|
2017-2018 School Year |
2002-2018 |
| Members |
39 |
723 |
| Schools Represented |
19 |
66 |
| Sponsored Tournaments |
8 |
280 |
| Individual Trophies |
15 |
369 |
| Team Trophies |
9 |
115 |
Additional achievements
- Pine Road chess players have won 114 individual and
32 team trophies. The school has been a Pennsylvania State Champion two times.
- Murray Avenue chess players have won 112
individual and 35 team trophies. The school has been a Pennsylvania State Champion four
times.
- The club has hosted and directed annual Regional Scholastic Chess Championships for all
scholastic players in the TriCounty
area since the early 1990s, including the last nine Philadelphia Metropolitan Scholastic
Championships at Meadowbrook
(2006-2017).
The HVCSJ aims to provide students from kindergarten to 12th grade with an opportunity to learn
chess, improve their skills, and compete in tournaments against other chess players.
Narrative Description:
For many years, the HVCSJ has provided its members with chess instruction, chess drills, and US
Chess Federation-rated chess tournaments. The HVCSJ has also organized teams to participate in
local and regional USCF chess tournaments. The chess instruction also included inviting top
chess masters to offer lectures to our members.
The HVCSJ now offers its members even more opportunities. In addition to organizing club teams,
the HVCSJ now organizes school teams that are eligible for team trophies at local and regional
USCF rated tournaments. The HVCSJ encourages its high school members to earn community and
school volunteer hours by offering instruction and mentorship to the club’s other members. The
club operates an oversized chess set at community fairs and encourages the local community to
learn more about chess.
In addition to all its current activities, the HVCSJ plans to organize chess matches against
other clubs. The HVCSJ will also monitor the location of national tournaments and send its
members to national tournaments whenever possible.
- Trophy program: The HVCSJ provides goods in the form of trophies to all members at the end
of each term as recognition for their participation in the club.
- Uniform program: The HVCSJ provides goods in the form of team shirts to all members.
- Instruction program: The HVCSJ provides services in the form of chess instruction to all its
members.
- Activities program: The HVCSJ provides services in the form of organized chess activities at
each club meeting.
- Tournament Entrance Fee program: The HVCSJ provides funds to its members in the form of
paying the tournament entrance fee to all USCF tournaments sponsored by the club.
| Year |
Event |
| 1978 |
Joe Huttlemeyer founds the club at the Huntingdon Valley Library's former location |
| 1979 |
Sam Vallerio becomes club's director |
| 1990 |
Club begins running annual USCF-rated regional tournaments |
| 1995 |
Sam Vallerio retires and John Keir becomes club's director |
| 1996 |
Club begins meeting in the Huntingdon Valley Firehouse during relocation of the
Huntingdon Valley Library
|
| 1997 |
Bruce Fenderson becomes club's director; the club begins meeting in the Huntingdon
Valley Library's new location
|
| 1998 |
Robert Lakata becomes club's director |
| 2002 |
The club becomes affiliated with the HVAA |
| 2005 |
The club begins running the annual Philadelphia Metropolitan Scholastic Chess
Championships at The Meadowbrook School
|
