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Welcome to Tampa Champions Chess! Chess Academy with 85+ students enrolled in our after-school programs and local club. Play Chess. Make Friends.

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10:30-11:30am: Group Lesson ($15).
11:30am-1:30pm Casual play open to the community!

09/05/2026

List of upcoming events

09/04/2026

Hi everyone, Coach Daniel be teaching the group lesson tomorrow focused on a guide to the ruy lopez!

Group Lesson and club tomorrow, Saturday September 5th with Coach Daniel Mendoza, 10:30-11:30am.
11:30-1:30pm: free play.
Excited to see everyone!

https://lichess.org/study/iXV80Naq

09/03/2026

Hi everyone! Here is an event from Chess Club at USF with Franklin He where I will be helping to host. Hope you can make it! In the past these events have had 30+ people.

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Hey everyone!

The Chess Club at USF is hosting a USCF-rated Quad Tournament on Thursday, September 10 at the MSC Food Court!

The tournament will run from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, but you must arrive by 6:45 PM for roll call and pairings. If you arrive late, you may not be able to play.

The tournament will consist of three rounds with a time control of 15 minutes with a 5-second delay (15d5).

A quad is a tournament format where players are placed into groups of four based on rating or playing strength. Each player plays everyone else in their group once, meaning everyone gets three games.

To play in the USCF-rated section, you must be 1200+ USCF or 1600+ on http://Chess.com. There will also be an unrated section following the same three-round format, so players of all levels are welcome.

Notation is optional for both sections, but it is heavily encouraged, especially if you would like to review your games afterward. Players may use a scoresheet or an approved notation device.

Between rounds, our chess officers will be available for game analysis in a separate area away from the main playing tables so active games are not disturbed.

Entry is completely free!

MSC Food Court — Marshall Student Center
4103 USF Cedar Circle
Tampa, FL 33620

Timed paid parking spots are available near the Marshall Student Center for anyone driving to the event.

Hope to see y’all there!

09/02/2026

Early Registration for the Fall Chess League ends this Friday, 9/4!
https://chessnut.club/e/tampa-champions-scholastic-tournament-september-12

Join us with a school team of 4 students, or as an individual to compete for 19 individual trophies and 2 prestigious school league trophies. Includes beginner-friendly K-1 which is not offered anywhere else!

Our two previous scholastic tournaments had 60+ participants. See you on September 12!

08/28/2026

Group Lesson and club tomorrow, Saturday August 29th with National Master Truman Hoàng, 10:30-11:30am.
11:30-1:30pm: free play.

Free play is no cost available regardless of if you come to the paid group lesson.

For the paid group lesson, a message to RSVP is sufficient for registration.

Excited to see everyone!

08/24/2026

Hi everyone! so excited to announce our September tournament date! It will be held Sunday 9/20 register here https://www.chessregister.com/register?event_key=MxCSxWutFRl5D2E2zXt-Is1V04Ucuw73-2nkGVypuPY%3D

08/21/2026

Group lesson tomorrow Saturday 8-22-26 10:30-11:30am, followed by two hours of free play.

"Good evening everyone! I've decided to do a change in the lesson plan. We'll be going over games from my favorite chess player of all time: José Raúl Capablanca

The games I've looked at are from "Logical Chess Move by Move Every Move Explained" by Irving Chernev. This book was recommended to me by my former chess coach Fide Master Mark Ritter. It helped me go from 1151 USCF to 1611 USCF in about a year.

Feel free to reference the games before the group lecture:

Canal vs. Capablanca Budapest 1929

Havasi vs. Capablanca Budapest 1929

And if we still have time we'll go over

Capablanca vs Villegas Buenos Aires 1914"

From our Coach Franklin He, USCF ~1700 who will be teaching the group lesson this week. See you there!

08/17/2026

Yesterday, we had our largest Quad ever on 8-16-26 with 46 players! Thank you for making this event a huge success and for your continued support.

08/15/2026

Thank you go everyone who came to today's 8-15-26 group lesson and club! We had 11 people at the lesson and a 26+ people at our club.

See you next Saturday, 8-22-26!
10:30-11:30am Group Lesson
11:30-1:30pm Free Play open to the community!

08/14/2026

Group Lesson and club tomorrow, Saturday August 15th with National Master Truman Hoàng, 10:30-11:30am.
11:30-1:30pm: free play.
See you soon!

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