Event Overview
St. Augustine Thursday Night Rapid
Chess for Charity Club is coming to St. Augustine! We have partnered with St. Augustine chess players to hold a donation based tournament at the Council on Aging. Hunger has no zip code! Donations will help to combat hunger. Chess for Charity Club was founded in February 2021 and as of December 2022, we have donated hundreds of baskets of food, supported over 300 chess players by hosting free rated tournaments and provided free chess classes. To encourage the growth of chess, we have also hosted free Tournament Director (TD) Workshops and held free guest lectures and simuls by influential chess professionals like FM Peter Giannatos and FM Jorge Oquendo. Chess for Charity Club ranked #1 in the state of Florida for the most US Chess rated events in 2021 and 2022! Please consider attending our to help further chess in Florida and to continue to help those in need.
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
This is an official USCF rated tournament. Active USCF number required.
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Time Control: Game 20 minutes with a 5 second delay.
Chess sets and clocks provided. TD may combine sections/use accelerated pairings, if needed.
SCHEDULE
Check-in at 6:15pm. Clocks start at 6:30pm.
LOCATION
Council on Aging 180 Marine St, St. Augustine, FL 32084.
REGISTRATION
Suggested donation is any nonperishable food items. Let's fill up our local food pantry!
If you are unable to make the suggested donation, we welcome and encourage you to attend - we wish all to attend regardless of the ability to donate.
CONTACT
For more information, contact Tournament Director Ray Ratliff at 904-677-1445 or Click here to show mail address.
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
or a complete list of our events, visit www.ChessForCharityClub.org.
ABOUT US
Chess for Charity Club is an entirely volunteer-run, self-funded and donation-based family organization dedicated to giving back to our community. Inspired by our children’s love for the beautiful game of chess, Chess for Charity Club serves the community through the generosity of our members. We collect nonperishable food items during our free classes and free rated chess tournaments and donate that food to local food banks. Our chess instructors and tournament directors are a group of volunteers that donate their time and knowledge to help further chess in Florida. Please come and experience what we offer and if you can, bring a nonperishable food item because like in chess, EVERY PIECE COUNTS!
JOIN OUR MISSION
Our mission at Chess for Charity Club is to build a united chess community with a focus on combating hunger. Below are a few ways you can support our mission.
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Register for our First Coast Open tournaments.
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Drop off a nonperishable food item at any of our events.
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Donating time or expertise. Please contact us at Click here to show mail address.
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We welcome all monetary contributions. Your donations directly support operating costs (chess material, tournament rating reports, website, etc) and additional food for our local food pantry. Donate here.
JOIN OUR GROUP
Join our Facebook group here.
JOIN OUR FREE TOURNAMENTS AND CLASSES
For a list of our free tournaments, classes and events, please visit www.ChessForCharityClub.org.
180 Marine St
St. Augustine, FL 32084
United States