After months of being closed due to Covid-19, the Chess Castle club is bringing over the board chess back to Minnesota! The club will...

UPDATE at 9:30 p.m., TUESDAY, MARCH 17: THE CHESS CASTLE HAS NOW ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. (AN EARLIER VERSION...

Before the coronavirus led to the cancellations or postponements of chess tournaments in Minnesota, the U.S. and around the world,...

Wesley So, Minnesota’s super grandmaster, is set to play fellow American GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the Speed Chess Championship...

IM Sean Nagle and Ashton Jin were the co-winners of the 127th Annual Minnesota Open, held Feb. 14-16. Both scored 4.0/5 in the Open...

The 2020 Minnesota Open begins Friday, Feb. 14 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 3 Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN, near the Mall of America....

May 3-5, 2019

Mike Wangen January 2020 Mike Wangen has passed away after an illness. Mike last played in 2013. Due to his job in theater lighting he...