Youth Chess

2025-2026 New Orleans Youth Chess Season

Register for each of our scholastic meets using links below,

• 10/4/25 - Arden Cahill Academy

• 11/15/25 - McDonogh 35 Senior High School

• 12/5/25 - TBD, let us know if you have a venue!

• 01/24/26 - Hynes UNO School

• 03/28/26 - St Catherine of Siena Catholic School

• 05/09/26 - TBA

Youth Chess Format

• All tournament play requires a valid US Chess Federation (USCF) membership.

• Players are divided into sections based off grades: K-2, K-4, K-6, K-8, K-12

• Top five players from each section are awarded trophies

• Teams are organized by the top 2-4 players per school. One team per section is awarded a trophy

• In the event that there is a tie among the top five places, ties will be broken according to section 34E of the USCF Rules of Chess

• The tiebreak systems used will be, in order, Modified Median, Solkoff, Cumulative, and Cumulative of Opposition

• Four round, swiss-system, USCF-rated, G/25;d5

• Teams are comprised of the top four players per school per grade section. Minimum two players to qualify as a team. Team totals are calculated using cumulative score of each player.