Alpha & Omega Chess Club is a chess club for children, K-12, in the Dr. Phillips area. The club meets twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. They play Round Robins and Tournaments

Polk Scholastic Chess is a nonprofit organization offering chess as an extracurricular activity to all students of Polk County, Florida, enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade, including home-schooled students

Scholastic Chess in Central Florida and Beyond

Alton Academy 4 Chess is group in Tampa that teaches after-school clubs, small group night classes, private lessons, summer camps as well as running USCF rated scholastic tournaments

ScholasticChess.org is nonprofit organization in Jacksonville that has provided scholastic chess opportunities for the students of Northeast Florida since 1995

Wood Enrichment Services is located in Port Orange, FL, and provides chess clubs, individual classes, tutoring, tournaments, and chess camps

Florida Junior Chess Club was started by a local young chess enthusiast to build a chess community for kids and teens in Central FL and to create more opportunities for kids to play chess

Orlando Muslim Chess Club has a goal of providing tutorial, guidance, and development to all players of all ages. They hold tournaments and more casual events throughout the Greater Orlando area including in Doctor Phillips, East Orlando, and Longwood. You can find them on Instagram, YouTube, and Whatsapp.

More Chess near the Greater Orlando Area

Central Florida Chess Club

They were established in 1987 as a non-profit chess tournament organizer and run many large tournaments every year in Central Florida

Volusia County Chess Club

This club has both rated and casual play in Volusia County. They also have an active Facebook group

Orlando Chess Association

This club meets on Wednesday evenings at the West Osceola Library in Celebration

Orlando Chess Club & Development Center

Their mission is to change lives through the promotion, teaching, and competition of chess. They provided the below schedule of chess in Orlando as of June 2024

Space Coast Chess Foundation

This foundation supports scholastic and community chess programs and organizes and sponsors chess events with the goal of fostering the development of chess

ChessRegister.com

A number of Florida clubs use ChessRegister for their tournaments. You can see many upcoming events on this site.

Brevard Chess Club

This club hosts casual and rated play several times per week in Brevard County. They also have a Facebook group

Libraries

Many of the libraries around Central Florida hold chess meetup groups or classes. Search a specific library system to see what is currently on the schedule

Coaching

Noble Knights Chess Academy offers local and virtual chess coaching with CM Phillip C. Durand. Serving the Greater Orlando area. Beginner to advanced lessons available for children and adults

The Central Florida Chess Club maintains a list of local coaches on their website

Steven Vigil Chess is based out of Merritt Island and runs private and group lessons and well as chess camps and tournaments in Central Florida

Chess Supplies

ChessHouse.com has a huge inventory of chess supplies: boards, pieces of all styles, chess clocks, books, and more

MegaChess has one of a kind huge chess sets with pieces ranging From 6" to 72"!