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64th TENNESSEE OPEN REGISTRATION

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Friday Night – 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday Morning – 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

64th TENNESSEE OPEN SCHOLASTICS REGISTRATION

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Saturday Morning – 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

KLEIMAN EARNS 3RD AND FINAL NORM – CONGRATULATIONS TO TENNESSEE’S OWN IM JAKE KLEIMAN!

Chicago, Illinois – FM Jake Kleiman, from Memphis, Tennessee, fresh off his 2nd IM norm at the Philadelphia Open tore apart his opponents at the Chicago Open.  Here is how he did it:
1st round: Won against John Gurczak (AZ) (2069)
2nd round:  Lost to GM Evgeny Najer (Russia) (2663)
3rd round:  Won against WIM Evelyn Monayo (Ecuador) (2122)
4th [...]

TENNESSEE’S JAKE KLEIMAN EARNS 2ND INTERNATIONAL MASTER NORM!

The Philadelphia Open saw Memphis’ FM Jake Kleiman earn his second IM norm.   Listen to Jake:
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Jake will be one of five instructors at the Mid-South Chess Camp (GM Alex Stripunsky, GM Josh Friedel, WIM Alisa Melekhina, FM Jake Kleiman, and Eve Litvak as they prepare to welcome U.S. Champion GM Hikaru Nakamura on June 13-18 [...]

2010 STATE TEAM FINALS RESULTS

Here is how the teams finished up for the 2010 Tennessee State Scholastic Team Championship in Cookeville, Tennessee on March 27, 2010!
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TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONS: White Station High School (from left to right Roh Parvathareddy, Chase Knowles, Nishit Reddy, Jordan Berryhill, Jonathan Beatty, Oscar Carrillo)

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Second place champions in a dramatic three-way playoff: Hume-Fogg Magnet [...]

2010 TENNESSEE STATE TEAM FINALS

These are the teams that qualified for the Tennessee State Scholastic Team Finals in Cookeville, Tennessee on March 27, 2010.  You still need to check in!!  Good luck to all!
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2010 REGIONAL TEAM SCHOLASTIC RESULTS

Click on your region below to see the results of the 2010 Regional Scholastic Team Tournaments.
REGION 1    2010_Region_I_Team
REGION 2   2010_Region_II_Team
REGION 3   2010_Region_III_Team
REGION 4   2010_Region_IV_Team

2010 STATE INDIVIDUAL FINALS RESULTS

Here are the results of the 2010 Tennessee State Individual Scholastic Finals held at TN Tech University on Saturday Feb. 13
2010 Individual Results
2010 TENNESSEE STATE PRIMARY CHAMPION
Shaun proudly shows off his first place trophy

Shaun is a second grader who won the 2010 TN Scholastic Primary K-3 Division on February 13.  Shaun was introduced to chess [...]

2010 REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC RESULTS

Click on your region below to see the results of the 2010 Regional Scholastic Tournaments.
REGION 1    2010Region1
REGION 2    2010Region2
REGION 3    2010Region3
REGION 4    2010Region4

Upcoming Tournament Announcements

As we continue to update the site, one of our most important goals is the listing of Local, State, and National tournaments available to our members.  If you have a flyer for your tournament and want it listed on the TCA website, contact our Tournament Coordinator Larry Grohn at:
LarryGrohn@Comcast.net