Pittsburgh Chess Club

The is excited for this year's ! Visit our table on Saturday, June 27th for casual games and cool hangs! 🫳🏾♟😎⛅

Checkmate your Saturday plans! 🏳️‍🌈 Join us for a family-friendly Pride Chess Club party filled with friendly games, community socializing, and plenty of cake. Everyone is welcome, from grandmasters to absolute beginners. See you there! 🍰✨

ICYMI: Registration for the 2026 is LIVE!

🌟 Why Join Us?
• Lessons from Grandmaster Bryan Smith & John Vuillemot
• Skill-based grouping
• Half-day & full-day options available
• Includes a free camp T-shirt & tournament chess set!

Spaces are limited, so be sure to snag your spot early by scanning the QR code, or visiting the 🔗in our bio.

BIG NEWS! Our friends and allies at Chess are expanding their operation to ! The only thing cooler than that? They invited US to their inaugural shindig! :D

You know us - we're ALWAYS down to play!
Come out, hang and push some pawns with us THIS WEDNESDAY starting at 7p!

HEAD'S UP: the first Open House of the summer is finally here! Come visit us TONIGHT at our ✨NEW LOCATION ✨ 2204 Murray Avenue for casual games and answers to all of your club questions!

See you there!

Head's up: our first chess tournament of the summer is finally here! Registration for the 2026 Robert Smith Memorial Open is LIVE!

https://pittsburghchessclub.org/tournaments/2026-robert-p-smith-memorial/

Round One is this TUESDAY, MAY 26TH! See you there!

A special thank-you to everyone who came out to see us at last weekend!

Wanna know where we'll be next? 👀 Check the 🔗in our bio for more details~

The is pleased to announce our first guest lecture of the year!

At the TePe Sigeman & Co. Chess Tournament 2026 in Malmo, Sweden, two of the biggest names in modern chess met over the board for the first time: Former World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and Yagiz Erdogmus, the 4th-youngest player to achieve the title of Grandmaster. Join National Master Aaron Balleisen as he examines one of the biggest match-ups of the year!

Join us over at our new digs THIS WEDNESDAY, May 20th at 6:30p! See you then!

It's been a wild couple of weeks (for us AND the 'Burgh 😮‍💨) but we're still hosting our Play-In Series! Next up: The will be at kicking back and playing games THIS SATURDAY, May 9th at 6:30! Come thru, say hello and play some games with us!

BIG NEWS from your friendly neighborhood club!

#1 🏠 We’re Moving!
You may have heard it through the grapevine already, but the is happy to announce that we're relocating to a new venue! This space will help us accommodate more players and provide bigger and better services to our membership and the community. Don't worry: we're in the same neighborhood! Come check us out at 2204 Murray Avenue, starting on May 16!

#2 ♟️ PCC Summer Camp 2026 🏝️
Registration for our 2026 Chess Camp is LIVE! Join us July 27th–31st for half or full days of expert lessons with GM Bryan Smith and John Vuillemont. Just scan the QR code to register!