The MetroWest Chess Club's history precedes its incarnation as MCC by a number of years, with its origins in The Square 67 Chess Club and subsequently Framingham Chess Club. However, MCC now has a decades-long history in its own right, much of which we're fortunate to have documented.

Listed below you can discover archival material relating to every era of our history, including newspaper articles and photographs, club newsletters, club reports, tournament flyers, and much else.

Newsletters
More than twenty years of MCC newsletters, dating from 2002 until the present day, await your perusal!

• MCC Newsletters

MCC People and Statistics
Careful collation of club data over the years has allowed us to maintain useful statistics about club attendance and demographics. A range of regional club data is available too.

• Club and Regional Demographics

The remaining topics in our archives are listed in alphabetical order, by their subject matter:

Anniversary Celebrations

• Anniversary Celebrations with Photos and Media Coverage

Awards

• USCF Chess Club of the Year Award, 2002

Chess Life Magazine Mentions

• Chess clubs
• Forty Years at the Top, Part 1 - John Curdo as subject of article, by Larry Eldridge
• Forty Years at the Top, Part 2 - John Curdo as subject of article, by Larry Eldridge

Club Governance

• MCC Club Charter, Bylaws, Minutes

Club Opening

• A collection of items centered around the club's opening in 1983

Club Printed Publications

• The Pawn Storm - the club's first printed publication
• ChessWatch - the club's second incarnation of a printed newsletter
• Open/Lines - the club's third incarnation of a printed newsletter
• Game Bulletins - collections of games from club play prior to the advent of computers

Events

• A selection of event schedules published through the years

Historical Write-ups

• 1985, Historical retrospective
• 1989, Historical retrospective
• 2003, Historical Retrospective - after winning the 2002 USCF Club of the Year
• Stanley Crowe, for whom one of our events was named
• Announcements and other correspondence regarding special events

Home Page

• The classic look of the MCC home page, from close to its creation in July 1997 through March 2003
• The more modern, and distinctly colorful, home page of MCC from 2003 through May 2023
• The MCC home page in April, 2012, in the same second-generation style, and noting our new location

Members

• Various items regarding the make up of MCC membership through the years.

Newspapers

• Articles about the club from local newspapers.

Pre-MCC History

• 1974 Square 67 Chess Club Newsletter with members
• 1974 Square 67 Chess Club Charter
• Pre-history interview with Carl Garfield
• Pre-history and early history interview with Jack Martin
• Pre-history and early history interview with Bill McAllister
• Early history interview with Menno Koning
• Early history interview with Alan Beck

Presentations

• A PowerPoint Presentation to the Senior Center, September 2005

Press Releases

• A collection of press releases from the early days of the club.

Special Events

• Coverage of special events such as team matches and simuls

Tournament Flyers

• An exhibit of some tournament flyers through the years