Dear Good People:

 

 

I hope that you and your family are doing well during these hard and unpredictable times. I have been thinking a lot about my chess family and have come up with some solutions that I am sharing below. 

 

1. Online Coaching & Clubs

   1. ICYMI, we are now offering online coaching to offer high quality chess options for all our community members. This will enable us to pay the staff who cares for the community and needs to put food on their tables during high unemployment.

   2. We have gladly added more sections to respond to the enthusiastic reaction (likely due to pent-up demand).

   3. Please register at enrichment.bayareachess.com/online for 45-60 minute online coaching sessions this week to support BayAreaChess's future and receive a quality online coaching, classes and camps as well as to keep your children intellectually busy during "shelter-in -place" times.

      1. We have combinations of sessions that meet 1/week, 2/week, and 5/week options at 10am as well as 3, 4:30, 5, and 6pm.

      2. We have dropped the prices ($14.80 to 18.60 per session) to be accessible to a wider chess community and maximize jobs for the top coaches in the Bay Area.

      3. Our maximum student:teacher ratio is 9:1.

      4. We include basic computer training needed for online chess coaching at no extra cost.

   4. If you are interested in 1-hour drop-in Club format, please register at enrichment.bayareachess.com/clubs/register-online.

2. Free online tournaments

   1. Many of you have asked for us to conduct tournaments but we cannot do that due to the COVID-19 crisis.

   2. We are now offering free online tournaments to satisfy your appetite for chess tournaments.

   3. The cost of running is low enough that we can offer it for free.

   4. Children’s free tournament will be on ChessKid.com (no paid account required) at

      1. 6pm on Tue, Thu, Sat

      2. 7pm on every day except Wed

      3. 12pm and 2pm on Sat & Sun

   5. Free open tournaments will be on Chess.com (no paid account required) every day of the week at different times. We are offering free memberships to our online club this month at chess.com/club/bay-area-chess after registering for a free membership at chess.com.

   6. See complete schedule and links at BayAreaChess.com/events/online/

3. Donations needed

   1. If you have the ability to make a tax-deductible donation, please support us at BayAreaChess.com/payhere/.

Much love to you and yours during these challenging and uncertain times.

Salman and your friends at your Bay Area Chess!

 

 

PS: Please email events@BayAreaChess.com if you have any questions.