The Austin Chess Club is happy to announce that registration for the 2025 Austin Winter Open is now open. The tournament will be held once more at the Austin Southpark Hotel over the weekend of January 3-5, 2025. We hope you will join us!
Local Scholastic chess is going strong. Austin (Rocks & Rooks) will be organizing the 2025 Region VI Scholastic Championships on February 22, 2025, and the tournament is now open for registration! This annual tournament has sections for all ages and abilities. The winners of the Primary, Elementary, Middle School, and High School Championship sections will be crowned State Regional Champions! You don’t want to miss this one!
Thank you for celebrating National Chess Week with Rocks & Rooks on October 5th at Paragon Prep! Both Scholastic event with 5 sections for youth rated U1000 AND K-12 Elite and open sections at a longer time control were a grand success. Final awards are online and the tournament has been rated by the USCF.
The Austin Chess Club has a new home and is now meeting every Saturday afternoon! Attendance is open to anyone wishing to meet others and play casual and/or rated chess games in person. Thank you for playing in the Austin Chess Club 2024 SUMMER OPEN , held over the weekend of August 16-18 . The tournament was a great success, as was the Saturday Scholastic. Final results for both events can be found thru the event links above.
The new Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy is offering In-Person and Online Trainings, monthly tournaments as well as regular open play opportunities.
And there are lots of wonderful out of town events being offered all over our great state. San Antonio’s Complete Chess is meeting regularly, hosting a variety of OTB events. The Waco Chess Club has begun hosting events as well. Virtual events are also going strong! Central Texas thanks you for your participation! Please check out Texas Chess Association’s calendar for other chess opportunities, both online and OTB!
Congratulations to Sarah Brauner, our new Region VI Director! She can be contacted at txchessmom@gmail.com. It’s time to submit bids for the 2024 Region VI Scholastic Championships!
Please consider supporting local events (camps, tournaments, etc) whenever the opportunities present themselves! Responding quickly to new opportunities is the only way we are going to keep chess opportunities in our local area.
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