ChessTexas
The institutions, programs and events that make up Texas chess — and the national championships heading this way.
Governing body
The USCF state affiliate. Runs the state championships, sanctions the scholastic championships, and keeps the statewide tournament clearing-house calendar. If you play rated chess in Texas, the TCA is the organization behind it.
Tournament
Labor Day weekend in San Antonio. One of the oldest continuously running opens in the state, with Open, U2000 and Novice sections plus a K-12 scholastic alongside it. The TCA holds its annual meeting on the Friday night.
College program
Established 1996. The program that made Texas a destination for college chess, and the reason a strong Texas junior has a realistic path to a funded degree without leaving the state.
College program
Has won at state, national and international level, and runs tournaments, camps and classes for the surrounding community - which is why the Valley now produces scholastic players out of proportion to its size.
College program
The third Texas program with scholarship money attached, and the anchor of organized chess in West Texas.
Coming to Texas
August 2-8, 2027 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. The US Chess Federation's flagship open event, in Texas. If you are going to play one big tournament in the next few years, this is the obvious candidate.
Coming to Texas
April 28-30, 2028. A national scholastic championship on home soil - a rare chance for Texas school teams to compete at that level without a flight.
Coming to Texas
May 14-16, 2027 at the Kalahari resort in Round Rock. Central Texas hosts the national middle school championship.
This section is deliberately empty. A hall of fame with a wrong
date or a misspelled name in it is worse than no hall of fame, so nothing goes here
until it can be sourced properly.
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