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Chess Club is organized to promote the game of chess in the UT community. Join our weekly meetings e

03/11/2026

We are pleased to announce that co-founder and International Master Danny Rensch will be coming to UT on Friday, March 13th, at 7PM at the RLP. We will be learning about his memoir, Dark Squares, doing a live Q&A session with Danny, and potentially get the chance to play in a simul against him!

Interest form link is in our bio!

Hope to see you there!

01/31/2026

Earlier this month the UT Austin Chess Club sent 4 teams to the 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess tournament in Chicago, IL. The teams had a lot of fun playing against players from around the country and exploring the city! We’d also like to congratulate Gabriel Garza for winning highest scoring Board 2 in the U1400 section, Julio Ledezma for getting first in the U1800 blitz, and Mario Parra for getting 7th in the U1800 blitz!

Team A: Justin Trey, John Capocyan, Nathan Brown, Mario Parra 4/6 (tied for third)

Team B: Calvin Chiu, Benjamin Cai, Austin John, Julio Ledezma 4/6 (tied for third)

Team C: Vicky Yu, Gabriel Garza, Jillian Lewis, Shaun Jagshi

Team D: Omatharv Vaidya, Asmit Panda, Nathan Esche, lan Wang

We’d like to thank Jane Street for their support and Chess Weekend Inc. for their organization and hospitality! We’ll see y’all on Mondays at 6pm at the Dobie Mall Food Court!

01/02/2026

Today, 16 of our players will be competing in the 2026 Pan American Intercollegiate Championship in Chicago, Illinois! Stay tuned for our results!

10/16/2025

The Pan-American Championship is a team event in which teams of 4 represent UT and play six matches across the span of 4 days. The event will be held in Chicago, IL from January 2nd - 5th 2026. If you’re interested in participating, fill out the form below! Everybody that attended last year had a great time playing chess, meeting people from around the country, and spending time with the rest of the club! More details about the event are in the form and our discord, so be sure to check it out!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXnIDJH2tO2sDRq9cw6ISiKLDmZlHzC6rudKCrjaHoarZNow/viewform

10/14/2025

This past Monday we hosted our first blitz tournament of the semester and had a great turnout of over 20 participants! Players competed in 5 rounds of 3+2 blitz games and Justin Trey won the event with a perfect score of 5 - 0!

Make sure to join our discord(linked in bio) to see announcements about future events we host! See you next Monday, 6pm at Dobie Food Court!

09/08/2025

Meet the UT Chess Club Officers! Come meet us and others on Mondays at Dobie Food Court at 6pm. See you there!

04/27/2025

Farewell to Dang Nguyen, the president of the UT chess club! Dang is graduating this May with a BSA in biochemistry. We will miss his leadership in all things chess: PanAms, Speedway tabling, variant tournaments, etc. But most of all, we will miss Dang’s endless wit, diligence, and kindness. Thank you, Dang, for making chess club so incredible, and we wish you the best in your future endeavours!

04/20/2025

UT Chess Club will be hosting our final tournament of the semester, the Spring 2025 Blitz Tournament!

The tournament will be NEXT MONDAY, April 21th, 6pm at Dobie Mall Food Court. Winner(s) will receive special items and chess.com gold memberships. All skill levels are welcome! If you would like to play, please fill out the google form below.

If you have any questions, feel free to ping or DM. Hope to see you there!

03/30/2025

The tournament will happen next Monday 6PM during normal meeting time at Dobie Mall. All the information is in the google form and if you have any questions please DM us. Also, please only register if you are 100% going to be available, last minute dropouts cause the organization of the event to be slower as we try to make first round pairings before 6, and when people drop out changing the pairings can be quite time consuming. Make sure you know of the rules as well before registering. Excited to see all of you there! REGISTRATION LINK IN BIO!!!

03/14/2025

We had a great turnout at last Monday’s bughouse tournament! 8 teams of 2 competed in three rounds of best-of-5 games. Congrats to William and Nathan for winning the tournament with a perfect score of 3-0!

As a reminder, we do not have a meeting on Monday, Mar 17 due to UT’s spring break. Enjoy your time off school and come to our next meeting, which will be on Monday, Mar 24 at 6pm at Dobie Mall.

03/10/2025

The UT Chess Club is hosting its first Doubles Bughouse Tournament!

The tournament will take place tomorrow on Mon, March 10 at the normal meeting time and place: 6PM, Dobie Mall Food Court. You can either register solo (and we will pair you with someone else by rating) or register with a teammate. You can register and view more information in the link in bio.

Hope to see all of you there! If you have any questions, send us a DM.

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