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The U.S. Masters Championship is an official national chess championship sanctioned by US Chess that has been held 27 times since 1982. The event is a Swiss tournament usually restricted to players who have established peak ratings over 2200, plus high rated junior players, at the discretion of the organizer.
The Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is the foremost intercollegiate team chess championship in the Americas.Hosted in part by the United States Chess Federation, the Pan-Am Intercollegiate is open to any team comprising four players and up to two alternates from the same post-secondary school (university, college, community college) in North America, Central America, South ...
In 1939, the United States of America Chess Federation was created in Illinois through the merger of the American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation.The American Chess Federation, formerly the Western Chess Association, had held an annual open championship since 1900; that tournament, after the merger, became the U.S. Open. [5]
At the age of 10, she achieved the title of Woman FIDE (International Chess Federation) Master at the 33rd Pan-American Youth Chess Festival 2023, which took place in Chicago, Illinois. [ 6 ] FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Cadet Chess Championship 2024
This chess tournament is by invitation only. Each United States Chess Federation sanctioned state affiliate, including Northern California, Southern California, and Washington, D.C., is allowed to send one player. If there is an odd number of players, the host state is allowed to send a second player to compete and win prizes.
The DuPage Valley Conference (DVC) is an organization of six high schools in northeastern Illinois, representing seven communities in Chicago's suburbs. These high schools are all members of the Illinois High School Association. The Conference, organized in 1975, exists primarily for inter-school athletic competition in 21 sports.
The 35th Chess Olympiad, a chess tournament for teams. A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among multiple serious players.
USCF chess grand prix tournament. At the end of the year, prizes are awarded to players with the most points. The first prize is usually $10,000. [2] These prizes provide incentives to grandmasters to play in small regional tournaments which they would otherwise avoid. The Grand Prix of chess was started in the 1980s by Church's Chicken. As a ...