Connect
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The Online Chess Club provides a space where you can connect to, play with, and learn from other Adult Improvers.
The Forum
Remember your #chesspunks feed — before the algorithm, before the Musk takeover? It feels like it's back. Hot takes, jokes, advice, puzzles, and analysis.
A "Local" Club
We want The Online Chess Club to feel like your local club — a place where everyone knows your name. And it'll stay that way: when we're full, we're full, and a waitlist begins. That's how the club stays small, and always feels like home.
The 24-Hour Bar
Drop into our always-open video lounge any hour of the day. Kibitz a live game, talk shop, or just keep the board on in the background — the bar never closes.
"I've been part of many different chess communities online, and all have been focused on, and shaped by, shared training plans and/or tournament play. The Online Chess Club is unique in its goal of recreating the IRL chess club experience online and doing it in a way that focuses on community. Even in beta testing, there is a surprisingly large and engaged community of adult chess players across a wide range of ratings.
There are regular games and accountability sessions, and even a member-led book club. And there's potential for so much more as the community grows. If you want that chess club experience, if you want to be part of an engaged and helpful chess community, you should give TOCC a try."