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!
Rocks & Rooks hosting another Paragon Prep tournament on January 25, 2025. Register today for the Paragon Prep January Scholastic! Ribbon, Trophies, Medals and a great day of chess await! Advanced Players and Adults have sections as well (longer time controls)!
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!
On March 8th the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy will be hosting a free Rapid tournament in celebration of International Women’s Day with rated and unrated sections. And they are following that with their AGCA Championship – Spring Edition on March 21-23! And don’t miss their Junior and Open Qualifier Tour 2 series this spring!
On April 12th we’ll close out the scholastic chess season with our last major of the school year. Held at Paragon Prep, this Rocks & Rooks tournament will offer awards to individuals and teams in multiple sections. Watch this website for details – coming soon!
There are lots of wonderful events both local and out of town being offered all over our great state. Watch our Upcoming Events Listing and visit the Weekly Events page for local opportunities. The Austin Chess Club meets every Saturday afternoon! The new Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy is offering In-Person and Online Trainings, monthly tournaments as well as regular open play opportunities. 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 all across the state!
Sarah Brauner is our Region VI Director! She can be contacted at txchessmom@gmail.com to submit bids for the 2026 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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