The Pittsburgh Chess Club
Wightman Building 5604 Solway St., Suite 209 412 421 1881
Pitsburgh, pa, 15217
Regular hours: Wednesdays 1:00-9:30pm. Saturdays 12:00-9:30pm. 
Rated Tournaments: Tuesdays and some weekends.
Monthly Time-Odds Blitz tournament: 4 PM on the 2nd Saturday of each month
Youth classes with Jerry Meyers: youthchess.net
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coming up
  • Tuesday Night: 72nd Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship, January 17 - February 21, 2012, at the Pittsburgh Chess Club
  • SIX ROUND SWISS - ONE SECTION - GAME 120
  • ROUNDS 7PM EACH TUESDAY
  • Entry Fee:  $15 postmarked by 1/12,  $20 thereafter. PCC membership required.Registration: 6 - 6:45 PM on 1/17.  Requests for half-point byes must be made by the start of  Round 5.Prize:  1st place receives a one year PCC membership extension, and the title of   2012  Pittsburgh Chess Club Champion.  There will also be a prize for Biggest Upset (details posted at Club.) Entries to: Pittsburgh Chess Club, Attn: Mike Holsinger, 5604 Solway Street, Suite 209, Pittsburgh, PA 15217.  Make checks payable to Pittsburgh Chess Club. (Refunds of entry fees must be requested before start of first round, and will be mailed.)Info: 412-421-1881 or www.pittsburghcc.org NO SMOKING - NO COMPUTERS - WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

  • Saturday, Jan. 21:   8th William J. Browne Memorial Quads

    3RR, G/60d5. Pittsburgh Chess Club, 5604 Solway St., Suite 209, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. EF: $12 by 1/16, $17 later, $2 discount to PCC Members. Prizes: $30 to first each quad. Reg.: 10-10:45am. Rds.: 11AM-1:30PM-4PM. Info: 412-421-1881, www.pittsburghcc.org. Ent: Pittsburgh Chess Club, Attn: Mike Holsinger, 5604 Solway St., Suite 209, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Checks payable to Pittsburgh Chess Club. NC, W.

 recent results
  •  35th Pittsburgh Summer Open: Gabriel Petesch, first place in top section, James Flaherty and Joshua Mankey tie for first in section B, and Byron Li and Paul Mattione  tie for first in section C. Full Wallcharts
  • Wild Card Open (Tuesday Night): James R. Booth, first place. Full wallchart. Also, poker hands: Wallchart with cards
  • Richard Abrams Memorial (Tuesday Night): James R. Booth, first place. Full wallchart.
  • Fred Thompson Memorial: Tom Magar and Purna Moturi, section winners.Full wallcharts.
  • William Byland Memorial (Tuesday Night): Kurt Wallnau, Ed Dean, Finn Overlie, tied for first place. Full wallchart.
  • Golden Triangle Open: Mike Opaska and Paul Lucarelli, section winners. Full wallcharts.
  • Pittsburgh Metropolitan Open: wallchart.
  • 2011 PCC championship (Tuesday Night): Ed Dean wins the tournament and is 2011 PCC champion. Full wallchart.

The PCC has roots going back to the early 1900s, and remains committed to serving the needs of chess players in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. We have one of the largest chess libraries you'll ever see. We also have a large supply of chess equipment. Refreshments are available.