UMBC Chess Club Events
1994-95 UMBC Chess Champion Bella Belegadek (left) enjoys a
game with 1995-96 Chess Club President Kalonji Collins
outside the University Center Pub on a pleasant spring day.
Weekly Meetings
The UMBC Chess Club meets weekly throughout
the year: Friday afternoon, 4-6pm, University Center Room 312.
Weather permitting, the Club sometimes meets outside at the cement
tables in front of the University Center Pub. Everyone is welcome.
UMBC Events by Academic Year
For listings of other regional and national events, consult
the MCA
and the USCF.
Annual regional events typically include (among many other events):
- Atlantic Open (late August, DC)
- Maryland Action Championship (late August)
- Baltimore Open (November)
- Maryland Scholastic Championship (April or March)
- Maryland Open (late March)
- World Open (early July, Philadelphia)