Chess in Texas, region by region
Texas is 800 miles across. Where you are changes what "near me" means, so start with your part of the state.
Houston
The busiest chess scene in Texas. Something rated is happening almost every weekend, and there is a club meeting somewhere in the metro every single night of the week.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
North Texas anchors the state's biggest tournaments and the country's most decorated college chess program. The Dallas Chess Club runs events year-round, and the Metroplex hosts state and national championships.
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Austin
Central Texas. A strong adult club scene, a growing scholastic circuit, and the Texas Thanksgiving Open as its marquee weekend.
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San Antonio
Home of the Southwest Open over Labor Day weekend, one of the oldest and largest tournaments in the state.
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Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville, McAllen and Edinburg. UT Rio Grande Valley's chess program has made the Valley one of the strongest scholastic pipelines in the country.
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Coastal Bend
Corpus Christi and the coast. Hosts the South Texas Scholastic Championships.
1 upcoming · 0 clubs
West Texas
Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland and Odessa. Texas Tech's Knight Raiders are the center of gravity out here.
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El Paso
Far West Texas, closer to San Diego than to Houston, with its own self-contained scene.
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National events
The national championships Texas players travel to - and the ones coming to Texas.
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