The 2025 Stenberg Cup State Championship Playoffs were held in Plymouth the weekend of March 28-30. There were 6 players in each of the hotly contested 4 sections which were directed by ANTD Jiten Patel. US Chess Results 🔥 Scoreboard 🧮 See the Games ♟️ In the Premier section, IM Samrug (Sammy) Narayanan was crowned our Minnesota State Champion for the 3rd consecutive year. Sammy was able to hold 12-time State Champion IM Sean Nagle to a draw in their critical round 5

James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall, photo by J. Patel The 60th annual Minnesota State Scholastic Chess Championships were held over the weekend of March 8-9 at the University of St. Thomas’s Anderson Student Center. As the outside temperatures rose over the weekend, the heat transferred indoors as 324 students and 52 scholastic teams battled over the board for bragging rights. Fighting chess was found in all four sections, but the individual and team competitions in the K-12, K-8,

Nels Truelson inducts brother Roy Truelson into the Hall of Fame Scholastic chess has been the epicenter of our Minnesota chess community for the last half century. This dynamic was once again on display at last weekend's 132nd edition of the Minnesota Open held at Bethel University. International Master and uber successful scholastic player Sean Nagle finished clear 1st with a full 1-point margin over the field. Sean's critical win came in Round 4 against defending State

🥶 It was cold out that weekend in January, but the players were warmed by blazing battles over the chessboard.... 🥵 We once again strained the capacity of the Roseville Skating Center’s banquet room, with 178 players seeking their fame and fortune in the 2025 MSCA Winter Open on January 18-19. The crowd was ably wrangled by our TD team of Jack Bellinger, Jiten Patel, and Suhaas Pothula. This wasn't Jack’s first rodeo as Chief TD, but it was his first as Senior Tournament Di

The MSCA is wrapping up a successful 2024 which has seen continued growth in participation, revenues, prizes and overall CHESS FUN!! All of the financial results, operational metrics and chess ideas for the future will once again be discussed at the Annual Membership Meeting which takes place at 5:30 PM on February 14th at Bethel University (immediately before the 1st Round of the Minnesota Open). The Agenda for the Annual Membership Meeting will be published by January 14th.