National Chess Week Event
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Join us for National Chess Week at our free event to to celebrate the "royal game" of chess. 

All ages and skill levels are welcome.

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The Manasota Chess Center will be sponsoring several chess activities at the Fruitville Library on Saturday, October 5th, from 12 noon to 4pm.  On-site check-in will be from 11:45 am to 12:30pm.  Chess sets and equipment will be available for the various activities.

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The Fruitville Library is located at:

100 Apex Road

Sarasota, FL 34240

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QUESTIONS? Email us at info@manasotachess.org 

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SUBMIT REGISTRATION FORM BELOW and select one or more activities to enjoy, which include:
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• Casual Chess Games (All ages)

• Scholastic Chess Tournament (At least 7 years old. 4 rounds. Game in 15 minutes. Unrated)

• Rapid Chess Tournament (All ages. 4 rounds. Game in 5 minutes with 5-second delay. Unrated)

• Grandmaster Simultaneous Exhibition (Simul) - with Grandmaster (GM) Pascal Charbonneu. Test your chess skills and enjoy the experience of playing against a Grandmaster, the highest level achievable in the chess world.

  • GM Charbonneau, formerly from Canada, is now a Sarasota resident. By the time he was 22 years old, he had won the Canadian Chess Championship twice, and earned his Grandmaster title. Among his most notable chess victories was defeating former World Chess Champion Vishy Anand at the 37th Chess Olympiad.

• Chess Lectures

  • My Chess Journey: Senior Master, Martyn Corden​​​​

    • Martyn was the Under 18 British Champion in 1969 and played for England in the Siegen Olympiad in 1970. Among his most impressive wins was beating former World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Vasily Smyslov in the 1969-70 Hastings Premier tournament.

  • Chess History: Author, Rick Knowlton 

    • Rick is a co-author of the book, “A World of Chess”, one of the most informative expositions written on the development and variations of chess over the past 1500 years.​​