Category: Chess Tournaments
A Message from MSCA: Minnesota Weekly Online Grand Prix!
In this time of no OTB tournaments the Minnesota State Chess Association has organized online chess tournaments on Lichess. Please see the message below. Rochester Chess is organizing an online slow tournament (G/60 +30), one game per week. If you have not already, let me know if you are interested. Also, WFM Jovana Milosevic plans to offer an advanced chess class through Zoom. Stay tuned for more information.
Minnesota Online Grand Prix
With everybody stuck at home due to social distancing policies, all the local chess clubs and events have shut down for the foreseeable future. In order to help everybody get their chess fix in, the MSCA has decided to create the Minnesota Weekly Online Grand Prix!
We will be organizing 12 to 14 online tournaments every week through lichess.org. Players will accumulate points for every tournament they play in, and $100 in cash prizes will be awarded at the end of each week! You don’t have to play in every event in order to compete for Grand Prix prizes.
You can view the tournament schedule and current registrations at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17uQXGEHBk1BSAtbJoyuWNzZYxqJSO9BIG-BgDoW-8k0/edit?usp=sharing
Sign up for the Grand Prix (for free!) at https://forms.gle/d3yzS1G5BaQp54KL8
Let MSCA know if you have any questions or comments about the Grand Prix format! msca.board@gmail.com
Round 2 of the March Slow Tomorrow at 6:30 pm at the Mayo Clinic Superior Drive Support Center, South Cafeteria, at 6:30 PM
Round 2 of the March Slow has been paired. 
The Rochester Quick and the 2020 Amateur have been rated:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202002253722-14582752
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202002223672-14582752
2020 March Slow Begins Tomorrow, March 3. One G/60+30 Game Per Night
The 2020 March Slow begins tomorrow. One slow USCF-rated game per week with the option of taking up to 2 half-point byes in any round. Registration online by March 3 at noon is free or $5 at the site. March Slow Registration Games begin at 6:30 PM.
Site: Mayo Clinic Superior Drive Support Center, South Cafeteria, 3050 Superior Dr NW, Rochester, MN. Park in the employee lot. Enter the building through the southeast employee entrance. Press the red intercom button and tell Mayo security you are there for chess. Follow the signs to the south cafeteria. Allow extra time to find the playing site. Clocks will start at 6:30 PM. Call/text me at 507-254-6809 if you have questions.