Pumpkin Chess Championship of Half Moon Bay

The Coastside Chess Club presents the First Annual Pumpkin Chess Championship at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival this October 14th and 15th to promote, encourage, and revitalize the sport of chess on the coastside.

The Championship will draw players from all over the Bay Area, including children and adults from our own Half Moon Bay coastside. Prizes will be awarded including books, games, and trophies/medals to top 10 scorers, plus prizes for each grade K-12 and top academic teams. All adult matches will complete by 3:30 PM Saturday. Youth matches complete by 12:30 PM Saturday with the Youth Championship playoff at 1:00 PM Sunday. This event will be supervised by World Championship Arbiter Dr. Eric Schiller.

There is a $20 entry fee with proceeds benefitting the Coastside Academic Chess Club and the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee. Youth registration and check-in is on Saturday from 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM and adult registration and check-in is from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Pre-registration and further details are available on the http://CoastsideChess.org web site.

The Chess Lot will be conveniently located on the East side of Main Street at Le Petite Baleen Swim School parking lot, 775 Main Street, Half Moon Bay.

Summary of activities
Speed-Chess Prize Tournament, BugHouse Chess Event, Chess Simul with Dr. Schiller, Chess Lessons for Beginners, Chess Demo, Book and Software, Chess Art.

Our Mission
Coastside Chess Clubs aspires to be an outstanding educational-athletic organization that provides a high-quality experience to every athlete. A high-quality experience is one in which every athlete…

• Is coached using the principles of Positive Coaching*
• Has fun playing the game
• Feels like an important part of the team regardless of performance
• Learns "life lessons" that have value beyond the game
• Learns the skills, tactics and strategies of the game and improves as a player

Contacts and Links

• John DiNapoli, 650-245-1551
• Coastside Chess Web Site, http://coastsidechess.org
• *For more information about the Positive Coaching alliance, http://www.positivecoach.org