165 chess players converged on Rochester over the weekend of July 18-20 for a mid-summer chess festival. The weekend included a simultaneous chess game exhibition put on by two of Minnesota's legendary International Masters, an open chess tournament, and the 1st ever Midwest Women & Girls Regional Chess Championship. 🔥 Open Results 🔥 Women & Girls Results 🧮 Grand Prix Scoreboard 🖼️ More photos on our Facebook Page 📸 The Festival was launched on Friday evening when IM'

It's a new tradition! The third annual St. Cloud Open started off the third MSCA Grand Prix series this past weekend at the River's Edge...

Vivian Yang prevailed in Saturday's K-8 Barber Tiebreaker Playoff by accumulating 1 win and 1 draw against both Ahmed Ilyasov & Ajay Singamsetty. The tiebreaker playoff was necessary after all three players were deadlocked at 3.5/5.0 points after the standard 6-person Barber playoff held on April 12-13. Vivian's rating has now risen to 1973 and she has gained more than 300 points in the last year! This Barber tiebreaker playoff was the last step for completion of Minnesota'

The annual Girls K-12 State Chess Championship was held at the Plymouth Community Center on April 19th. 25 scholastic players competed in the 4-round event which was directed by Senior TD Sarah Wahl. Attendance was outstanding and more than doubled from last year's 11 participants. US Chess Results 🔥 Vivian Yang & Bami Olofinboba both carried perfect 3-0 records into their final round match-up. They battled to a well-played draw that ended with King & Rook Pawn vs King.

On April 9th the MSCA published their Electronic Device & Fair Play Policy. This new policy formalizes existing best practices when it comes to key chess rules surrounding electronic devices. All MSCA members and spectators are encouraged to familiarize themselves with this policy which is already in effect and was used for the first time at the Denker-Barber-Rockefeller Playoffs over the weekend. Key aspects of the new policy are; (1) Cell phones and watches need to be tur