The purpose of this group is to increase the amount of chess played in the Louisville area.  The Kentucky Chess Association (http://www.kcachess.org/) already organizes a significant amount of chess all throughout Kentucky.  My hope is that this Meetup group will get the word out to a larger number of people and increase the opportunity for more tournaments and more open play. Some of the tournaments posted will be rated by the US Chess Federation and would require membership to play (http://ww …