Starts this coming Saturday! ...
2023 U.S. Armed Forces Open Chess
Championships
Sat-Mon, Oct 7-9, in Dulles, VA
-- A U.S. Chess Federation National
Championship Event
Tuesday, 03 Oct, at 2100 hrs Eastern
Time -- Meeting ID 866
7509 1464; Passcode: 002601
Tournament Entry is restricted to current,
retired, and former members of the U.S. Military, Coast Guard, and other
uniformed federal services,
plus Cadets/Midshipmen attending one of the
nation's military academies and ROTC Cadets attending a University and
enrolled in ROTC.
Registration is Open ...
National Chess Day at the Meadowdale Public Library
Saturday, Oct 14
in N.Chesterfield, VA
-- Scholastic Event & a Quads Tournament for Adults and Advanced Scholastic
Players
Registration is Open ...
2023
Fredericksburg Open
Oct 27
(Friday Night Blitz), with the Main Tournament on Sat-Sun Oct 28-29.
At the Country Inn & Suites
Fredreicksburg-South, $89 Chess Rate through Oct 20th.
5 Rounds with play in 3-sections: Open, U1800, and U1200 -- $4,000 in
prizes with 1st-3rd Place GUARANTEED in all Sections!!
Registration is Open ...
2023 Northern Virginia Open
Friday-Sunday, Nov 17-19 (Championship & U1800 Sections) or
Saturday-Sunday Nov 18-19 (Novice Section)
At the Marriott Washington-Dulles
Airport, Dulles, VA
$6,795 in Prizes, with 1st-3rd places
guaranteed
See info about more upcoming events at the
Clearing House (click
here)
GM Sergey
Erenburg (Richmond) is our 2023-24 State Champion!
Our 2023 Virginia Senior Champion is Robert
Fischer
(Richmond).
Our other State Champions
for 2023-24 are ...
--
2022-23
Amateur Champion:
Gabriel Cumming (Stafford)
-- 2023-24
Novice Champion:
Joseph Lee Andrews, Jr. (Huddleston)
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============== VCF Tournament Calendar ==============
Major National Events in our Area in
late 2022 through mid 2023!
March 31 - April 2 in Washington DC: 2023
National High School (K-12) Championships (players in Grades K-12)
May 12-14, Baltimore MD: National Elementary
(K-6) Championships
Click
here for more info!
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Recently Completed Events ==============
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2023 Virginia Closed
State Championships Played Sept. 2-4 in Glen Allen, VA GM Sergey Erenburg is our new State Champion Gabriel Cumming is our State Amateur Champion, Joseph Lee Andrews captures the Top Novice Prize  |
IM Oladapo Adu captures Virginia Senior
Open |
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VA State Scholastic Warm-up at Maggie Walker Governor's School March 11, 2023 in Richmond, VA  |
2023 Virginia Scholastic & College Championships |
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Northern Virginia Open |
2nd Coastal VA Open 6-way tie for 1st place in the Open Section - held Feb 4-5 in Norfolk, VA  |
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2022
Fredericksburg Open |
2022 (84th) Virginia Closed |
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31st David F.
Zofchak Memorial |
2023 Virginia
Commonwealth Games |
