Registration
ends Friday 7/19 at 12-midnight eastern time! 2024 Virginia Commonwealth
Games
A 5-Round ONLINE TOURNAMENT on July 20-21,
2024 -- 3 Sections (Open, Amateur, Novice) -- $600 in prizes
Guaranteed!!
Questions? Contact Chief Tournament
Director Mike Hoffpauir (mhoffpauir@aol.com)
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 8:00 PM Eastern
time via Zoom
Meeting ID: 810 6101 2531
Passcode: 836554
Download the Briefing File
Registration
is open! 2024 (86th) Virginia Closed State Championships
Blitz on Friday evening, Aug 30th at 7:30
PM. Main Event on Sat-Mon, Aug 31st - Sept 2nd.
At the Hilton Garden Inn - Innsbrook, 4050 Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA ...
Make
Your Hotel Reservation now at this link.
$5,000 Prize Fund -- We increased it to
$6,800 last year based on a strong player turn-out!!
Registration
opens in July
... Advanced Quads and Scholastics Tournament
at the Meadowdale Public Library
Sat, Sept 28,
2024 - North Chesterfield, VA
Registration
is Open! 65th U.S. Armed Forces Open
Sat-Mon, Oct
12-14, in Annapolis, MD, at the U.S. Naval Academy
For Active Duty and Retired US Military, cadets/midshipment attending
the Military Academies or College ROTC,
including the US Coast Guard, US Merchant Marine, and the US Public
Health Service, as well as any Honorably Discharged Veterans
Registration
opens in
July
...
2024 Fredericksburg Open
Blitz on Friday evening, Oct 25th at 7
PM. Main Event on Sat-Sun, Oct 26th-27th
At the Country Inn & Suites, 10358 Patriot Highway, Fredericksburg, VA ...
Make
Your Hotel Reservation now at this link.
$4,000 Prize Fund
Upcoming VCF-organized Touraments in 2024/5
Nov 15-17: Northern Virginia Open, Dulles, VA
Jan 3-5, 2025: Virginia Open, Dulles, VA
TBD 2025: Charlottesville Open, Charlottesville, VA
See info about more upcoming tournaments at the Clearing House (click here)
Editions of the VA Chess Federation Newsletter through 2023 are available at this link.
GM Sergey
Erenburg (Richmond) is our 2023-24 State Champion!
Our 2024-25 Virginia Senior Champion is NM
Daniel Miller
(Fairfax Station).
Our other State Champions
for 2023-24 are ...
Amateur Champion:
Gabriel Cumming (Stafford)
Novice Champion:
Joseph Lee Andrews, Jr. (Huddleston)
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Chess Federation (VCF) Membership here ...
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VCF or renewing your VCF membership,
they do NOT renew your US Chess
Federation Membership
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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 State Champion Gabriel Cumming is our State Amateur Champion, Joseph Lee Andrews captures the Top Novice Prize  |
2024 VA Senior Open
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2024 (56th) Virginia Open Held Jan 5-7, 2024, in Dulles, VA  |
2024 VA Scholastic & College
Championships |
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Northern Virginia Open |
3rd Coastal VA Open 4-way tie for 1st place in the Open Section - held Jan 27-28, 2024 in VA Beach, VA  |
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2023
Fredericksburg Open |
Meadowdale Library Quads & Scholastics Sat, April 13, at the Meadowdale Public Library, 4301 Meadowdale Blvd, N. Chesterfield, VA  To see the Individual and Team Standings: First, select the "Final Standings" button above and select your Section. Then select either "standings" or "individual-team standings" from the drop-down menu. |
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31st David F.
Zofchak Memorial |
