Buffalo Chess Association

09/30/2026

Tonight at 5.30pm! Community Night will not be meeting— instead, join us for our USCF Rated Blitz tournament! Community Night will resume as usual next week, from 6-8pm. We’ll see you at the tournament!
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

09/25/2026

TOMORROW, September 26th! Join us for our monthly Open Rated Swiss chess tournament. $200 prize for first place! Register ahead of time online and save $5. We’ll see you there!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7zNYfm1uaSzlwjC8cLA9vk2DZ4R3Qcl1O-IRlxEAa0vJxTw/viewform

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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

09/24/2026

Congratulations BCA students, Evren S. and Neil H., who placed 3rd and 2nd, respectively, at the Buffalo State Homecoming Tournament! Evren and Neil are confident, competent players who regularly bring their chess enthusiasm and skills to local tournaments. We’re so proud of them! ♟️🎉
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

09/15/2026

From beginner chess student at BCA to International Master, and now a published chess author: we couldn’t be more proud of IM Bryan Lin! IM Lin was featured on the cover of the August 2026 issue of Chess Life Kids, and provided annotation and analysis of one of his games from the National Middle School Championship. You can read the full article online using the link in our bio!
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1. IM Bryan Lin on the cover of Chess Life Kids magazine, August 2026. Photo courtesy of US Chess.

2. IM Bryan Lin with BCA Coach Mark Johnson, one of IM Lin’s first coaches.

3. Lin (R) versus Yang (L). Photo courtesy of Javier Carrera for US Chess.
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

09/10/2026

Our Fall Schedule is here! This schedule begins on September 12th, 2026.

Here’s what changed:
-Community Night is now held on Wednesdays (except on Blitz Tournament Nights) from 6-8pm.

-Saturday Chess Club is now held on Friday evenings from 6:30-7:30pm

-Intro class is now on Sundays from 1:45-2:45pm.

-An additional Beginner class will be held on Sundays from 1:45-2:45pm.

We’ll see you there! ♟️
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

09/10/2026

Meet our instructors! Whether you’re brand-new to chess, or are a seasoned player, they’re excited to help you in your own chess journey.
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

08/06/2026

A heartfelt thank you to IM Kenneth Regan, and all players who came out to our Monthly Quads tournament and played some exciting games! ♟️🏆
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📸: Rebekah White (thank you, players, for being good sports about having your photos taken!)
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

07/30/2026

Join us this Saturday for chess at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - Central Library! We’ll see you there!
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

Our chess clinics are BACK!

Join us on select Saturdays for chess instruction & games with the Buffalo Chess Association! Learn how to play, improve your skills, and defeat new opponents. Bring your board or use one of ours.

https://buffalolib.libcal.com/event/17082985

07/30/2026

We’re excited to have International Master Dr. Kenneth Regan joining us at our Monthly Quads Tournament this Saturday, August 1st!

A programming professor at UB and former member of the Anti-Cheating Committee of the World Chess Federation, Dr. Regan is well-known in the chess community for his work preventing cheating in professional chess. From writing and editing anti-cheating guidelines, to developing cheat detection software used by FIDE and popular chess websites, Dr. Regan’s contributions have greatly improved the chess community at large!

If you’d like to get in some great chess games and ask Dr. Regan questions, please join us!
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com

07/20/2026

Today, International Chess Day, we celebrate you: the chess players who work together to learn, challenge each other to grow, and play together to share our love of the game.

Thank you, Buffalo Chess Community!
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Buffalo Chess Association is Western New York’s chess school, offering classes, tournaments, chess club, and chess events for all ages. Visit our website to begin your chess journey today! https://www.buffalochessassociation.com