Winning Games from the 2026 Scholastic Champions

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

Next Move: Alabama’s Champions Take the National Stage

2025 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

2024 Champions Invitational Tournament Highlights

  Five players earned their spots to go on to compete as the Alabama representatives at the 2024 national invitational tournaments. The representatives have just returned from these competitions, which were held in Norfolk, VA in conjunction

2023 All Girls State – We Set Another Record!

Written by Ranae Bartlett Photo Credit: Scott Wilhelm The 2023 All Girls State Chess Championship was conducted at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and saw another record-setting attendance as this tournament enters its sixth year. Spons

What to Expect At Scholastic Chess Tournaments

Contributor: Jonathan Rasberry Edited - March 6th, 2022 It has been 10 years since my first chess tournament. I was finishing the 8th grade and puffed up after beating what I thought was a strong chess program my dad had on his computer. I signed