The Alabama Chess Federation has announced that the Alabama State Chess Championships will be held this year on Labor Day weekend, September 5-6. This will be an online event held on chess.com. There will be a premier (USCF standard rating 1800+), U1800, and U1200 section. Only the premier section will be held over both days, with both under sections being held on Saturday only.
While little chess has been played this summer, Scott has not been taking off time for the summer antics. Scott has written a full-fledged antics addition with the help of articles written by Charles Anthony and Doug Strout. Thank you Scott for your hard work putting together such great works of art each quarter! Click here to read the 2020 Summer Antics.
Just because there will be no in-person state championship does not mean there will be no ACF annual membership meeting! This meeting is to be held on Zoom on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 12:30 PM. All ACF members are welcome and encouraged to attend the 45-60 minute meeting. The election of officers and new website reveal are among the most important topics. Any questions about the ACF or chess in Alabama you might have will be fielded at the end of the meeting.
The champions have been crowned for the 2026 All-Girls State Chess Championship and the State Scholastic Chess Championship. Both tournaments were held in north Alabama this year in the cities of Madison and Huntsville. The tournaments drew in a
Continue Reading2025 State Scholastic Championship The 2025 Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championship was held March 29-30 in Foley. Players from across the state showed up to compete for the title of state champion and to go on to be Alabama’s representative
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