🕰️ History
The Minnesota State Chess Association has been in continuous operation since its founding in 1894. The organization was formally incorporated in 1981. The MSCA holds many chess tournaments on an annual basis, with the oldest tradition being the Minnesota Open, held for the 131st consecutive year in February 2024.
Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame 🏛️
Original Class
Louis Uedemann
E.P Elliot
Daniel Voje
David Kuhns
Curt Brasket
George Tiers
2018 Class
2019 Class
2020 Class
2021 Class
2022 Class
2023 Class
2024 Class
2025 Class
🏆️ Current State Champions
Open: Samrug Narayanan
Senior: Leonard Johnson
Blitz: Andrew Titus ⚡️
Quick: Andrew Titus 💥
Grand Prix: Josiah Jorenby 🏁
K-12: Troy Cavanah, Owen Pelletier, Joshua Rajadurai
K-8: Vivian Yang, Rishab Jain, Varin Singhal, Sourish Majumder, Ilya Chuhunou, Ahmed Ilyasov
K-5: Ryan Zhou, Kai Shemesh, Krish Mahajan, Matthew MingMing Liu, Albert Yang, Darsh Kashiwar
K-3: Prithvi Arun
GK-12: Vivian Yang, Bami Olofinboba
Previous State Champions 📜
See our new State Champions spreadsheet! Now with more categories.
🟠 Open 1894 ➵
🟠 Senior 1992 ➵
🟠 Blitz 2014 ➵
🟠 Quick 2024 ➵
🟠 Grand Prix 2023 ➵
🟠 K-12 Senior High 1966 ➵
🟠 K-8 Junior High 2003 ➵
🟠 K-5 Elementary 1969 ➵
🟠 K-3 Primary 2011 ➵
🟠 K-12 Girls 2022 ➵
(We still have some data to fill in, particularly for K-8.)