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- The Texas State Championship series began after World War II, and Thompson won three consecutive titles in 1947-49.
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Dec 28, 2019 · The Texas Chess Association has served Texas chess players for over 80 years with tournaments, publications, chess club development, and as the designated Texas affiliate of the United States Chess Federation.
Players born on or before July 29, 1974 will compete be named, “Texas Senior Chess Champion”, and to represent Texas in the National Tournament of Senior State Champions.
The TCA was founded in 1935 by John Charles Thompson of Dallas. That was also the year of the first annual Southwest Open. “J.C.” went on to win first place seven times, and second place another seven before his work took him abroad in 1952.
Mar 29, 2020 · First Prize $4,000 ($24,400 adjusted for inflation) The year 1972 was an exciting year for American chess to say the least! Of course, the talk of the chess world was its newly crowned World Champion…Bobby Fischer! However, it was a Texas fast-food chain owner that hosted the strongest chess tournament in the United States in nearly 50 years!
First, they played in the April 3, 2021, Texas State Scholastic Chess Championships online. On May 15, the top finishers from April 3 played in four round robins, which had six players each, to determine who would represent Texas in the Denker, Barber, Haring, and Rockefeller national tournaments.
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At age 4, Susan Polgar won her first chess tournament, the Budapest Girls' Under-11 Championship, with a 10–0 score. In 1981, at the age of 12, she won the World Under 16 Girls Championship . Despite restrictions on her freedom to play in international tournaments, in July 1984, at age 15, Polgar had become the top-rated female chess player in the world. [11]
Texas State Champions, 1946 to present. Southwest Open Champions,, 1932 to present. Texas Women Champions. Texas Armed Forces Chess Champions. Show More.
