At age 12 Alice Lee has made a big splash on the national chess stage with her results at this month's American Cup tournament in St. Louis. Alice has won 3 of her 4 matches to advance to the Championship round against 8-time US Women's Champion GM Irina Krush. Good luck Alice! The Minnesota Chess Community is cheering for you!
Andy Grube reports that the Twin Ports Chess Club is planning to host 3-round Game 60 / d5 one day chess events each month this fall. First event is on September 25th. Contact Twinportschessclub@gma
On August 13th 58 players gathered at the beautiful new Plymouth Community Center for the 2022 Minnesota State Blitz Chess Championship. After 4+ hours of play, 507 games, and an estimated 20,280 mov
Minnesota scored 18.5 points on their way to a 10th place finish at the USCF's National Tournament of State Champions held in Palm Springs, California July 30 - August 2. The event was 6 rounds and th