Southern Knights Chess Club

Chess group, Hi there,
At the Galleria today, Kirk welcomed a new guy, and they played some chess. Hope he comes back.

Others at The Galleria today were Joy, Mark, Noah, John, Henry, Mike, and me.

Our group meets next at The Galleria food court on Sunday at 10 AM.

“First-class players lose to second-class players because
second-class players sometimes play a first-class game”
(Siegbert Tarrasch) German chess master and chess teacher of the 19th Century.
Life is good! 🙂

BIG NEWS! Our friends and allies at Chess are expanding their operation to ! The only thing cooler than that? They invited US to their inaugural shindig! :D

You know us - we're ALWAYS down to play!
Come out, hang and push some pawns with us THIS WEDNESDAY starting at 7p!

Learning looks different here ♟️ Students are practicing focus, strategy, and how to think through challenges one move at a time.

HEAD'S UP: the first Open House of the summer is finally here! Come visit us TONIGHT at our ✨NEW LOCATION ✨ 2204 Murray Avenue for casual games and answers to all of your club questions!

See you there!

Chess group,
Chess quote for today...
The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be -Simon Williams
English Chess Grandmaster born in 1979

Small turnout at the Galleria today.

At the Saturday chess group at Starbuck's in Bridgeville, Mark and Noah attended from our group.

Our next chess is Wednesday at 11 AM at The Bridgeville Library.

Mark plans to bring coffee to the Library for chess this week.

The Westmoreland Chess Club plans to meet Thursday at 11 AM at the Greensburg Barnes and Nobles.

Life is good,
Art

Chess group,
At the Galleria today, were Kirk, Doug S, Mike K, Henry, Mark and Art

Chess quote for today
Chess is a mirror of the mind. ALEXANDER ALEKHINE
He was the only World Chess Champion to die undefeated.

At the Saturday eve chess at Starbuck's, Bob Stoddard and Mark Unico attended for our group.

Our next chess is Sunday at 10 AM at the Galleria mall.

Life is good,
Art

Chess group,
Welcome Paul, who found out about our group via the internet and came for the first time today.

Thank you, Terry, for donating the pastries and thank you to Mark for bringing the coffee.

Thank you, Terry, for submitting the photos below.

Thank you, Opera David, for cleaning up today.

The next matches between our club and The Westmoreland Chess Club will be June the 14th.

Chess quote for today---
'" IF YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE IN CHESS. YOU MUST ATTACK; OTHERWISE, YOUR ADVANTAGE WILL DISAPPEAR. Wilhelm Steinitz 1st World Champion'

The Southern Knights next chess is Thursday at 10 AM at the Galleria food court.

The WCC meets tomorrow at the Barnes and Nobles in Greensburg at 11 AM.

All for now,
Life is good, Art

Chess group,
Welcome back, Talon Godin and Andrew Weis.

Our next chess is Wednesday at 11 AM at The Library in Bridgeville.

Quote from Anatoly Karpov-
I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1. d4.
Anatoly turned 75 on Saturday.
He was the 12th World Chess Champion. He was champion from 1975- 1985.
He became the youngest Chess Master in the Soviet Union at age 15.

On last Thursday, The Westmoreland Chess club had 21 players. Bravo to Terry, your club is doing great.

Life is good,
Art

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Head's up: our first chess tournament of the summer is finally here! Registration for the 2026 Robert Smith Memorial Open is LIVE!

https://pittsburghchessclub.org/tournaments/2026-robert-p-smith-memorial/

Round One is this TUESDAY, MAY 26TH! See you there!