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2025 MSCA Scholastic Individual Grade Level Chess Championships
Join us for the Mississippi Children’s Museum’s Chess Championship on October 4, 2025!
Since school and community chess programs have been created and revitalized, the 1500-year-old game has seen a resurgence in Mississippi. These tournaments are an important opportunity for children in Mississippi to not only exercise their skills, but self-confidence. A growing body of research indicates that playing chess improves students’ problem solving and critical thinking skills, which directly translates to their math, science and reading scores.
Unrated Sections:
Unrated Divisions will play 5 Rounds SS, G/25+5
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
Rated Divisions:
Rated Divisions will play 4 Rounds SS, G/40+5. Players in these divisions must have USChess Membership. Membership sign-ups will be available on-site and on their website.
- 6th Grade
- 7th Grade
- 8th Grade
- 9th Grade
- 10th Grade
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
Registration Fees:
- $30 Entry Fee for Tournament Participants until October 1st (For both MCM Members & Non-Members). Please note that on-site day of registration is $40.
- $8 for Each Accompanying Adult/Child (Free for MCM Members). Please note that on-site day of registration for accompanying Adult/Child is $13.
- All fees will increase for day-of participants.
- All entry fees include access to all museum exhibits for the duration of the event
Pre-registration is recommended & appreciated. Check-in and on-site registration will be available from 8:15am – 9:15am. Walk-ins are welcome! Please note that seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis, so we highly recommend pre-registering.
Rounds:
- First Round starts at 9:30am
- Chess sets (board/pieces/clocks) will be provided for use during the tournament.
- Tiebreaks for first place or Top Girl (Rated or Unrated) will be determined by two G/3+2 games to be played at the end of the last round. With a tie of three or four players, a single round robin of G/3+2 will be played. In the event of a tie from the blitz games, Armageddon match(es) draw odds for black determined by bid.
Awards:
- “Top Girl” in rated & unrated divisions.
- “Biggest Upset” in all rated divisions
- Rated & Unrated Divisions: Trophies awarded to 1st – 3rd place winners. Medals are awarded to the 4th – 10th place players.
Questions? Please email BethThrasher@MSscholasticChess.org or Call/Text 601.941.5153.
