Michigan Chess Association

MCA Rated Quick Swiss: January 9, 2021 at 5pm Join us for another free online rated tournament at chess.com starting at 5pm on Saturday. Current USCF membership is required to participate. Michigan residents must have current MCA memberships. You can join the tournament an hour prior to start time and must be a member of the MCA group on Chess.com.https://www.chess.com/live#t=1960262Renew/Join MCA here: https://onlineregistration.cc/memberships/MCA/index.phpRenew/Join USCF here: https://new...

Finish off the year with another free USCF online rated tournament. Current USCF membership is required to participate. Michigan residents must have current MCA memberships. You can join the tournament an hour prior to start time and must be a member of the MCA group on Chess.com.https://www.chess.com/live#t=1941671Renew/Join MCA here: https://onlineregistration.cc/memberships/MCA/index.phpRenew/Join USCF here: https://new.uschess.org/join-uschess/

We will be running a free USCF rated tournament on Sunday, November 29 at 2pm. Only players with current USCF and MCA memberships should join this event. Time control will be G/10+2inc. We plan to continue to run an occasional event. If you need to renew your memberships, here the links: Renew MCA here: https://onlineregistration.cc/memberships/MCA/index.php Renew USCF here: https://new.uschess.org/join-uschess/

I'm still looking for another player to join a team for the Chess Club League. I have 3 players signed up after the first month of competition and need one more to complete the team. The next match will be Friday, November 20. Contact me directly at jeffchess64@gmail.com For more details and schedule - click this link to see the Printable Flyer.

Saturday will be the MCA Online Quick Championship. This will be a 7 round swiss event (Chess.com tournament). You can register at https://onlineregistration.cc/index.php until Saturday at 11am- EF is only $15. Don't wait until the last minute. The tournament starts at 1pm. Once you register, request to join the event club: https://www.chess.com/club/michigan-online-quick-championship. There are cash prizes for Top 5 overall and class prizes for all rating levels. Find a printable flyer at t...

We can't play OTB tournaments right now, so we are holding online events. Tomorrow is the MCA Online Speed Championship. There is still time to register at https://onlineregistration.cc/index.php - EF is only $15. The tournament starts at 1pm. Once you register, request to join the event club: https://www.chess.com/club/michigan-online-speed-championship. There are cash prizes for all rating levels. Find a printable flyer at this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10j2ZMEnFvOIjoa39ZWFWUZj...

NOTE: Registration ends Sep 30 with the event starting shortly afterward Printable Flyer With COVID-19 preventing us from holding over the board tournaments, we are finding new way to stay connected and play online. We are bringing back the Michigan Correspondence Championship (last held in 2013). Could you be our next state correspondence champion? All are welcome. No Previous Correspondence Chess Experience is required! There will be single round robin preliminary sections, each with 4 t...

Attention Michigan Chess Players! There will be a “States Cup” that is being organized as a team event to compete with other states. Only players that reside in Michigan can compete for Michigan. We will submit a line-up of  4 players each week. The average team rating must be under 2200 and players under 1800 counts as 1800 for average rating. Time control is G/15+2 with 4 games played against each player of the state we will compete against. Some of the details are still being worked but ...

Sending out a reminder that our first Daily tournament will start on Mon, Aug 10. All are welcome to join. This is an invitation only event, so please contact PeaPods if you need a new invitation. https://www.chess.com/tournament/mca-summer-dailytournament