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Tournaments & Events

The 2027 Tournament Schedule will be released soon, please check back in Early Fall! 

For regional tournaments schools or homeschool groups can register one team of at least 5 but no more than 10 players.

Non CFS schools and community groups who run their own chess clubs can join our tournaments by paying a $25 per student, per tournament fee or by joining Chess for Success as a "Tournament Affiliate"-for $500 their chess club gets free access to all of our tournaments!

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Tournament Registration

Chess for Success organizes tournaments across three categories: regional tournaments, state tournaments, and our informal "for fun" tournaments.  To participate in tournaments you will need to create an account on TournamentJD An account is necessary because tournament pairings and results will be delivered electronically after each round

  1. If you are from one of our partner schools, check with your chess coach for your registration access code and follow the registration directions below
  2. If you are not from one of our partner schools and want access to all our tournaments as an affiliate submit your $500 payment via our paypal link.
  3. If you want to register individual students for one tournament use this paypal link for a $25 payment.
  4. You will get an automated email response with your registration access code.
  5. Alternatively, you can mail a check payable to Chess for Success at 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #271, Portland, Or  97206.  Please include a valid email address with payment, upon receipt of payment we will email the registration access code.

Once you have your access code:

  1. Visit TournamentJD and sign up for your account if you don't already have one.  
  2. Log in to your TournamentJD account and under Find Tournament click chess.
  3. Click on the Tournament you want to register for (Use this link to find your region, using Search by Address)
  4. Click on "enter"
  5. On the Menu side bar, click on "Register"
  6. Provide the required information including your access code
  7. You will get a confirmation email from TournamentJD
  8. Students first and last names will be visible to all who register for the tournament, if you need an anonymous registration contact us. 

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Find Your Region

Your region is determined by where your school is located.

If you are a home school student, find your region according to where you live. If you participate in a chess club as a home school student, you may be eligible to participate on the team for that school. Talk to your chess club advisor if you're not sure.

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