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Scholastic Chess
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This site is intended to contain information on and links to scholastic chess events and activities not only in Missouri but also in nearby areas of neighboring states, in particular Illinois and Kansas. Generally, Missouri players are welcomed in events in other states and vice-versa. USCF membership is often not required for these events.

 

For the schedule of other scholastic events across Missouri and also in neighboring areas of Illinois and Kansas, visit the Scholastic Chess Clearing House.

Also, visit the Web site of the
Gateway Chess League
, a major scholastic chess organization in the St. Louis area. This site provides information about the league as well as the schedules of matches and tournaments.

 

Upcoming Events

 

 

National Youth Action -- November 16-18, 2007 -- Saint Louis

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 2006-7 Missouri Championships

 

Missouri High School Tournament of Champions -- March 3, 2007

 

Nick Karlow  was the winner of the 2007 Missouri High School Tournament of Champions on tiebreak over Tyler Severance. He will be Missouri's representative at the 2007 Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Tess Butcher was named as Missouri's representative at the 2007 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls.  The Denker and Polgar tournaments are held each year in conjunction with the U.S. Open.

Click to view the complete results.

 

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Nick Karlow

Tess Butcher

 

Missouri State K-9 Championship -- March 3, 2007

 

 

 

Winners of the 2007 Missouri Junior High/Elementary team Championships were:

Ninth grade/under:

Rockhurst High School (Kansas City)

Eighth grade/under:

Ladue Middle School (StL) (2 in a row)

Sixth grade/under:

Chesterfield Day Elementary School (StL) (2 in a row)
McKinley Classical Junior Academy (StL)

Fifth grade/under:

Pembroke Hill School (Kansas City)

 

Click to view complete results

 

Missouri State High School Championship -- Feb. 24, 2007

 

193 players from 35 schools competed for the High School team championship. The Missouri High School championship was won by Parkway Central High School of St. Louis on tie breaks over Clayton HS.

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Missouri K-12 Grade Championships -- October 27, 2007

 

150+ players competed for grade-level championships in a 5-round event with a time control of Game/30 minutes. The 2007 champions were:

Grade 12:

Spencer Conklin

Grade 11:

Teddy King

       

Grade 10:

Brad Schlosser

Grade 9:

Arjun Khurana

       

Grade 8:

Jonht Bechthold

Grade 7:

Isaiah Gadson

       

Grade 6:

Sarah Sampei

Grade 5:

Jialin Ding

 

Ashwath Kumar

   
 

Jacob Kantor

   
       

Grade 4:

George Bechthold

Grade 3:

Brian Kuo

 

Margaret Hua

 

Keturah Gadson

     

Zachary Millsap

       

Grade 2:

Justin Chen

Grade 1:

Ritik Sundaram

 

Daniel Spark

   
 

Nicholas Pallotto

   
       

Grade K:

Kevin Z Guo

 

 

Click to view the complete results.

 

Former Missouri H.S. Champions

 

 

Kevin Guo - 2006 Joseph Garnier - 2005

 

Tony Song - 2004

Thomas Gossell - 2003