Contact: Robert Lakata
Phone: 215 947-3485
Email: chess@hvaa.net
Meeting day: Tuesdays
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Place: Community Room, Huntingdon Valley Library
625 Red Lion Road
Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006
Registration
HVCSJ is open to players ages 5-18. Knowledge of chess is assumed, but limited instruction will be available on chess rules and tournament rules.
An information packet compete with a registration form can be downloaded by clicking here.
The $75 registration fee includes:
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US Chess Federation Membership (one year)
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PA State Chess Federation membership (one year) if member participates in a PASCF-sponsored tournament
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Entry fee to at least two local USCF-sponsored tournaments
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Team T-shirt
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Participation award
Tournaments are held throughout the Delaware Valley on Saturdays and Sundays and last from 9:30 am to about 4:30 pm. Parents are responsible for transportation to and from the tournament and are expected to remain at the tournament for the duration of the tournament. The club sponsors at least two tournaments and possibly a third one, depending on tournament entry fees, which vary by tournament. Parents are also expected to stay in the Community Room during practices on Tuesday evening.
Directions and Links
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Huntingdon Valley Chess Society Juniors and HVAA Chess
HVCSJ History
The Huntingdon Valley Chess Society Juniors is considered by some high ranking members of the USCF to be one of the, if not the, longest, continuously operated, community based, chess club for juniors, affiliated with the USCF, in the United States.
The HVCSJ was founded in 1978. Its meetings back then were held in the old Huntingdon Valley Library. Today the HVCSJ is holding its meetings above the new Huntingdon Valley Library, in the Community Room. The HVCSJ held meetings on a regular basis throughout this entire 30-year period.
During a large part of this time period, the HVCSJ was known throughout the Delaware Valley for running huge, extremely popular, USCF rated tournaments in Montgomery County on a yearly basis.
On May 24, 2002, the Huntingdon Valley Activities Association began to financially sponsor and provide general support for the HVCSJ This was a watershed moment for the HVCSJ because it made the club known to a wider audience of potential chess players, and through the financial support of the HVAA, it enabled the club to become much more involved in local, state, and national tournaments than the club ever had been before. Since becoming involved with the HVAA, the HVCSJ has won numerous individual, school team, and club trophies at the local, state, and national level. The HVCSJ is now one of the most recognized chess club for juniors in the state of Pennsylvania.
HVCSJ ACHIEVEMENTS since sponsored by HVAA, 2002-2009
- Pine Road chess players won 77 individual and 20 team trophies.
- Murray Avenue chess players won 87 individual and 32 team trophies.
- Trophies were won at local, state, national and international events.
- Pine Road was two times state champion.
- Murray Avenue was three times state champion.
- The HVSCJ has had participants from 21 schools and sponsored 137 tournaments.