New in 2026! Hotel Venue & 1-Day Unrated Novice Scholastic Section
🌹 Finale of the Grand Prix!
Oct 3-4 💫
$5,500 Projected Prizes! 💰️
Early-bird entry fee prices end 9/4!
Oct 23-25 🎃
New this year: 5 rounds in 3 days, Game 60 +30s
AND Junior Championships for scholastic K-12 & Under 21! 🚀
Community, non-MSCA Events *
🍎 Wayzata September Summer Showdown 🗓️ September 12
3 Round Swiss, G/45 d10 • 3 Sections: K-12 Premier (1600+), K-12 Reserve (800-1599), and K-12 Open (Under 1000)
$20-$30 • Register Early to Save!
Walker Library 📚 September 26
🎉 Welcome to new MSCA affiliate, the St. Cloud Chess Club!
SCCC will take part in the Minnesota Family Festival at the Park Event Center in Waite Park on Sunday, September 20, from 10a.m. to 3p.m
👑 Girls in Chess Speaker Series: Queens of Tomorrow
Sept. 5–Oct. 30, Online, 6:00 PM ET, Free. Hosted by MassChess. Register here!
Celebrate National Chess Day! Free Entry • K-8 • All Level Welcome
🏆 South Dakota Governor’s Cup 🗓️ October 16-18
5 Rounds • 2 & 3 Day Options • $12,000 Guaranteed Prizes 💸
Join Team Minnesota in the US Team Chess League (USTCL) @ chess.com
Enjoy casual chess at these popular monthly events.
🔗 Details ⚡️ $10 Entry (includes a beer!) ⚡️ 5 Double Rounds 5+2 ⚡️ Gift Card Prizes
🗓️ Oct 17 • Nov 21 • Dec 19 • Jan 16 • Feb 13 • Mar 20 • Apr 17 🗓️
🗓️ May 15 will be the makeup day for the missed Feb 13 round.
⬆️ * Events listed here are organized by independent chess clubs and community groups. The MSCA shares information about these non-MSCA events to help promote chess across Minnesota and the Midwest; however, the MSCA has not independently vetted, and does not sponsor or endorse, these events, their organizers, or the venues at which they are held.
🛣️ MSCA Summer Grand Prix Series 🏁 🏎️ 🚙 🏍️ 🛻 🛵
🗓️ Next MSCA Board Meeting is in-person September 9, 7:30pm. Please email us if you’d like to attend.
July 10-12
Check out this great video of Kamryn's experience in the Rochester Simul, playing against IMs Sean Nagle and John Bartholomew.
June 20
📰 Congratulations to our State Blitz Champion, Samrug Narayanan! 👏
🏆 Sammy is now our reigning Blitz, Quick, Grand Prix, and 5-time Open State Champion. 🙌
April 18
👏 Congratulations to state co-champions Vivian Yang, Joshini Gandhi Sudhakar, Katie Lu, and Aditi Kannan 🏆🏆🏆🏆
See events page 🌐 for tournaments and results 🔥