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2023 Minnesota High School Chess League

The 2022-2023 Minnesota High School Chess League season has wrapped up, with Jefferson taking team 1st place, and Eastview teams coming...

Chess Fun with Numbers

Many people observe a correlation between math and chess. Some even draw a similar parallel between the patterns of music and chess. ...

Amazing Alice on Brink of Becoming IM & WGM!

Amazing Alice Lee has done it again! She won the IM Section of the 1000GM Chess Tournament in St. Louis in late January with a...

Chess Busy Season Arrives in Minnesota!

Those new 2023 calendars are filling up fast with Minnesota Chess opportunities! This past weekend the Winter Open was conducted at the...

Support the MSCA Today with your Membership

Calendar Year 2023 MSCA memberships are available for purchase on the MSCA website. Discounts are available for Seniors & Scholastic...

Minnesota Chess is Booming!

Minnesota chess experienced significant growth in 2022 as a total of 1,085 participants competed in the 11 MSCA events. This represents...

Zagar wins Hall of Fame Classic Tournament

The Minnesota chess community generally knows Dane Zagar as a tournament organizer and TD, but we should not forget that Dane is also a...

Kalpaka Goes Undefeated at 8th Grade National Event

Vaibhav Kalpaka has made a very fast start to his Minnesota chess career. He started playing at the Castle this Fall and his rating has...