📰 News: Celebrating the 133rd Minnesota Open 🎉
March 7-8 🗓️
🔵 K-12 🟠 K-8 🟣 K-5 🟢 K-3
Scholastic National Qualifiers
April 18 🗓️
April 11-12 🗓️
Feb 20-22
(with tie breaks)
📰 News: Celebrating the 133rd Minnesota Open 🎉
MSCA Members: The voting items have been approved and board members elected! Thank you. Welcome to incoming board member Shanti Krishna, and farewell to departing president Mike Benson. 🙏
Community, non-MSCA Events *
Take a road trip to Black River Falls, WI...
🚙 4 Rounds 🚗 US Chess Rated 🕰️ G/45+10s 💵 Cash Prizes 🍕 Includes Pizza! 🔗 Details & Registration
March 7 - 22 🗓️
Over $8,000 in items generously donated from Community Sponsors!
Including: Gift cards to restaurants, salon and spa packages, entertainment, auto care packages, vacation packages, memorabilia, private lessons from chess masters, chess themed merchandise, and MORE!
Sundays, 12pm: Dec 7 🏁 Jan 11 🏁 Feb 8 🏁 Mar 1 🏁 April 26 🏁 May 17 Finale
4 Rounds, US Chess Rated, G/25 d5, K-12, Cash/prizes/trophies valued up to $3,000! 💸🏆️
🗓️ Oct 17 • Nov 21 • Dec 19 • Jan 16 • Feb 13 • Mar 20 • Apr 17 🗓️
🗓️ May 15 will be the makeup day for the missed Feb 13 round.
Enjoy casual chess at these popular monthly events.
🔗 Details ⚡️ $10 Entry (includes a beer!) ⚡️ 5 Double Rounds 5+2 ⚡️ Gift Card Prizes
⬆️ * 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 on Mar 18, 7:30pm. Please email us if you’d like to attend.
January 17-18
Read our Winter Open Recap! 👀
Oct 18
🏆️ Samrug Narayanan is our new State Quick Champ! 🙌
Check out stats from three years of the Grand Prix!
Oct 4-5
🏎️ 🛣️ 🚗 🏍️ 🛻 🛵 🚙
See events page 🌐 for tournaments and results 🔥