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A chess club is a club
Club

A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth....
 formed for the purpose of playing chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league
Sports league

A sports league is an organization that exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an international professional league making large amounts...
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A chess club is a club
Club

A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth....
 formed for the purpose of playing chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league
Sports league

A sports league is an organization that exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an international professional league making large amounts...
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Organisation

Clubs are usually attached to regional chess associations, which are in turn members of their national federation which will be associated with FIDE; the world governing body of chess.

Club facilities

Chess clubs typically provide:
  • Informal, 'friendly' games
  • Club and inter-club competitions
  • Opportunities to play in one or more leagues organised on a geographical basis
  • A personal rating system
    Elo rating system

    The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go . It is named after its creator Arpad Elo , a Hungary-born United States physics professor....
     where the results of inter-club games are rated to enable players to judge their standing and progress
  • Coaching by a more knowledgeable chess player
  • A library of chess books
  • Lectures/tuition evenings
  • Social events


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