We were proud to offer free entries to ALL 154 players! Among them, 10 players were attending their first USCF-rated tournament, and 32 were girls. This was our biggest event at Puddletown so far. Looks like everybody's new year's resolution was to become better…