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Minnesota Chess Events! 🌐

☀️ Summer Grand Prix Series 🏁

Chess Season Calendars

Upcoming Tournaments...

🗓️ June 21-22, 2025

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 ▶️ 5 Round Swiss, G60 +30s

Mayo CHS Event Center

1 Civic Center Plaza, Mankato, MN 56001

🏎️ MSCA Grand Prix #4

🗓️ July 12-13, 2025

 ▶️ 5 Round Swiss, G90 +30s

Holiday Inn

6111 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA 50321

Neighboring State Event (not MSCA)

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🗓️ July 18-20, 2025

Mayo Civic Center

30 Civic Center Drive SE

Rochester, MN 55902

♟️ Featuring 1st Ever Midwest Regional Championship for Women & Girls

 ▶️ 5 Round Swiss, G60 +30s

♟️ Rochester Open (Grand Prix #3)

 ▶️ 5 Round Swiss, G60 +30s

♟️ Simultaneous Chess Exhibition

 ▶️ Up to 60 players

🗓️ July 25-27, 2025

Franklin Community Center

221 E 2nd Ave E, Franklin, MN 55333

 ▶️ 7 Round Swiss, G60 +30s & G75 +30s

Not an MSCA Event

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Two Potlucks!

🗓️ August 23-24, 2025

 ▶️ 5 Round Swiss, G75 +30s

Not an MSCA Event

Chess Castle of Minnesota 🏰

10 Southdale Center Suite 910, Edina, MN 55435

🏎️ MSCA Grand Prix #4

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🗓️ Sept 19-21, 2025

 ▶️ 5 Round Swiss, G90 +30s

Ramkota Sioux Falls

3200 W Maple Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Not an MSCA Event

2 and 3-day schedules

💰️ $12,000 Prizes Guaranteed!

Stay Tuned 📻️

September 13-14

🐿️ Gopher Open *

October 4-5

Northern Open 🌲

October 18

💥 MN State Quick Championship

October 25-26

MN State Senior Championship 🍁

November

🍏 Apple Valley Scholastic *

December 13

Holiday Classic 🎊

Tournament Flyers ✈️

This is an index of event pages that may or may not be current/active. They may show information for open or concluded events. The links exist here as a more durable directory of our tournament information when seasonal rotation would have them otherwise unlinked and unmoored for parts of the year... 🌎️

* Affiliate Event

Minnesota Chess Recent Results 🌐

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