The Grande Prairie Chess Club has been in operation for more than 30 years. 

Next up for the Grande Prairie Chess Club is the Trumpeter Classic.  It will be happening on June 2-3, 2012 at the Sandman Inn in Grande Prairie, Alberta.  There will also be special events happening the night of June1, 2012.  We will be having a very special guest this year:

FM Richard Wang - 2012 Alberta Champion

FM Richard Wang is our special guest at this year's Trumpeter Classic!

Richard is the current 2012 Alberta Champion.  At 13 years old, Richard has become the youngest Alberta Champion in history! This was no small feat as the competition consisted of IM Edward Porper, FM Vladimir Pechenkin, NM Alex Yam, NM Daniel Kazmaier and NM Jeff Reeve

He will be presenting a special one hour lecture on Friday June 1, 2012 at 6:15 PM.  This is lecture is open to everyone including the general public.  Also, you do not need to be registered for the tournament to be allowed to attend the lecture.  There is NO COST for this lecture!

Lecture Time will begin at 6:15 PM sharp!

Get there early to get a good seat!!

Richard's attendance at this year's Trumpter Classic has been generously sponsored by the Alberta Chess Association.

The 2011 - 2012 season is underway.  We are currently meeting every Tuesday Night at the Grande Prairie Public Library.  It has been awesome so far as lots of members from last year have returned and we even have some new people coming down to check us out.  We would love to have more chess enthusiasts coming down to improve their game.  We have players of all levels from beginner to expert so all are welcome.  We we will be meeting for casual chess at the Grande Prairie Public Library on Tuesday nights starting at 7:00 PM.  

If you would like to meet at any other times at the Grande Prairie Public Library, you can post a request on our newsgroup and you might get a response from someone who will be willing to meet you to play some chess.  For for full details on our new program, please visit the Where We Play page on our website.  In addition to meeting for casual chess, we will be scheduling 4 tournaments a year.  One in October/November, one in January/February, our Club Championship in April and the Trumpeter Classic in June.  Keep an eye on our Upcoming Tournaments page in early September for dates for our 4 tournaments.

Come join our Yahoo group for the Grande Prairie Chess Club.  We encourage all who want to carry on lively discussions regarding chess and life to join our group.  There is no charge to join!  Those wishing to meet at the library for casual chess should utilize this forum.

The games and results of the 2010-2011 season's GP Chess Club Championship are now online.  There was a three way tie for 1st place with no way to break the tie.  So, Tim Pradzinski, Wade Caughlin and David Miller will all have their names engraved on our annual plaque.  David Miller had the chance to be our sole champion but was unable to beat Wade Caughlin in the final round.

We are always looking for new members to join our club.  Currently, we have members at all levels from beginner to expert.  There is no charge to play casual chess at the Grande Prairie Public Library.  However, if you wish to check out our chess books and dvd's from our club library, you simply need to purchase a yearly membership to the Grande Prairie Chess Society.  Once you do this, you will be able to receive access to Grande Prairie Chess Club library.  The library list will be available online in the very near future and all you will have to do is to put a request in for a book through the website and the books or dvd's will be made available to you.  More information on our library program will be made available soon along with instructions as to how to request your books.