Announcing the 2025-2026 Mississippi Chess Association K-12 Schedule

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Announcing the 2025-2026 Mississippi Chess Association K-12 Schedule

New this year - a fall team tournament.

As the 2025-2026 name implies, we're going to follow the full school year this year by having both fall and spring tournaments. Our fall tournaments will be jamboree events intended to give players some practice playing in tournament conditions before we have our championship tournaments January through March.

In sporting terms, jamboree events are celebrations typically held at the beginning of a season. These will be individual K-12 chess tournaments held on a single day with a faster time control than our individual championship. The time control will be 30 minutes with a 15 second increment per move. Our goal is to distribute these events throughout Mississippi. This fall we are having the following events:

  • September 6 @ Co-Lin
  • September 27 @ Jackson Prep in Flowood
  • November 8 @ St. Andrews - new team event!

Our spring championship schedule is:

  • January 17-18 -- Individual Championship @ St. Andrews in Ridgeland
  • February 28 -- Girls Championship @ Jackson Prep in Flowood
  • March 21 --Team Championship @ St. Andrews in Ridgeland
Notes on the Individual Championship:

  • The Individual Championship's K-1 and K-3 sections will again be Saturday-only.
  • We expect we will again have some Reserve sections at the lower grades.
  • Any K-1 or K-3 player who wishes to play up in the 2-day K-5 Open section to compete for the Rockefeller spot in the National Elementary Championship may elect to do so. Any K-5, 6-8, 9-12 player that wishes to play the 2-day schedule in the Open section and compete for the Rockefeller, Barber or Denker spots may do so regardless of rating.

If you have any questions you can contact our Scholastic Coordinator Douglas Stewart at douglas@pobox.com or 601-260-6087.


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