Aviron Bayonnais Echecs

Aviron Bayonnais Echecs, situated in Bayonne, France, is the largest chess club on the Basque Coast and the second largest in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The club meets at the Maison des Associations, Rue Vauban, 64100 Bayonne, with regular sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Advanced courses are available online on Monday evenings. The club boasts approximately 100 licensed members and is led by President Laurent Dabat, Secretary Enzo Scuttenaire, and Treasurer Xavier Gayda. Notably, Patrice Etchegaray, an International Master and one of only sixteen Maître-Entraineurs français, offers individual lessons. The club’s teams compete in Nationale 3 and Nationale 4, and an internal tournament is set to begin in October. Aviron Bayonnais Echecs became a section of the Aviron Bayonnais in 2017 and has a history of nurturing champions, including French Junior Champion Paul Velten in 2013.