Southwest Chess - Chess Tournaments, Events, and Meetups around the U.S. Southwest

10/7

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

10/8

October Game in 12;D0

Coachella Chess Club

La Quinta, CA

10/9 - 10/12

2026 AGCA FIDE Fall Open

10/9 - 10/11

DFW FALL FIDE

10/9

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

10/10

Tarrant County Chess Club G/60

10/10

SLCC Afternoon Quick Chess

Crusader Chess Club of El Paso

10/10

1st Annual Loretto /Crusader Angels National Chess Day Tournament

El Paso, TX

10/10

Kings of Chess Tournament

Kings of Chess

Aurora, CO

Tournament Standard Chess Set

10/10

5TH CHESS4SMILES OPEN

Simply Chess

Arcadia, CA

10/10

SACA October 2026 Swiss

Tucson, AZ

10/10

Many Springs 161

10/10

Saturday Open

10/10

2026 October ICEA Chess @ West LA

10/10

Game 40 Challenge

10/10

SDCC Gambito

10/11

Racing Rooks Grand Prix (SUNDAY)

10/11

Unity Sunday Weekly - October 11 2026

10/11

Unity Weekly Blitz - October 11 2026

10/16 - 10/18

2026 South Dakota Governor's Cup

Chess Weekend

Sioux Falls, SD

12,000 Prize Money

10/16 - 10/18

San Diego Open

Quality Chess Scorebook

10/16

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

10/17 - 10/18

2026 Utah Open

10/17

2026 Big Sioux Blitz

10/17

Prescott Blitz #28

10/17

SLCC Afternoon Quick Chess

10/17

Albuquerque Chess Club October 2026 Swiss

Albuquerque Chess Club

Albuquerque, NM

10/17

Empire Chess Club October 2026 Scholastic g/30

Empire Chess

Albuquerque, NM

10/17

Little Monsters Chess Tournament

10/17

RiseNShine Cash Sectional Swiss - Oct 17th

RiseNShine Chess

Gilbert, AZ

10/17

Rising Star October Grand Prix

10/17

Saturday Open

10/17

PALS Colorado Springs Oct Chess Tournament

Tournament Standard Chess Clock

10/17

Phoenix Saturday Action

10/17

SDCC Gambito

10/17

Summit School of Chess Tournament

10/18

Unity Sunday Weekly - October 18 2026

10/18

Unity Weekly Blitz - October 18 2026

10/21

Pygmalion Tournament

10/23 - 10/25

Lone Star USCF & FIDE Championship 2026

Silver State Chess Association

10/23 - 10/25

2026 Southern Nevada Chess Championship

Las Vegas, NV

Silver State Chess Association

10/23 - 10/25

2026 Northern Nevada State Championship

Reno, NV

10/23

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

10/24 - 10/25

DCC Fall Classic 2026

6,000 Prize Money

10/24 - 10/25

2026 Mike and Mary Jane Perea Memorial Open

Empire Chess

Albuquerque, NM

Link to Tears Of My Chess Opponents : Travel Mug with Lid

Chess Travel Mug with Lid

10/24

AGCA October Open

10/24

Central Valley October Quads (Fresno/Clovis)

Clovis Chess Club

Clovis, CA

Crusader Chess Club of El Paso

10/24

Inaugural Halloween Chess Tournament

El Paso, TX

10/24

2026 October Scholastic Open + ADULT QUADS

Hawaii Chess Federation

Honolulu, HI

10/24

Phoenix Saturday Blitz

Northern Arizona Chess Center

10/24

Flagstaff: Kinsey Chess Tournament

Flagstaff, AZ

10/24

PALS October Chess Tournament

Phoenix Chess Academy and Unity Chess Club

10/24

Arizona Golden Cup (Year-Long USCF Chess Series)

10/24

SDCC Gambito

10/25

October Glendale Open

10/25

Unity Weekly Blitz - October 25 2026

10/25

Costumes & Checkmates (SUNDAY)

Everyone's First Chess Workbook

10/25

Scholastic@ChessPalace Cypress

10/25

Unity Sunday Weekly - October 25 2026

10/28

Pygmalion Tournament

10/30

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

Day and Knight Chess Club

10/31

Day & Knight Halloween Open 2026

Norco, CA

10/31

Game 60 Challenge

San Gabriel Valley Chess Club and Rooklogic

10/31 - 10/31

San Gabriel Game 45 No. 15

San Gabriel, CA

10/31

SDCC Gambito

November 2026

11/1

Harvest Chess Festival (SUNDAY)

11/1

2026 November ICEA Chess @ Irvine

11/2

Quick Quad Mondays at Urban Tandoor

Long Castle Chess

11/3

Tuesday Night USCF Tournament

11/3

DCC Tuesdays

Santa Monica Bay Chess Club

11/3

SMBCC 4 Round Swiss

11/3

Temecula Tuesday Tourney G45

Temecula Chess Club

Temecula, CA

11/4

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

11/4

Pygmalion Tournament

11/5

November Thursdays (1 Round Weekly)

North County Chess Club

Oceanside, CA

Continental Chess Association

11/6 - 11/8

Los Angeles Open

11/6 - 11/8

Coconino Open I

11/6

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

Crusader Chess Club of El Paso

11/7

MSGT Igor Garcia Veterans Chess Championship

El Paso, TX

11/7

Kings of Chess Tournament

Kings of Chess

Aurora, CO

11/7

Phoenix Monthly Scholastic

11/7

Rising Star November Grand Prix

11/7

Monthly Saturday Swiss

11/7

RiseNShine Quads - Nov 7th

RiseNShine Chess

Gilbert, AZ

11/7

SDCC Gambito

11/8

Autumn's Endgame (SUNDAY)

11/11

Pygmalion Tournament

11/13 - 11/15

2026 Houston Open

11/13

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

11/14 - 11/15

NMCO 2026 New Mexico State Chess Championship (NM Residents)

New Mexico Chess

Santa Fe, NM

11/14

Tarrant County Chess Club G/60

11/14

2026 Utah Amateur Championship

11/14

AGCA November Open

11/14 - 11/15

Best of Phoenix City Championship 2026

11/14

Little Masters

11/14

SACA November 2026 Swiss

Tucson, AZ

11/14

2026 November ICEA Chess @ West LA

11/14

PALS Colorado Springs Nov Chess Tournament

11/14

Phoenix Saturday Action

11/14

SDCC Gambito

11/14

Summit School of Chess Tournament

11/15

2026 Texas Armed Forces Open

11/15

2026 Houston Open Scholastic

Cypress Chess

Houston, TX

11/18

Pygmalion Tournament

11/20 - 11/22

2026 Utah State Championship (Utah Closed)

11/20

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

11/21

Copper Classic (Free to Register)

Cochise Chess

Bisbee, AZ

11/21

Phoenix Saturday Blitz

11/21

PALS November Chess Tournament

Phoenix Chess Academy and Unity Chess Club

11/21

Arizona Golden Cup (Year-Long USCF Chess Series)

11/22

2026 November FALL Chess-Fest

Chess-Fest

West Hills, CA

11/22

2026 Winter ICEA Free Chess @ The Wende

11/23 - 11/29

American Open (Main Tournament)

11/25

Pygmalion Tournament

11/27 - 11/29

Rising Star Thanksgiving Classic

11/27

American Open - Scholastic Tournaments (Novice Division)

11/28

American Open - Blitz Tournament

11/28

American Open - Scholastic Tournament (Junior Varsity K-5th)

11/28 - 11/29

American Open - Scholastic Tournaments (Varsity Division)

11/28

Rising Star Thanksgiving Blitz

11/28

Game 40 Challenge

11/28

Rising Star Thanksgiving U800

11/29

American Open - Action Tournament

11/29

American Open - Scholastic Tournaments (Junior Varsity K-12th)

December 2026

12/1

Tuesday Night USCF Tournament

12/1

DCC Tuesdays

Santa Monica Bay Chess Club

12/1

SMBCC ONE NIGHT RAPIDS

12/1

Temecula Tuesday Tourney G45

Temecula Chess Club

Temecula, CA

12/2

ChessPalace Wednesday Knights (1 Round each Week)

12/3

December Thursdays (1 Round Weekly)

North County Chess Club

Oceanside, CA

12/4

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

12/5

Prescott Blitz #29

12/5

Little Masters Championship

12/5

Rising Star December Grand Prix

12/5

Phoenix Saturday Action

12/6

2026 LA Holiday Youth Championship

American Chess Academy

Glendale, CA

12/6

2026 December ICEA Chess @ Irvine

12/7

Quick Quad Mondays at Urban Tandoor

Long Castle Chess

Santa Monica Bay Chess Club

12/8

SMBCC Unrated Blitz

12/11 - 12/13

2026 National K-12 Grade Championships

Orlando, FL

12/11

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

12/12

2026 ICEA Scholastic Annual Championship

12/12

Tarrant County Chess Club G/60

12/12

AGCA December Open

12/12

Phoenix Monthly Scholastic

12/12

PALS December Chess Tournament

12/12

Monthly Saturday Swiss

12/12

Summit School of Chess Tournament

12/18

USCF Rapid Rated Tournament

12/19 - 12/20

2026 December Weekend Chess Classic – Irvine

Judgement Day Chess Club

12/19

Phoenix Saturday Blitz

12/19

SACA December 2026 Swiss

Tucson, AZ

12/19

PALS Colorado Springs Dec Chess Tournament

Phoenix Chess Academy and Unity Chess Club

12/19

Arizona Golden Cup (Year-Long USCF Chess Series)

12/20

Scholastic@ChessPalace Cypress

Continental Chess Association

12/26 - 12/30

North American Open

Las Vegas, NV

12/26

Game 40 Challenge

January 2027

1/1 - 1/4

2027 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship

Chess Weekend

1/1

2027 Arizona State Grades Championship (Tempe, AZ)

1/2

New Year's Encore Blitz (Tempe, AZ)

1/2

New Year's Encore Swiss (Tempe, AZ)

1/5

DCC Tuesdays

1/5

Temecula Tuesday Tourney G45

Temecula Chess Club

Temecula, CA

1/8

Captain Vigil's San Diego Sendoff

Hawkeye Chess Club

1/9

Captain Vigil's Chess Festival at Sea 2

Hawkeye Chess Club

1/16

PALS Colorado Springs Jan Chess Tournament

1/23

PALS January Chess Tournament

1/30 - 1/31

Cornerstone Winter Classic

Cornerstone Chess Events

February 2027

2/2

DCC Tuesdays

2/13

PALS Colorado Springs Feb Chess Tournament

2/13

Summit School of Chess Tournament

2/20

2027 TEXAS ACTION CHAMPIONSHIP

2/20

PALS February Chess Tournament

March 2027

3/2

DCC Tuesdays

3/13

PALS Colorado Springs Mar Chess Tournament

3/13

Summit School of Chess Tournament

3/20 - 3/21

2027 TEXAS SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Poison Pawns Chess Club

Houston, TX

3/20

PALS March Chess Tournament

April 2027

4/2 - 4/4

2027 National High School (K-12) Championships

Schaumburg, IL

4/6

DCC Tuesdays

4/10

2027 Utah State Elementary Championship

Farmington, UT

4/10

PALS Colorado Springs Apr Chess Tournament

4/10

Summit School of Chess Tournament

4/17

PALS April Chess Tournament

4/24

2027 QUICK CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

4/30 - 5/2

2027 National Elementary (K-6) Championships

Columbus, OH

May 2027

5/4

DCC Tuesdays

5/8

PALS Colorado Springs May Chess Tournament

5/14 - 5/16

2027 National Middle School (K-8) Championships

Round Rock, TX

5/15

PALS May Chess Tournament

5/15

Summit School of Chess Tournament

Continental Chess Association

5/31

BayAreaChess Signature Swiss @ San Jose

Bay Area Chess

San Jose, CA

June 2027

6/30 - 7/5

World Open

Philadelphia, PA

July 2027

7/17 - 7/18

2027 Kansas Open State Chess Championship

Kansas Chess Association

Wichita, KS

December 2027

12/3 - 12/5

2027 National K-12 Grade Championships

Orlando, FL