The Austin Chess Club is excited to announce that it will be taking over the AustinChessTournaments.com website as Lori Balkum retires from chess effective this summer. Austin Chess Club (ACC) and Austin Chess Tournaments (ACT) have have worked closely together for 20 years. The transition is currently in process and will take time to complete. We appreciate your support of our efforts to encourage chess in Central Texas! It only gets better from here! Read a letter of introduction from the Austin Chess Club President, Patrick Connaughton. Has great plans for chess in Central Texas!
Register now for the 2025 Austin Summer Open! This annual weekend-long tournament will be held August 15-17, 2025, and offers 5 sections, 2 schedules, and over $6000 in guaranteed prizes! You don’t want to miss this tournament!
SMTX Chess Club (San Marcos) is hosting it’s Second Summer Classical on July 12-13th. You don’t want to miss this FREE chess tournament, open to the first 120 entries.
The Leander Chess Club is hosting THREE Scholastic tournaments this summer. May and June are in the books, however, the Cedar Park August 2025 Scholastic Tournament is currently open for registration. Let’s play some chess!
Scholastic Events are ramping up for the new school year! The State Grade North/Central Championships have been announced for October. You don’t want to miss!
Special congratulations to the winners at the Luis Salinas Memorial 80th Annual Texas State and Amateur Championships, held over Memorial Day weekend 2025! Our new 2025 Texas State Champion is GM Jeffery Xiong. Special congratulations to Co-winner of the Amateur section, local player Advik Manchanda, the youngest known player in over a decade — and possibly ever — to win the Amateur Section!
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.
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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