NY or CA most likely.
I wonder which area has the most within reasonable traveling distance (for weekly tourneys) e.g. in CA you might have to travel 800 miles.
Which US State has the most chess tournaments???
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Nov 24, 2014
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I just checked the USCF website, and it appears that New York and California clearly dominate. CA, by the way, is divided into North CA and South CA, and they both have a huge number. Do not travel to North Dakota or Alabama for a tourney: waste of gas.
Pennsylvania. at Chessterville
I'm honestly interested in this, I'm going to check out the places people mention...
More interested in what city, though.
kleelof wrote:
Pennsylvania. at Chessterville
Was this a joke about the name Chessterville? Or are there really many tournaments?
This shows only 1 tournament this month.
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shell_knight wrote:
kleelof wrote:
Pennsylvania. at Chessterville
Was this a joke about the name Chessterville? Or are there really many tournaments?
This shows only 1 tournament this month.
Yes. I couldn't help myself. 
Haha :)
PA is a fairly populous state I thought... I was surprised to see only 1. Not that 1 is bad, but around that area I assumed there would be more.
I guess the Amish aren't into the whole chess thing.
But, hey. If you want to see a chess void - look-up Thailand. 
Wow, what a handy list, ranked states by population density:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density
Among the top 4, there's no contest, Massachusetts has by far the most number of events. I assume then, one of the cities there is worth mentioning for most number of tournaments within reasonable travel distance.
Nov 24, 2014
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Los Angeles has weekly chess tournaments in the west, at the L.A. Chess club
Robert0905 wrote:
Los Angeles has weekly chess tournaments in the west, at the L.A. Chess club
Wow, that one looks like a real contender.
It says "one of the top 5 most active chess clubs in the country."
I wonder what the other 4 are?
chessmicky wrote:
There are lots of small tournaments in Northern New Jersey. If you wanted to, and didn't mind a drive of no more than 45 minutes, I you could probably play in a rated tournament every day of the week. Cerainly 4 tournaments a week would be easy
NJ was the most dense, so I looked there first. But their site didn't list many tournaments. Are there many tournaments not related to the state chess association or do they not maintain the site very well?
Nov 24, 2014
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im moving to san fransico, so do u think their we be tourneys every week that i can go to where i donot have to drive a distance of more than 1 or 2 hr?
The bay area has plenty of chess check Oakland Berkeley and san Jose as well for chess.
Nov 24, 2014
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asakshar wrote:
im moving to san fransico, so do u think their we be tourneys every week that i can go to where i donot have to drive a distance of more than 1 or 2 hr?
You are moving? :(
If the TLA emails I get are any guide, NY has a ton more tournaments than PA.
shell_knight wrote:
chessmicky wrote:
There are lots of small tournaments in Northern New Jersey. If you wanted to, and didn't mind a drive of no more than 45 minutes, I you could probably play in a rated tournament every day of the week. Cerainly 4 tournaments a week would be easy
NJ was the most dense, so I looked there first. But their site didn't list many tournaments. Are there many tournaments not related to the state chess association or do they not maintain the site very well?
Lots of regular club games in north jersey once you get close to NYC.
Which US state has the most chess tournaments???