{"id":4031,"date":"2022-11-23T07:44:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T07:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=4031"},"modified":"2025-04-08T00:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:11:40","slug":"chess-clubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/chess-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Edmonton Area<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheEdmontonChessClub\/\"><strong>Edmonton Chess Club<\/strong><\/a><br>#204-10840 124 Street<br>Contact: Terry Seehagen<br>(780) 424-0283<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alberta.campuslabs.ca\/engage\/organization\/uachess\">University of Alberta Chess Club<\/a><\/strong><br>ualbertachessclub@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sherwood Park Chess Club<\/strong><br>Strathcona County Library<br>Contact: Les Jones<br>(780) 467-7393<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Calgary Area<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Airdrie Chess Club<\/strong><br>Airdrie Public Library<br>111-304 Main Street SE<br>Contact: Susanne Rempel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bearspawjuniorchessclub.com\"><strong>Bearspaw Junior Chess Club<\/strong><\/a><br>Bearspaw Historical Soc.<br>253253 Bearspaw Road<br>Calgary, AB T3L 2P7<br>Contact: Mary-Anne Wampler<br>(403) 802-6795<br>bearspawjuniorchessclub@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/211929768846949\/\"><strong>Calgary Chess Club<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/calgarychess.com\/\">https:\/\/calgarychess.com\/<\/a><br>#274 3359 27 Street NE<br>Contact: Zeeshan Munir<br>info@calgarychess.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calgaryjuniorchess.com\"><strong>Calgary Junior Chess Club<\/strong><\/a><br>Contact: Yao Wang<br>chesscjcc@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UofCChessClub\/\"><strong>University of Calgary Chess Club<\/strong><\/a><br>Macewan Student Centre<br>Contact: Kevin Zhao<br>jiawei.zhao@ucalgary.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Okotoks Chess Club<\/strong><br>Okotoks Library<br>Contact: Richard Bradley<br>richard.bradley@shaw.ca<br>(403) 938-2220<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Regions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/devonpubliclibrary.ca\/events\/adult\/devon-chess-club\">Devon Chess Club<\/a><\/strong><br>Devon Public Library<br>Contact: Andre Grondin<br>andre@groncor.com<br>(780) 220-4535<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmchess.com\"><strong>Fort McMurray Chess Club<\/strong><\/a><br>Contact: Jaiveek Dave<br>fmchessclub2@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grande Prairie Chess Club<\/strong><br>Contact: Rob Nisbet<br>(780) 380-5919<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grande Prairie Public Library<\/strong><br>Tuesdays 6 p.m. &#8211; 8 p.m.<br>jopaul@gpnet.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lacombe Chess Club<\/strong><br>Contact: Levi Derowin<br>derowin.levi@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La Crete Chess Club<\/strong><br>Contact: Chris White<br>cwnlca@gmail.com<br>(780) 821-0044<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lethbridgechessclub.com\/\">Lethbridge Chess Club<\/a><br><\/strong>Contact: Garth Dunn<br>dunnincalgary@live.ca<br>(403) 393-7897<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>University of Lethbridge<\/strong><br>Contact: Keith Charland<br>chess.club@uleth.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mhchess.com\/\"><strong>Medicine Hat Chess Club<\/strong><\/a><br>Gas City Kiwanis Centre<br>Contact: Dr. Bill Taylor<br>(403) 526-5484<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Portage College Chess Club<\/strong><br>Contact: Leslie Boake<br>leslie.boake@portagecollege.ca<br>(780) 623-5686<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Red Deer Chess Club<\/strong><br>Dawe Centre Library<br>Contact: Alexey Taranik<br>taranik1978@yahoo.ca<br>(403) 872-1062<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.ca\/en\/\">Chess Federation of Canada<\/a> (CFC)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/\">International Chess Federation<\/a> (FIDE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alberta Chess Association assists clubs around the province in many ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like funding or equipment to start a new club, we prefer to receive a request in time for our annual budget meeting, which is held between November and January for the following year. Please keep a look out on the main page for information regarding upcoming meetings, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> for more information. You are welcome to inquire at other times to see what the ACA has available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible for equipment provisions, groups must have at least one designated ACA member. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/about-us\/players\/becoming-an-aca-member\/\">Membership<\/a> can be acquired through various member clubs or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.ca\/en\/players\/membership-fees\/\">Chess Federation of Canada<\/a>, and should be turned in at least once a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton Area Edmonton Chess Club#204-10840 124 StreetContact: Terry Seehagen(780) 424-0283 University of Alberta Chess Clubualbertachessclub@gmail.com Sherwood Park Chess ClubStrathcona County LibraryContact: Les Jones(780) 467-7393 ~ Calgary Area Airdrie Chess ClubAirdrie Public Library111-304 Main Street SEContact: Susanne Rempel Bearspaw Junior Chess ClubBearspaw Historical Soc.253253 Bearspaw RoadCalgary, AB T3L 2P7Contact: Mary-Anne Wampler(403) 802-6795bearspawjuniorchessclub@gmail.com Calgary Chess Clubhttps:\/\/calgarychess.com\/#274 3359&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/chess-clubs\/#more-4031\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4031","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4031"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7700,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4031\/revisions\/7700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}