Past Tournaments

The Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship (often shortened to Pan Ams) is the nation’s largest college chess tournament, featuring schools from around North America. This year, the tournament was held in Charlotte, North Carolina from January 2nd to 5th, hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center. This year, the WashU Chess Club sent out two teams […]

The Collegiate Chess League (CCL) is an online team chess tournament pitting universities against one another in some fast-paced blitz action! Hosted by Chess.com, the tournament attracts schools from around the world, making it a truly exhilarating experience. This semester, the WashU Chess Club put in four teams (A, B, C, D) to compete in […]

Held from October 11th to October 13th at the Westin Chicago North Shore, Midwest Class is a chess tournament held by the Continental Chess Association. For this tournament, the WashU Chess Club brought 10 members to compete across 5 sections. Special shoutouts to Bilal for getting clear second with 4.5/5 and Jacob for tying for […]

The Collegiate Chess League (CCL) is an online team chess tournament pitting universities against one another in some fast-paced blitz action! Hosted by Chess.com, the tournament attracts schools from around the world, making it a truly exhilarating experience. This semester, the WashU Chess Club put in five teams (A, B, C, D, and E) to […]

The Mid-America Open, hosted by the Continental Chess Association, is a chess tournament held here in St. Louis, Missouri at the Clayton Plaza Hotel, making for a very accessible event. Because of this, we had twenty-five members of the club compete from March 22nd to 24th, all vying for individual glory. Special shoutouts to Wilson […]