July leader

The group leader on July 29  will be Tammy Blalock.

2013 County Championships

2013 Murray Calloway County Chess Championships

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Open to Calloway County residents adults and children.

The Mur-Cal Chess Club will host the county championship chess tournament on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Calloway County Public Library. Registration will begin at 10:00 and end at 10:30.  Each player will have 30 minutes for each game for a total of 60 minutes for each game. The first round will begin at 10:30, the second round will begin at 12 noon and subsequent rounds ASAP.  This is not a knock-out tournament -- everyone plays each round.  The event will end at or before 4:00.

Trophies will be given in each category to the county scholastic champions (K-3, K-5, K-8, K-12 – grade level as of 2012-2013 school year) and the tournament winner.  The tournament winner will become the challenger and play a match with the current county champion, Josiah Hereford, the winner of that match will be the will be the (overall) County Champion and receive $100. 

          All students who were in kindergarten through 12^th grade last school year are invited to participate.  If there are sufficient entries, then there will be a separate section for younger players.  No memberships are required.  There is a $5 entry fee. 

          For more information, please visit the Mur-Cal Chess Club blog at http://mur-calchess.blogspot.com/ or call Dr. Wayne Bell at 270-293-7675.