Welcome to the SCCA Scholastic Chess wiki

South Carolina Chess Association (SCCA) is the state affiliate of US Chess Federation (USCF)

 

Date announced:  2010 SOUTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP

 MARCH 6 - http://www.scchess.org/calendar/calendar.htm

 

1.Young Bobby FIscher & 2.Young Susan Polgar & 3.Young Josh Waitzkin & 4.Young Maurice Ashley

 

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For more information on chess activity in South Carolina go to SCCA web site - http://www.scchess.org/  

For more information on chess activity in all states go to USCF web site - http://www.uschess.org

 

"Fortune favours the prepared mind"

 

This site is a resource for schools, organizers, teachers, supporters and players to establish and grow chess for scholastics.  Reference - SC Schools With Chess & Resources For School and Chess Club Organizers

 

“Chess is recognized as the ultimate game and is not simply a game but a learning tool for the development of the mind, and just happens to be in the form of a game. How fortunate we all are to have an easy method of exercising and developing much deeper thought processes in our minds while also amusing the simpler side of our nature.” - www.chess-poster.com

 

USCF Certified Chess Coach Program - go to SideBar - Coaches and Instructors in South Carolina

MESSAGE BOARD >> http://www.scchess.org/messages/messages.htm 

RESEARCH AND BENEFITS OF CHESS

Chess Scholarships

 

Grand Prix updates and standings 

2009 COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC CHESS GRAND PRIX

2009 Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships.pdf 

NEWS - player - club - tournament - NEWS

SC Schools With Chess 

Scholastic Spotlight 

 

WHO WILL REPRESENT SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2010 ?   

Representing South Carolina in 2009 at the elite Denker and Polgar Tournaments

July 26 – 31 - Kristen Snowdeal 

– travels to Texas Tech University (TTU) campus in Lubbock, TX @ Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls (SPNI)

August 1 – 4 – Daniel Dodds

– travels to the U.S. Open in Indianapolis, IN @ Denker Tournament of High School Champions

 

2009 "Top Players" (June):  Michael Lauria is # 92 in the 16 Age Group and Daniel Dodds is # 82 in the 17 Age Group

 

RESULTS: 2009 South Carolina Scholastic Championships

 

 For the uninitiated, how much do you really know about chess?

..or why chess is better than video games !!

   

National Chess Day - October 9

 

2009 Nationals

PANAMERICAN Intercollegiate Team Championships – Dec. 27-30 - South Padre Island, TX 

 

2010 Nationals

2010 PRESIDENT’S CUP (The Final Four of College Chess) - 4/9/10-4/11/10 - TX

Junior High – Apr. 9,10,11 - Minneapolis, MN

Senior High – Apr. 16,17,18 - Columbus, OH

Elementary (K-6) – May 7,8,9 - Atlanta, GA

K-12 Championship – Dec. 10,11,12 - Lake Buena Vista, FL 

 

2013 Nationals

SUPERNATIONALS V (date to be announced) Nashville, TN

 

THE COMPLETE USCF NATIONAL SCHEDULE - http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7569/131/

USCF National Scholastic Chess Tournament Regulations

 

This site is also for planning, organizing, and coordinating state and local scholastic chess efforts and activates.

 

Join us identifing challenges to establishing and growing more scholastic chess in South Carolina. 

We need your ideas, your energy, and your experience to join ours. 

Join us defining goals for this year and beyond.

 

The creation of the SCCA (South Carolina Chess Association) was due in large part to the efforts of Mr. Elmer B. Hallman of Spartanburg.  A resolution adopted at the association's 1926 organizational meeting noted that Mr. Hallman "by the exercise of his energy, tact, enthusiasm and zeal, brought about such interest, in South Carolina, in the game of chess as to make a State Chess Association a possibility. . . ."

 

Please support the SCCA's scholastic chess with the same energy, tact, enthusiasm and zeal.  The actions of today shape the future of tomorrow.

 

THANK YOU for visiting and for knowing the value of chess !

 

If you are interested in being more involved in South Carolina scholastic chess, you've come to the right place.  Contact me anytime. 

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Mike Games

MGames@Yahoo.com

South Carolina Chess Association Scholastic Coordinator

Greenwood, SC 29649-8992

864-389-1180 (anytime)