Southwest Chess

10/16

King's Dambit Thursdays! October 2025

Denver Chess Club

10/17 - 10/19

DFW Fall FIDE

10/18

ASU Fall 2025 Rapid and Blitz

10/18

SLCC Afternoon Quick Chess

Utah Chess Association

Salt Lake City, UT

10/18

Racing Rooks Grand Prix

Coy's Chess Camps and Classes

10/18

Game in 25 All Ages

Tucson, AZ

10/18

Little Monsters

10/18

Phoenix Saturday Action

10/18

PowerChess Monthly Tournament

PowerChess

Sandy, UT

10/18

SDCC Gambito

San Gabriel Valley Chess Club

10/18

San Gabriel Game/45 No. 7

San Gabriel, CA

10/19

Chess Emporium Sunday Swiss - G25

10/19

SDCC October Scholastic

10/19

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

10/25

Texas Chess Triathlon

Houston Chess Studio

Houston, TX

10/25 - 10/26

San Diego Open

10/25 - 10/26

2025 Emiliano "Mike" Perea Memorial Open 2.0

10/25

Prescott Blitz #22

10/25

SLCC Afternoon Quick Chess

Utah Chess Association

Salt Lake City, UT

10/25

Game-in-30 Chess Tournament (Advance registration required)

10/25

OC Mess Hall by Elements of Chess

Professional Tournament TapNset-Pro Chess Clock

10/25

Chess Quad tournaments

Masterpiece Chess Club

Santa Clarita, CA

10/25

Phoenix Saturday Blitz

10/25

Unity Open - October 2025

10/25

PALS October Chess Tournament

10/25

Game 30 Challenge

10/25

USC Invitational Chess Tournament, Joseph D. Atkinson III Memorial

Playa Vista Chess Club

10/25

SDCC Gambito

10/26

2025 LA October Scholastic

American Chess Academy

Glendale, CA

10/26

Costumes & Checkmates (SUNDAY)

10/26

Scholastic@SteelCraft

10/26

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

10/31 - 11/2

$3,100 NOVEMBER CHAMPIONSHIP

Poison Pawns Chess Club

Houston, TX

3,100 Prize Money

November 2025

11/1

SLCC Afternoon Quick Chess

Utah Chess Association

Salt Lake City, UT

11/1

Albuquerque Chess Club November 2025 G/60

Albuquerque Chess Club

Albuquerque, NM

11/1

Harvest Chess Festival

11/1

Empire Chess Club November 2025 Scholastic g/30

Empire Chess

Albuquerque, NM

11/1

Phoenix Monthly Scholastic

11/1

Rising Star November Grand Prix

Rising Star Chess

Mesa, AZ

11/1

Monthly Saturday Swiss

11/1

SDCC Gambito

11/2

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

11/3

IHOP Quick Quad Mondays in November 2025

IHOP Chess

Colorado Springs, CO

11/4

Tuesday Night USCF Tournament

11/4

DCC Tuesdays

Denver Chess Club

Santa Monica Bay Chess Club

11/4

SMBCC 4 Round Swiss

West Los Angeles, CA

11/4

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

11/5

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

11/5

SDCC Wednesday Nights

Southern Nevada Chess Club

11/6

Monthly Thursday Series

11/7 - 11/9

2025 Houston Open Chess Championships

Southern California Chess Federation

11/7 - 11/9

Los Angeles Open

20,000 Prize Money

11/8 - 11/9

NMCO 2025 New Mexico State Chess Championship (NM Residents ONLY)

New Mexico Chess

Las Cruces, NM

State Championship

11/8

Game-in-30 Chess Tournament (Advance registration required)

Coy's Chess Camps and Classes

11/8

Game in 25 All Ages

Tucson, AZ

11/8

OC Mess Hall by Elements of Chess

11/8

Northern Colorado Chess Club: Saturday Swiss (G40)

11/8

Summit Chess Monthly Open

11/8

TMS November Excellence

11/8

Unity Open - November 2025

11/8

2025 November ICEA Chess @ West LA

11/8

Game 40 Challenge

11/8

SDCC Gambito

11/9

Autumn's Endgame (SUNDAY)

11/9

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

11/12

Game Vault Tuesdays

11/13

Chess Knight Blitz

11/15

ASU Fall 2025 Classical

11/15 - 11/16

Best of Phoenix City Championship 2025

11/15

OC Mess Hall by Elements of Chess

11/15

Little Masters

11/15

2025 Winter ICEA Free Chess @ The Wende

11/15

PALS November Chess Tournament

11/15

Phoenix Saturday Action

11/15

PowerChess Monthly Tournament

PowerChess

Sandy, UT

11/15

SDCC Gambito

11/16

Turkey, Hold the Swiss

Sante Fe Chess

Santa Fe, NM

11/16

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

11/22

2025 November ICEA Chess Scholastic @ Irvine

Irvine, CA

11/22

Chess Quad tournaments

Masterpiece Chess Club

Santa Clarita, CA

11/22

Arizona Team Chess Championship

11/22

Prescott Quads #29

Prescott Chess Club

Prescott, AZ

11/22

SDCC Gambito

11/23

Chess Emporium Sunday Swiss - G40

11/23

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

11/25 - 11/30

American Open (Main Tournament)

Heritage Event

11/28 - 11/30

Arizona Thanksgiving Classic

Rising Star Chess

Mesa, AZ

11/29

Arizona Thanksgiving Blitz

11/29

Game-in-30 Chess Tournament (Advance registration required)

11/29

American Open (Blitz)

11/29 - 11/30

American Open (Scholastic Tournaments)

11/29

Phoenix Saturday Blitz

11/29

Game 30 Challenge

11/29

Arizona Thanksgiving U800

Rising Star Chess

Mesa, AZ

11/29

SDCC Gambito

11/30

American Open (Game 30 Action)

11/30

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

December 2025

12/1

IHOP Quick Quad Mondays in December 2025

IHOP Chess

Colorado Springs, CO

12/2

Tuesday Night USCF Tournament

12/2

DCC Tuesdays

Denver Chess Club

Santa Monica Bay Chess Club

12/2

SMBCC ROUND ROBIN BLITZ

West Los Angeles, CA

12/3

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

12/3

SDCC Wednesday Nights

12/6

OC Mess Hall by Elements of Chess

12/6

Phoenix Monthly Scholastic

12/6

Monthly Saturday Swiss

12/6

SDCC Gambito

12/7

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

12/9

Game Vault Tuesdays

Santa Monica Bay Chess Club

12/9

SMBCC ROUND ROBIN BLITZ

West Los Angeles, CA

12/11

Chess Knight Blitz

12/12 - 12/14

2025 National K-12 Grades Championship

Spokane, WA

12/13

Prescott Blitz #23

12/13

Game-in-30 Chess Tournament (Advance registration required)

12/13

2025 ICEA Scholastic Annual Championship

12/13

Northern Colorado Chess Club: Saturday Swiss (G40)

12/13

Little Masters Championship

12/13

Summit Chess Monthly Open

12/13

TMS Chess Winter Classic

12/13

PALS December Chess Tournament

12/13

Phoenix Saturday Action

12/13

SDCC Gambito

12/14

2025 LA Holiday Youth Championship

American Chess Academy

Glendale, CA

12/14

Chess Emporium Sunday Swiss - G25

12/14

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

12/20

Scholastic@SteelCraft

12/20

OC Mess Hall by Elements of Chess

12/20

Game 40 Challenge

12/20

SDCC Gambito

12/21

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

Continental Chess Association

12/26 - 12/30

North American Open

130,000 Prize Money

Heritage Event

12/27

Game-in-30 Chess Tournament (Advance registration required)

12/27

Chess Quad tournaments

Masterpiece Chess Club

Santa Clarita, CA

12/27

Phoenix Saturday Blitz

12/27

Game 30 Challenge

12/27

SDCC Gambito

12/28

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

January 2026

1/1

Annual Blitz Championship

1/3

SDCC Gambito

1/4

2026 Winter Chess-Fest

Chess Fest

West Hills, CA

1/4

Unity Sunday Weekly G/30

1/6

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

1/7

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

1/8

Chess Knight Blitz

1/10

Game-in-30 Chess Tournament (Advance registration required)

1/10

Northern Colorado Chess Club: Saturday Swiss (G40)

1/10

PALS January Chess Tournament

1/10

SDCC Gambito

1/11

SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

1/13

Game Vault Tuesdays

Continental Chess Association

1/16 - 1/19

17th Annual GOLDEN STATE OPEN

Concord, CA

25,000 Prize Money

1/17

ASU Spring 2026 Chess960

1/17

SDCC Gambito

1/24

Summit Chess Monthly Open

1/24

New Year's Extravaganza

1/24

SDCC Gambito

1/31

Game-in-30 Chess Tournament (Advance registration required)

1/31

SDCC Gambito

February 2026

2/3

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

2/4

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

2/7

PALS February Chess Tournament

2/7

SDCC Gambito

2/10

Game Vault Tuesdays

Continental Chess Association

2/12 - 2/16

17th Annual SOUTHWEST CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS (Presidents Day Weekend)

Irving, TX

35,000 Prize Money

Heritage Event

2/12

Chess Knight Blitz

2/14

Northern Colorado Chess Club: Saturday Swiss (G40)

2/14

SDCC Gambito

2/21

Summit Chess Monthly Open

2/21

SDCC Gambito

2/28

ASU Spring 2026 Rapid and Blitz

2/28

Knights Leap Ahead

2/28

SDCC Gambito

March 2026

3/3

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

3/4

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

3/7

SDCC Gambito

3/10

Game Vault Tuesdays

3/12

Chess Knight Blitz

3/14

Northern Colorado Chess Club: Saturday Swiss (G40)

3/14

Summit Chess Monthly Open

3/14

PALS March Chess Tournament

3/21

ASU Spring 2026 Classical

3/27 - 3/29

2026 National High School (K-12) Championship

Chicago, IL

April 2026

4/1

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

4/7

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

4/9

Chess Knight Blitz

4/10 - 4/12

2026 All-Girls National Championships

Chicago, IL

Women/Girls

4/11

Northern Colorado Chess Club: Saturday Swiss (G40)

4/11

TMS Grand Finale

4/11

PALS April Chess Tournament

4/14

Game Vault Tuesdays

4/18

Summit Chess Monthly Open

May 2026

5/1 - 5/3

2026 National Elementary (K-6) Championship

Baltimore, MD

5/5

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

5/6

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

5/9

Northern Colorado Chess Club: Saturday Swiss (G40)

5/9

PALS May Chess Tournament

5/12

Game Vault Tuesdays

5/14

Chess Knight Blitz

5/15 - 5/17

2026 National Middle School (K-8) Championship

Round Rock, TX

5/16

Summit Chess Monthly Open

June 2026

6/2

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

6/3

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

6/10 - 6/14

2026 National Open

Vegas Chess Festivals

6/11

Chess Knight Blitz

July 2026

7/1

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

7/7

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

7/9

Chess Knight Blitz

August 2026

8/4

Temecula Tuesday Tourney

8/5

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

8/13

Chess Knight Blitz

September 2026

9/2

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

9/10

Chess Knight Blitz

October 2026

10/7

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

10/8

Chess Knight Blitz

November 2026

11/4

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

11/12

Chess Knight Blitz

December 2026

12/2

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

12/10

Chess Knight Blitz

12/11 - 12/13

2026 National K-12 Grade Championships

Orlando, FL