Annual Calendar of Events -- For Your Planning Purposes
For actual event dates, see our Home Page (we keep a list at the bottom of it)
We have designed this page to help Virginia's
chess players plan their year of tournaments.
for dates of specific tournament stay tuned to the VCF
Home Page and the TLAs listed on the
US Chess website.
Updated August 26, 2019, by Mike Hoffpauir, VCF
Webmaster
| Usual Timeframe | Event Name | Habitual Location | Basic Event Information |
| February / March | Virginia Open | Northern VA | 3-day Open Tournament. A VCF Cup event. |
| early-mid March | VA Scholastic & Collegiate Chess Championships | Varies (rotated around the state each year) | Friday night Blitz & Bughouse Tournaments, followed by a Saturday-Sunday Main Event. Open only to VA residents. |
| Varies - June to Sept | Virginia Senior Championships | Northern VA | Age 50 and above, Open tournament |
| late June or mid-July | Charlottesville Open | Charlottesville, VA | 2-day Open Tournament. A VCF Cup event. |
| September (Labor Day Weekend) | Annual Virginia Closed Chess Championships | Richmond area, usually in Glen Allen, VA | 3-day Tournament, VA residents only. Blitz tournament on the Friday night before the main tournament is open to any player. |
| mid-to-late October | (New) Fredericksburg Open | Fredericksburg, VA | 2-day Open Tournament. A VCF Cup event. (Replaces the Emporia Open) |
| early-to-mid November | David Zofchak Memorial Open | Tidewater Area | 2-day Open Tournament to honor the memory of David Zofchak, a tournament organizer and director from VA Beach who passed in the mid-1980s. A VCF Cup event. |
| early-to-mid November | Northern Virginia Open | Northern VA | 2-day Open Tournament. A VCF Cup event. |
If you have a question about one of these events