2025-2026
– 2025 Hart House Club Championships (October 25-26, 2025)
– HHCC Social: Triva + Exec Challenge (October 3, 2025)
– 2025-25 First Year Rep Election (September 26, 2025)
– 2026 Pan-American Qualifiers (September 13-14, 2025)
– Back to School Blitz and Pizza Party (September 5, 2025)
– 2025 Summer Rapid and Blitz (July 5 – 6)
– Toronto Universities Chess Match 2025 (June 8)
– Summer Casual Blitz (May 23)
2024-2025
– 2025 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship (April 27)
– UToronto vs UWaterloo Invitational Match (March 29 – 30)
– 2025-2026 Executive Board Elections and End-Of-Year Social Night (March 28)
– 2025 Winter Lessons and Quads (Jan 17 – March 21)
– Simultaneous Exhibition with Canadian Champion Shiyam Thavandiran (March 21)
– Winter Bughouse Championship (March 7)
– 2025 Hart House Reading Week Open (February 15th – 17th)
– IM Plotkin vs IM Vettese Match (Jan 30 – Feb 1)
– Canadian University Chess Championship (Jan 24-26)
– Hart House FA Seminar (Jan 10-12)
– 2025 Winter Back to School Pizza and Blitz (Jan 10)
– Hart House Holidays Open (December 20th – 22nd)
– Fall Lessons and Quads (Sept 20 – Nov 29)
– GTCL Cup at Annex Chess Club (Dec 9th)
– Fall Blitz Tournament (November 1st)
– Hart House October Open (October 26th & 27th)
– 2024 Fall Bughouse Tournament (October 18th)
– Back to School Blitz Tournament & Welcome Back Pizza Party (September 6th)
– Hart House Club Championship (every Friday, July 7th – August 30th)
– Beginner and Intermediate Lessons (every Friday, June 7th – August 30th)
– Hart House August Open (August 3rd & 4th)
– Summer Rapid and Blitz (July 19th & 20th)
– Hart House Weekly Quads (June 7th – June 28th)
– Pan-American Intercollegiate Qualifiers (September 14th & 15th)
– First Year Elections (September 27th)
2023-2024
– 2024 End-of-Year Bullet Championship (April 26, 2024)
– 2024 Toronto Rapid Chess Championship (April 20, 2024)
– Winter Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Lessons (Jan 19 – April 5)
– 2024 Canadian Zonal and Canadian Women’s Zonal (Mar 27-Apr 2, 2024)
– Club Elections (April 5th, 2024)
– Hart House Spring Juniors Tournament (March 24th, 2024)
– UToronto vs UWaterloo Invitational Match (Mar 2 – 3, 2024) – RECAP
– Hart House Reading Week Open (Feb 17 – 19, 2024)
– February Bughouse Tournament (Fri. Feb 9th)
– Canadian University Chess Championship (Queen’s University, Jan 26-28, 2024) – RECAP
– Pan-American Intercollegiate (McAllen, TX, Jan 4th – 7th, 2024) – RECAP
– Hart House Holidays Open (Dec. 8-10)
– Fall Bullet Grand Prix (December 1st)
– Lecture by WIM Yunshan Li (December 1st)
– Fall Grand Prix Series (Oct 13 – Dec. 1)
– 2023 Greater Toronto Chess League Cup (Annex Chess Club, Mon. Nov. 27)
– Fall Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Lessons (Fridays, Sept 29 – Dec. 1st)
– Lecture and Simul with CM Koosha Jaferian (Nov. 24)
– Fall Blitz Grand Prix (Nov 17)
– FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar at Hart House (Nov 10-12)
– Hart House Masters (Nov 10-12)
– Hart House Rapid Championship (Sun. Nov. 5)
– Hart House October Open (Oct. 21-22)
– Bughouse Grand Prix (October 13)
– First-Year Representative Elections (Sept. 22)
– International Master Simul with IM Mark Plotkin (Sept. 22nd)
– Back-to-School Blitz Tournament (Fri. Sept. 15)
– Pan-American Intercollegiate Qualifiers (Sept 9-10)
– U of T Clubs Fair (Wed. Sept. 6th)
– Welcome Back Pizza Party (Fri. Sept. 8th)
– Grandmaster Lecture and Book Signing with GM Vinay Bhat (Fri. September 1st)
– Beginner Lessons (Fri. June 9 – September 1st)
– Summer Junior Tournament (Sat. August 26)
– Summer Bughouse (Fri. August 4)
– Outdoor Chess Charity Event with Queen’s U Chess Club (Sat. August 5)
– Hand and Brain Tournament (Fri. August 18)
–Hart House Chess Club Summer Rapid & Blitz Festival (Sat. July 15th)
– Canada Day Eve Bullet at Hart House (Fri. June 30th)
– Late Spring Blitz Tournament– REPORT (Fri. June 16)
– GM Gergely Szabo Master Lecture on Calculation (Fri. June 2nd)
– Toronto Women and Girls Chess Festival –REPORT (Sun. May 14)
– Hart House Youth Chess Championship – REPORT (Sat. April 29th)
2022-2023
– End of Year Bullet Championship (Fri. April 28th)
– Winter 2023 Beginner and Intermediate Lessons (Jan. 20th – Mar. 31st)
– Master Lecture with IM Nicholas Vettese (March 31st, 2023)
– 2023 Elections (Fri. March 31st)
– 5th Ivy League Challenge – REPORT (March 24th – 26th, 2023)
– Ivy League Blitz (March 24th)
– Spring Junior Open – REPORT (March 18th, 2023)
– Women’s Simultaneous Exhibition (Fri. March 10th)
– Fischer Random Blitz (Friday, March 3rd)
– Greater Toronto Chess League Team Championship – RECAP (Tues. Jan 10th – Feb. 28th)
– Reading Week Open 2023 – REPORT (February 18th – 20th, 2023)
– Grandmaster Simul with GM Razvan Preotu (Fri. Feb. 10)
– 3rd Kasparov Chess Foundation Cup (Feb. 4-5)
– Winter Wizardry Bughouse Tournament (Feb. 3)
– Weekly Winter Swiss (Jan 10-Jan 31)
– Canadian Universities Chess Championship @ UOttawa – REPORT (Jan 27th – 29th)
– CUCC Preparation Tournament (Fri. Jan 20th)
– Winter Welcome Back Pizza Party (Jan. 13th)
– HHCC Blitz Championship (Jan.13th)
– 2023 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championships @ Seattle (Jan 5-8).
– 2022 Hart House Holidays Open – REPORT (December 9th – 11th)
– Beginner and Intermediate Lessons (Sept 30th – December 2th)
–Greater Toronto Chess League Cup 2022 @ Annex Chess Club – (Monday, December 5th)
– Duck Chess Tournament – (Friday, November 25th)
– Hart House Chess Club Rapid Championship & Raffle – (Saturday, November 12th)
– GM Danya, IM Eric, WGM Nemo Visit HHCC (Friday, Nov. 4)
– Fall Blitz Tournament – (Friday, October 28th)
– IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Simultaneous Exhibition (October 14th, 2022)
– Hart House Chess Club Bughouse Championship – (October 7th)
– HHCC Fall 2022 Special Election – (September 30th, 2022)
– PanAm Qualifiers – (September 24th-25th, 2022)
– Grandmaster Simul Evgeny Bareev (September 23rd, 2022)
– Welcome Back Party – (September 16th)
– Clubs Day 2022 – (September 7th, 2022)
– HHCC Return to In-person Summer Blitz Tournament (June 17th, 2022)
2021-2022 (Online due to COVID-19)
– 2022 Reading Week Swiss and Blitz Tournaments
– End of Year Swiss
2020-2021 (Online due to COVID-19)
– FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup 2021
2019-2020 (COVID-19 year)
–July 10 Tournament (and Update to Online Tournament Rules)
– New Additions to HHCC Online: Weekly Puzzle Challenge & More Tounaments
– First-Ever Hart House Online Swiss Tournament
– First Online Blitz Arena (March 27)
– Reading Week Open (15-17 Feb)
FALL TERM:
–“From Chess to Success” Workshop at Woodsworth College (3 Sep)
– Explore Hart House Welcome BBQ (12 Sep)
– Welcome Pizza Party (13 Sep)
– Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship (Pan Am) Qualifier (28-29 Sep)
–Lecture & Workshop by Mr. Stephen Boyd (4 Oct)
– Bughouse Tournament (11 Oct)
– Ivy League Challenge (8-10 Nov)
– Nankai International University Rapid Tournament, Tianjin, China (25-30 Nov)
– Hart House Holiday Open (13-15 Dec)
– Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship, Charlotte, NC (27-30 Dec)
2018-19
September
– UTSU Clubs Carnival (Sept. 5)
– Cut For A Cure – Hair Donation Supporting Cancer Patients (Sept. 7)
– UTSU Street Festival (Sept. 12)
– Explore Hart House Welcome BBQ (Sept. 13)
– Welcome Pizza Party (Sept. 14)
– Weekly Chess Lessons for Upper Beginner/Intermediate (Sept. 21 – Nov. 30)
– Weekly Chess Lessons for Advanced Players (Sept. 21 – Nov. 30)
– Pan-Am Qualifier (Sept. 29-30)
October
– October Bughouse Chess Tournament (Oct. 5)
– Hart House Halloween Blitz Chess Tourney (Oct. 26)
– Learn How to Play Chess Workshop (Oct. 12 – Nov. 23rd)
November
– Ivy League Challenge & Blitz Battles (Nov. 9 – Nov. 11)
– Simultaneous Chess with National Chess Master Zehn Nasir (Nov. 17)
– Master Lecture with International Master Kaiqi Yang (Nov. 23)
December
– Hart House Holiday Open (Dec. 14-16)
– PanAm Intercollegiate Chess Championship (Dec. 27-30)
January
–Weekly Lessons on Chess Strategy (Jan. 25 – Apr. 5)
– Weekly Lessons on Chess Tactics (Feb. 8 – Apr. 5)
– Canadian Post-Secondary Chess Championship (Jan. 12-13)
– Welcome Back Pizza Party (Jan. 18)
– Swiss Manager Chess Workshop (Jan. 18)
– Hart House Winter Rapid Chess Tournament (Jan. 25)
–2019 Greater Toronto Chess League Championship: (Jan. 15 and subsequent Fridays)
February
– Hart House Fischer Random Blitz Tournament (Feb. 9)
– Hart House Reading Week Open (Feb. 16-18)
March
– Hart House Spring Blitz Tournament (Mar. 8th)
–Hart House Spring Junior Open (Mar. 16th – Mar. 17th)
2017-18
September
– Explore Hart House (Sept. 14)
– Welcome Pizza Party (Sept. 15)
– Chess Instruction for Beginners (Sept. 22 – Dec. 8)
– Chess Instruction for Intermediate Players (Sept. 22 – Dec. 8)
October
– Pan-Am Intercollegiate Qualifier (Oct. 7-8)
– Chess Puzzle-Solving Competition (Oct. 14 – 20)
– Hart House Chess Club Fall Blitz Tournament (Oct. 20)
November
– Hart House Chess Movie Night (Νov. 17)
– Learn How to Play Chess Workshop (Nov. 17 – Dec. 15)
– Master Lecture with IM Igor Zugic (Nov. 24)
December
– Master Lecture with IM Shiyam Thavandiran (Dec. 8)
– Chess Simul with HH Chess Club Coach Panayoti Tsialas (Dec. 10)
– Hart House Holidays Open (Dec. 15-17)
– Pan-Am Intercollegiate Chess Championship (Dec. 27-30)
January
– Canadian University Chess Championship (Jan. 13-14)
– Greater Toronto Chess League Championship (Jan. 16 – Mar. 20)
– Welcome Back Pizza Party (Jan. 19)
– Weekly Chess Lessons for Intermediate Players (Jan. 26 – Mar. 30)
February
– Movie Night & Lecture on Chess, Computers and AI (Feb. 2)
– HH Winter Rapid Chess Tournament (Feb. 9)
– Chess Cartoon Exhibition (Feb. 16-19)
– Hart House Reading Week Open (Feb. 17-19)
March/April
– Beginners Workshop Series (Mar. 2 – Apr. 6)
– HH Spring Blitz Tournament (Mar. 9)
– Hart House Chess Club Elections (Mar. 16)
May/June
– Hart House Chess Club Supports Chess in Africa (May 10 – 25)
– Summer Chess Workshop for Upper Beginners (May 18 – June 15)
– Hart House Summer Blitz Tourney (June 1)
– Greater Toronto Chess League Cup (June 18)
– Hart House Closed Chess Championship – Reserves Section (May 4 – June 22)
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