Minnesota Champions

The 42st Annual Minnesota State Chess Association Scholastic Chess Tournament was played March 17 and 18.

Congratulations to Kevin Wasiluk and Michael Yang, co-champions for the High School section with perfectscores of 6.0. Kevin Wasiluk won the playoff game against Michael Yang to determine the Arnold Denker Tournament of Champions Invitational representative.

Laura Howard finished tied for 3rd (17th after tie-breaks) to earn the right to represent Minnesota in the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls. Matthew Dahl was the Jr. High School Champion with ascore of 5.5 out of a possible 6.0

Joe Erjavec
President of the Minnesota State Chess Association (MSCA)

Thank you Joe for the updates!