North Carolina Chess Association

Apex Chess Club (Apex)
Meets Wednesdays evenings at Borders Books in Apex -- on Beavers Creeks Commons Drive. The chess is free. All are welcome.
Contact: Robert Marshburn

Asheboro Chess Club (Asheboro)
Meetings are held every Tuesday from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Asheboro Public Library, 201 Worth Street in Asheboro . Casual and rated play. USCF-rated quick tournaments are held on the second Tuesday of each month. Players of all ages and strengths welcome.
Contact: Tom Hales -- 336-327-9071
Web: www.asheborochess.com

Asheville Chess Club (Asheville)
The club meets every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 10:30pm. The club is located at the North Asheville Community Center. The address is 37 Larchmont Lane, Asheville, NC 28804.
Contact: Tom Brown - 828-225-4195
Web: www.wncchess.org

Borders Chess Club (Cary)
We meet every Saturday 2-6pm at Borders bookstore in Cary for casual games. All skill levels and ages are welcome, including beginners and children. No fees or obligations.
Contact: Gary Maltzman - BordersChess@Trianglechess.org
Web: www.borderschess.org

Charlotte Chess Club (Charlotte)
The long-time club of Charlotte. Chess on Wednesday nights. The Charlotte Chess Club meets at the Skyland Restaurant in Charlotte. Rated games are played every week at 7:30 p.m. Check out Web site.
Contact: NM Leland Fuerstman
Web: http://www.charlottechess.com

The Queen City Chess Club meets on Tuesday nights at the Asian Library, 1339 Baxter St. All ages and playing strengths are welcome. Doors open at 6:30PM. Pairings made at 7:15PM and play starts at 7:30PM. Tuesday nights feature a perpetual five round USCF rated tourney with a time control of G/90. You can play as many or as few weeks as you like in these tourneys. Consult the website for more details. Please call Gary at 704-618-1259 if you are running a few minutes late and want to be paired.
Contact: gary.newsom@queencitychess.com
Web: www.queencitychess.com, for general information email to info@queencitychess.com

Duke/Durham Chess Club (Durham)
The Duke/Durham Chess Club meets Sunday evenings at 6:30 PM in Meeting Room A of the Bryan Center on Duke University's west campus. On most nights there is USCF-rated G/120 tournament in progress, with one round per night. See our website for a schedule of upcoming events.

Elon University Chess Club (Burlington)
Meets Tuesday's from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on campus at the Belk Library - Room 102; parking adjacent to the building. Open to everyone. All skill levels welcome. Boards/pieces provided. Meets only during school year (1^st week of February through 1^st week of May & 1^st week in September through 1^st week in December).
Contact: Aaron Peeks, (336) 278-6445; or Parker McAllister

Fayetteville Chess/ 64 Squares Chess Club (Fayetteville)
The club meets on Mondays at the Barnes & Noble on Morganton Road at 7:30. Also, on Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kiwanis Club on Fort Bragg Road.
Contact: Gary Morris - 910-484-7355; or Petur Jonsson - 910-425-0424

Greenville Chess Club (Greenville)
Currently meets at Barnes & Noble Greenville Blvd (264 By-Pass) and Evans St. Wednesday 7-10 p.m.
Contact: Victor Beaman
Web: http://www.eastcarolinachess.com

Greensboro Chess Club (Greensboro)
The Greensboro Chess Club will meet every Thursday night from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Folk Teen Center, 3910 Clifton Road, Greensboro. We will have a USCF tournament every Thursday night. And if your not a USCF member, there will be casual play every Thursday night as well.
Contact: Josh Lawson, (619)-788-4299
E-mail: JLawson1185@yahoo.com
Web: www.freewebs.com/greensborochess

Henderson/Vance County Chess Club (Vance County)
The Henderson/Vance Chess Club meets 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. (or later?) each Thursday evening at the United Methodist Church in Henderson - enter on left side of church building, ground floor. All Beginners, Experts and in between welcome. Casual play, occasional tournaments.
Contact: Rudolph Abate 252-738-0375, evenings; or e-mail chessclub@embarqmail.com

Hendersonville Chess Club (Hendersonville)
The Hendersonville Chess Club meets each Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the1st Presbyterian Church (downtown at the corner of King and 6th) Boards and pieces provided. Monthly rated tournaments.
Contact: Neal Harris

High Point/Greensboro Chess Club
Meets each Wednesday from 6-10 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at the corner of Eastchester and East Hartley Drives at Oak Hollow Mall.
Contact: HPChessClub@triad.rr.com
Web: http://home.triad.rr.com/hpchess/

This chess club is no longer meeting, but anyone interested in helping form and maintain a club in the Jacksonville area, please contact Sara Walsh at princesschess@gmail.com. Thanks!

Kernersville Chess Club (Kernersville)
Club meetings are held at Panera Bread at 970 S. Main St. in Kernersville. We meet every Tuesday and Thursday (except holidays) from 6:30 - 9 p.m. On Tuesdays, we also meet from 9 p.m. -11 p.m. at the Harris Teeter across the street in the Starbucks Coffee area.
Contact: Keith Hooker (336) 817-6739
Web: http://www.geocities.com/kvillechess/Kernersville_Chess.html

Lumberton - Kings & Queens (Lumberton)
Meets every Wednesday night from 6-8 p.m. at the Parkview Activity Center in Lumberton. Membership is opened to all ages. Directions: entering Lumberton on N.C. State Road 41 from Fairmont, N.C. Stay on 41 until you pass Knuckles Elementary School and turn left onto Inman Rd. pass the school. You will see Parkview Activity Center as you turn onto Inman Rd. - about 100 yards down on the right.
Contact: Al Floyd - 910-474-2336

Mars Hill Chess Club (Mars Hill)
The Mars Hill Chess Club is a non-profit, community-based group that meets the third Friday of every month from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Mars Hill Elementary School library. The club is open to everyone and there are no fees or dues. The club supports itself through raffles and donations.
Take the Mars Hill exit off 19-23 and go to the second red light and turn right onto North Main. Take the second left onto Bailey St. Go past Mars Hill College. The road will straighten and turn into the 2nd driveway through the double gates and come to the main doors. The library is located to the right side of the double doors.
Contact: Roger Price

New Bern Chess Club (New Bern)
The club meets every Monday night from 7 p.m. until ... We meet at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of New Bern, 308 Meadow St. (one block off Trent Rd., behind the new strip mall). Chess boards and sets provided. No fees currently. All skill levels welcome.
Contact: Roger Sample (252) 288-4145, email rlsample@suddenlink.net

North Wilkesboro/Wilkes Co. Chess Club (North Wilkesboro)
The club meets every Thursday from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Wilkes County Public Library, 215 10th St. All ages, skill levels welcome.
Web: www.wilkeschess.com
Contact: John Owens, 828-404-6037

Pilot Mountain Chess Club (Pilot Mountain)
Meets Tuesdays at the Charles H. Stone Memorial Library.
Contact: Scott Baldwin - 336-351-5339

Raleigh Chess Club (Raleigh)
Meets Fridays 7:30-11 p.m. (or later) at Kiwanis Park Community Center, 2526 Noble Road, Raleigh. The public is welcome to play casual chess and occasional tournaments. Blitz is very popular here. $1 fee per visit.
Contact: Luis Guzman
E-mail: raleighchess@bellsouth.net
Web: http://kiwanischess.tripod.com

Raleigh Tournament Chess Club (Raleigh)
Meets every Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Explore! at 6801 Falls of Neuse Road Raleigh, NC 27615.
Web: http://rtchessclub.webs.com/

Rocky Mount Chess (Rocky Mount)
Meets for casual play on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Via Cappuccino coffee shop at 3002 Sunset Ave. at the Englewood Shopping Center.
Contact: Billy Harrell , 252-446-4121

Washington, N.C., Chess Club
Meets at the Oakdale Cemetery Recreation Center on Monday from 7-10 p.m.
Contact: John Wehrenberg, 252-946-4419

Waynesville, N.C., Chess Club
The Waynesville Chess Club meets every Thursday from 1-3 p.m. at old Armory Rec Center for practice or instruction. No charge. Sets provided. Info: Bruce Goodwin at 828-648-5739.

Winston-Salem Chess Association (Winston-Salem)
Meets at Borders Books in Thruway Shopping Center on Stratford Rd. on Thursday from 6 p.m. To 11 p.m. The club will be hosting quads.
Contact: Charlie
Web: http://winstonsalemchess.blogspot.com/

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