The Chess Club at Missouri State University is open to all students, faculty/staff and anyone in the Springfield community who would like to play chess. The Chess Club meets every Monday evening from 7-10 p.m. in the Plaster Student Union in Room 317-A.  There is no membership fee required to belong to The Chess Club, only a desire to play chess.

Weekly meetings include a host of potential activities such as:

• Informal play
• Club ladder games
• Chess instruction
• Discussion of chess openings, strategies and tactics
• Speed chess
• Tournaments
• Review of old chess games

Club members enjoying chess.

Why Play Chess?

            Because it is challenging and demands the perfection of certain human faculties, the

exercise and apprehension of which, are beautiful.  There is no other answer.