Is there a chess player/club near Grass Valley, CA 95949?

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Request for Question Clarification by shiva777-ga on 25 Apr 2003 16:09 PDT

Hello TomCat.

There closest club I found was in Roseville -  Contact:Allan Goff
916-723-8073

There is one in Sacramento: http://webs.lanset.com/jmclmc/default.htm

There is a Chess Club in Placerville. The contact number is: Neville
Arroves (530) 642-9043

A listing of California Chess clubs can be found at
http://www.calchess.org/chessclubs.html#24

Since there was none in Grass Valley itself I was reluctant to post
this an answer. If you consider any of these to meet your needs let me
know and I will post it as an answer so I can get credit. Thanks.
-Shiva777

Greetings Tomcatr:

I have located a source for chess players in Grass Valley.  The Senior
Citizens' Foundation of Western Nevada County offer chess sessions
every Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  It will also be a great
place for you to network to meet other chess players.

Their main web site is http://home.pacbell.net/fdnnut/ and I drilled
down through the site until I located the Chess offering at
http://home.pacbell.net/fdnnut/activities.htm.

The contact information for the Senior Center is:
11350 McCourtney Road (P.O. Box 968)
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Telephone (530) 273-4961

I just phoned the number but there was no answer.  I had previously
located another number for them that was disconnected but this newer
one rang through just fine.  Just no one there to answer.  :)

I found the center's address through a link for voters registration
locations at http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:-WuD3gjQWWAC:election.co.nevada.ca.us/register_vote.htm+senior+citizens+center+alta+sierra%22+grass+valley&hl=en&start=2&ie=UTF-8.
 I used the address to search after that.

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Another possibility is Lake Wildwood that appears to be nearby - I
located some info from the results of an owner-renter survey from
1998.  It listed chess as a tenant suggestion for new activities. 
Since 5 years have passed, Lake Wildwood might now have a Chess
activity at their community center.

My source for the info is located at
http://www.lwwa.org/Organization/GoverningDocuments/MasterPlan/Survey1998.rtf.
 The only contact info I could find for Lake Wildwood was a huge list
of real estate agents.  Just phone any agent in town and they will
probably be able to give you pertainent phone numbers for Lake
Wildwood's community center.

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Another avenue to find chess players locally would be to contact the
Grass Valley Elementary School and inquire which adults monitor their
chess club.  I found info about it at
http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ca/212.  That would
be a great possibility because a few parents and teachers who play
chess may have formed the club.  You might discover a good network
through them.  "Activities and Sports...boys basketball & flag
football- provided by Oakland Recreation Dept and chess club- after
school every Tuesday."

Contact info for the school is:
4720 Dunkirk Ave. 
Oakland, CA 94605 
Phone: (510) 879-1220 
Fax: (510) 879-1229 

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Wish I was closer and I'd meet up with you at the Senior Center for a
game.  :) I learned chess from my father when I was a child and I've
always enjoyed it.

Should you require clarification of any of the information or links I
have provided, please request it and I will be happy to respond.


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