Chess clubs in Vancouver.
4 clubs, and when they meet. Most meet on weekday evenings, around Downtown, North Shore, Richmond. Most are free to join. The ones without a fixed day are listed below, linked to where they announce. Subscribe to this calendar →
What to expect.
Chess clubs in Vancouver run on a fixed night, often with a casual room and a rated room side by side. You can turn up to the casual side with no rating and no membership and get a game within minutes. Rated play, if you want it later, is explained on the club's page.
Boards and clocks are provided. Some clubs charge a few dollars a night or a yearly membership; café meetups are usually free.
All 4 chess clubs in Vancouver.
A to Z, in each club's own words. Every one links to the club, and every day and time is the one the club publishes.
Newly launched free weekly chess club in a Lonsdale-area cafe run by Fraser Valley Chess Academy; pre-register online then drop in on Thursdays.
Thursdays, 5pm · North Shore · Free · fraservalleychess.com →Free all-ages drop-in chess every Sunday afternoon at Richmond's main library, run with the Richmond Chess Club; boards and clocks provided.
Sundays, 2pm · Richmond · Free · facebook.com →Non-profit chess society running a free open-play afternoon on the upper floors of the Central Library every Sunday; bring a set or borrow one from the 8th-floor shelf.
Sundays, 1pm · Downtown · Free · vancitychess.ca →Social chess nights at rotating breweries and pubs roughly twice a month; casual games and informal tournaments for all levels with a drink in hand.
Roughly twice a month at a rotating brewery or pub; dates posted on Meetup · $5 · meetup.com →
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