Cherry Chess is based in the Traverse City, Michigan area - the "cherry capital of the world" - and we organize USCF-rated chess tournaments as an affiliate of the US Chess Federation.
Chess at Friday Night Live! on August 11
Local master Dave Sprenkle will be doing a free simultaneous exhibition, playing all comers, from 5:30 - 9:00pm
on Friday, August 11, 2017 in front of Horizon Books as part of
Traverse City's Friday Night Live
summer activities. Also there will be a giant chess set available for open play.
Come join the fun and take your best shot at Dave!
Trio of Champions at TC Challenge XI
After a ten-month hiatus, tournament chess returned to Traverse City with the Traverse City Challenge XI held on June 10, 2017 at Grand Traverse Mall. Section winners were FM Dave Sprenkle and Dan Sajkowski (in the Open Section) and Joe Revnell in the Reserve Section. Read more...
Dave Sprenkle, Alexander Bemben 3-0 at TC IX
Congratulations to our section winners, Dave Sprenkle (Open) and Alex Bemben (Reserve) who each scored a perfect 3-0 in their respective sections at TC Challenge IX held on May 14, 2016.
Chess in the New Year: Sprenkle and Vorhauer are Winners at TC VIII
The Traverse City Challenge VIII, our first chess tournament of 2016 and eighth in the series, was held on February 27 at the Grand Traverse Mall. Congratulations to our section winners, Dave Sprenkle (Open section) and Sam Vorhauer (Reserve section). Read more...
November Tourney Sees Low Turnout
At our November tournament there was a three-way tie for first in the Open Section among Dan Sajkowski, Greg Bailey and Robert Bemben. Meanwhile in the Reserve Section, Alex Bemben won first place for his sixth time in seven tries. Read more...
Sprenkle, Bemben Tops; Revnell Shocks!
Everyone was talking about the monster performance turned in by long-time local player Joe Revnell.
Read more...
Our Club Featured on 9 & 10 News
We were recently featured in a segment of "Jack O'Malley's Journal" on 9 & 10 News! Click to watch the video:
Friday Night Live! Special Event on August 14
Jazz, art, food... and chess!
Friday Night Live returns to Traverse City in August,
and Traverse City chess master Dave Sprenkle will give a simultaneous exhibition on
Friday, August 14, 2015 from 5:30 - 9:00pm in front of Horizon Books. Also we will have a
giant chess set available for open play. Come join the fun and take your best shot at Dave!
Sajkowski and Roupe Triumph in TC Challenge V
Daniel Sajkowski from Torch Lake won the Open Section, and Gavin Roupe from Mount Pleasant
won the Reserve Section at the Traverse City Challenge V held on Saturday, May 16
at the Grand Traverse Mall.
Read more...
Bailey, Bemben Winners at TC Challenge #4
Greg Bailey from Mesick and Alex Bemben from Petoskey
prevailed as section winners at the Traverse City Challenge #4, held on
March 21.
Read more...
Say Again? Repeat Champs at TC Challenge #3
FM Dave Sprenkle from Traverse City and Alex Bemben from Petoskey
repeated as champions in the Traverse City Challenge #3 held on
January 31.
Read more...
Early 2015 Chess Tournament Dates Set for January 31 and March 21
Two more tournaments upcoming at the Grand Traverse Mall in early 2015.
See details on the March tournament...
Sprenkle, Bemben, Vorhauer are Winners at TC Fall Challenge
FM Dave Sprenkle won the Open section at the TC Fall Challenge, held on
Saturday, Nov 22 at Grand Traverse Mall.
Read more...
Greg Bailey & Alexander Bemben are Champs at Traverse City Summer Challenge!
Greg Bailey wins the Open section with a perfect 4-0 and Alexander Bemben wins the Amateur section also with a perfect 4-0. The tournament was held on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Read more...
Our blog is up and running
Check out the new link at the top of the page for the Cherry Blog where we will post chess-related articles for your reading pleasure!
Our new website is under construction
Thanks for checking us out! We just launched this website and it is under construction. Soon we hope to have the discussion board up and running, along with photos, info about our USCF-rated weekly tournament, and possibly a club directory.
