Tournament Location: Tech Freire Charter School, 2221 N Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19132 • Registration Opens: Nov 9, 2025 • Next Event: Dec 13, 2025

Quality Chess Tournaments & Events

upcoming events

Tournaments

We’ve hosted a monthly tournament
since 2003. This includes our popular
Quads and a Scholastic Swiss.

Scholastic Summer League

The Scholastic Summer League is from May through
September. Teams from across the Delaware Valley
compete all summer long.

Greater Philadelphia Chess League

Our GPCL is February through May. Started in 2005
this is a popular league among some of the strongest
players in the area.

EXPLORE OUR HISTORY

The MasterMinds Chess Club was founded in 2001 as an outgrowth of a beginner’s & intermediate chess class held at Temple University’s PASCEP program (Pan African Studies Community Education Program).

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