Oct 3-4 💫
New in 2026! Hotel Venue & 1-Day Scholastic Section
Chess room rates available!
$119 King | $129 Double Queen
$5,500 Projected Prizes! 💰️
🌹 Finale of the Grand Prix
Oct 23-25 🎃
New this year: 5 rounds in 3 days, Game 60 +30s
AND Junior Championships for scholastic K-12 & Under 21! 🚀
🎩 Class Championships 💃🏻🕺🏻
New Venue • New Sections • Saturday Night USCF Rated Blitz!
🗓️ Nov 7-8, 2026
$4,500 Projected Prizes!💰️
Community, non-MSCA Events *
Celebrate National Chess Day! Free Entry • K-8 • All Level Welcome
🏆 South Dakota Governor’s Cup 🗓️ October 16-18
5 Rounds • 2 & 3 Day Options • $12,000 Guaranteed Prizes 💸
A fun, funny, insightful and inspirational look at the game of chess by comedian, storyteller and chess advocate Pat LaVone.
🍎 20% of ticket revenue is being donated to the MSCA for Scholastic Chess programs! 🍎
👑 Girls in Chess Speaker Series: Queens of Tomorrow
Sept. 5–Oct. 30, Online, 6:00 PM ET, Free. Hosted by MassChess. Register here!
Join Team Minnesota in the US Team Chess League (USTCL) @ chess.com
Enjoy casual chess at these popular monthly events.
🔗 Details ⚡️ $10 Entry (includes a beer!) ⚡️ 5 Double Rounds 5+2 ⚡️ Gift Card Prizes
🗓️ Oct 9 • Nov 20 • Dec 18 • Jan 15 • Feb 19 • Mar 19 • Apr 9 🗓️
⬆️ * Events listed here are organized by independent chess clubs and community groups. The MSCA shares information about these non-MSCA events to help promote chess across Minnesota and the Midwest; however, the MSCA has not independently vetted, and does not sponsor or endorse, these events, their organizers, or the venues at which they are held.
🛣️ MSCA Summer Grand Prix Series 🏁 🏎️ 🚙 🏍️ 🛻 🛵
🗓️ Next MSCA Board Meeting is in-person September 9, 7:30pm. Please email us if you’d like to attend.
July 10-12
Check out this great video of Kamryn's experience in the Rochester Simul, playing against IMs Sean Nagle and John Bartholomew.
June 20
📰 Congratulations to our State Blitz Champion, Samrug Narayanan! 👏
🏆 Sammy is now our reigning Blitz, Quick, Grand Prix, and 5-time Open State Champion. 🙌
April 18
👏 Congratulations to state co-champions Vivian Yang, Joshini Gandhi Sudhakar, Katie Lu, and Aditi Kannan 🏆🏆🏆🏆
See events page 🌐 for tournaments and results 🔥