Caltech Chess Club Founded Oct 2002

The Caltech Chess Club welcomes players of all levels and from all of the Caltech community. Whether you are an expert or a novice, you will enjoy our weekly meetings. If you want to learn to play better chess, there are always players willing to help you.

To join the club mailing list, send the message "subscribe" to chess-request@caltech.edu, you may unsubscribe automatically at any time. Membership is free, we want everyone who enjoys chess to come when they can.

The club is going through a rebuilding period, but we still participate in team tournaments, visit the Chess Park on Santa Monica Beach, and perform simultaneous exhibitions around campus.  In recent years, many strong players have not been very involved with our club, but we want new Techers to break this trend, and returning undergrads/grads/postdocs/faculty to begin contributing your talents!

In its first five years of existence, the Caltech Chess Club achieved many successes. The club has won the US Amateur Team West Chess Championship three times, and has won the National Amateur Team Championship twice (see News). Caltech also defeated MIT's chess team in two online chess matches.

Weekly meetings

Club leadership

• President: Rob Rosenberg, rosenber@caltech.edu
• I'm not the best player at Caltech, but I am committed to improving the club in my year as president.  My best chess credential is that I was the 7th Grade California Champion in 2002.

• Vice President: Saptarshi Chaudhuri, sap.chaudhuri@gmail.com