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Thank you for playing at the 2025 Region VI Scholastic Championships on February 22, 2025, organized by Austin (Rocks & Rooks)!  This annual tournament offered sections for all ages and abilities. All final results are available! Special congratulations to our new individual Regional Champions. Tharun Avinashkarthi  (primary),  Advik Manchanda (elementary), Krrish Kaul & Pranav Santhosh (middle school), and Lucius Melillo (high school). Championship Team honors go to Basis Cedar Park (primary, elementary, AND middle school ) and Westwood High School (high school). The tournament has been rated by the USCF.

On April 12th Rocks & Rooks will close out the scholastic chess season with our last major of the school year.  Paragon Prep April Event will offer awards to individuals and teams in 7 sections. Scholastic Under sections are available as well as advanced scholastic and open sections! We hope you will join us!

You don’t want to miss the  AGCA Championship – Spring Edition on March 21-23 or their Junior and Open Qualifier Tour 2 series this spring!

It’s time for the Texas Scholastic Championships! Any scholastic player attending school in Texas is eligible to play in either the North State or South State Championships! The events take place on different weekends in different cities, but both offer State Championship titles.  North State Results are available!

The  Luis Salinas Memorial 80th Annual Texas State and Amateur Championships are open for registration! Register now to compete and bring home a title!

Rocks & Rooks organized the Paragon Prep tournament on January 25, 2025. Final results for the Paragon Prep January Scholastic and the sections for Advanced Players and Adults have been posted! The event has been rated by the USCF
 
Thank you for playing at the November Tournament at Paragon Prep:  Open, K-12 Elite, and Scholastic Sections for players rated U1000Final results are available and the event has been rated by the USCF. The next Rocks & Rooks tournaments will be held on and April 12th at Paragon Prep!
 

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. 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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