This is the oldest American chess club still in operation.
In the heart of downtown San Francisco
Housed in the Mechanics Institue Library building
The playing room is more cozy than spacious.
Three computers are available for membes.
Walter Shipman observes.
IM Walter Shipman
The club director, IM Donaldson, has an office for pairings, etc. Yemo is the resident GM.
The club has a separate skittles/analysis room just down the hall.
There is also a lounge available for the parents (and patrons of the adjacent poetry reading room.
The framed portraits are of distinguished poets who have read at the Mechanics Institute.
