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SUMMARY:McMinnville Chess Tournament at McMinnville High School
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce our next McMinnville Chess Tournament on Saturday\, May 16th\, 2026\, from 9am-5pm. Join us! We will have USCF-rated and -unrated sections for both Scholastic Youth and Adults. \nIf you’d like to learn more about our last tournament\, including tournament results\, photos\, and sponsor details\, check out our article\, A Knight to Remember\, which was also published in the July\, 2025 issue of NW Chess magazine. \nThis time our tournament is Saturday\, May 16th\, from 9am-5pm at McMinnville High School\, where we’ve reserved several rooms to accommodate our event and comfortably seat up to 100 players. \n \nTickets are $20\, and there’s no fee at all to current McMinnville Chess Club members at any level (monthly\, annual\, lifetime\, and family). We also have a scholarship program and a discount code for anyone who asks. No one will ever be turned away for lack of funds. \nThis event is brought to you by the McMinnville Chess Club and Salem Oregon Chess Club with support from our sponsors. Thank you to all our sponsors for helping our chess community grow and making this event possible! \nTOURNAMENT DETAILS\nAttendees are asked to bring their own chess clocks and boards (BYOB!)\, keep open containers away from game boards and equipment\, and are expected to agree to our Community Code of Conduct for a fun\, supportive space for everyone. \n• A limited number of club-provided regulation chess sets and clocks will be available\, first-come\, first-served \n• Tournament is open to all until tickets sell out or ticket sales close at 7am on Saturday\, May 16th\, 2026 \n• Proceeds of ticket sales will be split three ways between the Mac High Chess Club\, the Salem Oregon Chess Club\, and McMinnville Chess Club \n• We have four divisions\, Scholastic Youth Rated\, Youth Scholastic Unrated\, Adult Rated\, and Adult Unrated\, with preference given to youth players in our community and beyond \n• This tournament is an OSCF qualifier for the state championship in Seaside \n• You must get a ticket in order to play. We cannot do walk-in registrations \n• Time control is G/30\, which means each player has 30 minutes to complete their portion of the game. Each game could possibly be a full 60 minutes (30 minutes for each player)\, but games are usually shorter than that \n• There will be prizes for the winners! Must be present to win! \n• We begin promptly at 9am\, and there are no refunds for late- or no-shows \n• More details will be sent to you after registration. Check your email frequently\, and manually label any emails you receive from us as “Not spam” to guarantee delivery of our emails \n• Please note that event registration is on MacChess.org and not at any other website \n• A limited number of scholarship tickets are available. Contact us for more info \n• Interested in sponsoring our tournament? Contact us! \nWHAT TO BRING\nBring a chess board and clock (if you have them). If you do not have a chess clock\, download “Chess Clock by Chess.com” on iPhone or Android — and be sure to enable airplane mode and disable notifications during gameplay. \nThanks so much\, and we look forward to seeing you at our event! \n– The McMinnville Chess Tournament organizing team:\nChristefano Reyes (Tournament Director)\, Scott Christensen (Assistant Tournament Director)\, John Burroughs\, Chris Starr\, Mike Terrill\, and Roger Mitchell \n– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –\nMcMinnville Chess Club is for all ages and skill levels\, and we offer free\, open play events\, rated and unrated tournaments\, resources and opportunities for chess study and lessons\, and the nicest chess club members you’ll ever meet in town. We are an affiliate club registered with the United States Chess Federation (USCF)\, allowing our members to host and play in our rated tournaments and climb the chess ladder with an official\, nationally recognized chess rating. Please use our club code A9540128 when signing up or renewing your membership with US Chess. Thank you!
URL:https://macchess.org/events/3732/
LOCATION:McMinnville High School\, 615 NE 15th St.\, McMinnville\, 97128\, United States
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