Chess Clubs

Twin Falls Chess Club
(now part of the Magic Valley Chess Club)

Magic Valley Chess Club

Twin Falls ID

Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of the month

Site: Barnes & Noble Booksellers 1239 Poleline Rd

Contact: MOL@q.com

Website: www.idahochessunion.net

208-733-6186 / 734-2855

The USCF annual of 1946 states that the Twin Falls Chess and Checkers Club was United States Chess Federation (USCF) chapter No. 142. At the time it was the ONLY USCF chapter in the state. It met Friday evenings at the Rogerson Hotel. The founding officers were Donald L. Murphy, President; A. L. Paul, Vice-President; and Mel Schubert, Secretary-Treasurer.

The Twin Falls Club met in a number of locations over the years - the Rogerson Hotel, Harry Barry Park Building, YWCA, and The College of Southern Idaho.

The Twin Falls Club acted as host for many of the early Idaho Open Tournaments as well as the Idaho Closed, Southern Idaho Open, Twin Falls City Championship, Utah vs. Idaho match, and various other inter-city matches. Twin Falls played in the Idaho State Team Championship but was never able to advance beyond the semi-finals.

The end of the old Twin Falls Club came after the YWCA was forced to reclaim the club’s meeting space for its own purposes.

The Magic Valley Chess Club was organized in Twin Falls during 1990 and is still meeting to this day. Activities of the Twin Falls Chess Club, such as the Twin Falls City Championship, are now organized by the Magic Valley Chess Club.