2025 Oregon State Team Championships

The two-day Chess for Success State Tournament has been held annually since 1967, and is open to all students in grades K-12 who reside in Oregon.  See the information for finalists who qualify for the state tournament.

Teams that have qualified, should register on BracketJD

To register:

1. If you are from one of our partner schools, check with your coach for your registration access code than follow the directions below
2. If you are not from one of our partner schools, submit your credit card payment via our PayPal link.  Once your payment is processed you will get an email with your registration access code.  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 BracketJD and sign up for your account if you don't already have one.  (An account is necessary because tournament pairings and results will be delivered electronically after each round)
2. Log in to your Bracket JD account and search for "Chess for Success"
3. Click on the Tournament you are registering for and enter your access code when prompted
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 an automated email confirming your registration

Students first and last names will be visible to all registered participants, if you need an anonymous registration please contact us.  

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Who qualifies to compete in the State Tournament?

• Players who finish high enough in a Regional Tournament or other approved qualifying event advance to the State Tournaments. 
• Automatic Qualifiers: Some of the previous year's Chess for Success State Championship Tournament individual participants automatically qualify to play in the current Oregon State Tournament.
  • 9th - 12th Division: anyone who scored within one point of the winner.
  • All other divisions: anyone who finished first or second.
  • Automatic Qualification is only applicable for the following year's Oregon State Tournament.
  • If an automatic finalist decides to play in the Regional Tournament, he or she must register using the same form as other players. Their scores are not visible so that other finalists may be qualified.

Tournament Dates & Expectations

Players arriving after 9:00 am may forfeit the first round game. 

Annoucements begin at 9:15 and the first game will start at 9:30am

High School individual players compete both Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, 2025.

Elementary and Middle School Teams compete on Saturday April 26, 2025.

Elementary and Middle School individuals compete on Sunday April 27, 2025.