USCF Tournament Clearinghouse - Delaware

This covers the State of Delaware area as well as other major tournaments with which organizers might not wish to conflict. If you wish to have a tournament listed here for up to 4 years, please e-mail me with Name, Date, and Organizer with e-mail/web page information to link to, phone number if you are ok with that. Tournaments in red are out of state tournaments.

 

January 2006
7-8, Baltimore Open
14-15 DC Junior Open
14,21 1st State Junior Invitational. Top 16 kids in Delaware compete in a 2 Saturday round robin for the Ron Curry Trophy of Chess Excellence.
13-16 Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia
28th-4th sat. Newark Quads
February 2006
14,21,28 Bear Tuesday night USCF rated Quads. G/45
18th-3rd Saturday of the month quads. - Bear
18-20 U.S. Amateur Team East
25th-4th sat. Newark Quads
March 2006
13 Clarence Fraim Chess Club Championship Tourney begins on Monday, March 13. (The second, third and fourth rounds are on the following three Mondays -- held at the Clarence Fraim Senior Center in Wilmington.)
18th-3rd Saturday of the month student quads
25th-4th sat. Newark Quads
24-26 Gr Phila Open Championship, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (all ages, no geographic restriction)
April 2006
1st – Saturday, The 3rd Annual Delaware Knights of Columbus Tournament
All students in Grades K - 8 attending Catholic Elementary Schools or attending Religious Education Classes at any Catholic Parish in the state are eligible to participate.
8th-Polgar State Girls championship – Bear
8th-Denker State High School - Bear
15th-3rd Saturday of the month student quads
22nd-4th sat. Newark Quads
 
May 2006
7 - Delaware Elementary School Championship will be held by the JCC
9,16,23…Bear Tuesday night USCF rated Quad. G/45
21st …Grandmaster Boris Gulko-public lecture and 40 board simultaneous tournament-Bear Library.
20th-Cub scout fund raising tournament to be held at St. John the Beloved.
27th-4th Sat. Newark Quads
The 2006 Delaware State Senior Open Championship is slated for Saturday, May 13. (Held at the Oak Grove Senior Center in Elsmere -- three rounds beginning at 9:00 am.) Clarence Fraim Chess Club
27-29 U.S. Amateur East (NJ) …not team
June 2006
3 2nd annual Father & Son Bughouse Tournament-Bear Library.
17th- 3rd saturday of the month quads - Bear
24th-4th Sat. Newark Quads
June 28-July 4, World Open
July 2006
15th-3rd Saturday of the month student quads
22nd-4th Sat. Newark Quads
August 2006
5-13 U.S. Open 2006 (IL)
6-11 Denker Tournament of H.S. Champions 2006
6-11 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls K-12 2006
19th- 3rd Saturday of the month quads - Bear
26th-4th Sat. Newark Quads
25-27 Atlantic Open DC
September 2006
6,13,20 Bear Tuesday night USCF rated Quad. G/45
16th-3rd Saturday of the month quads - Bear
23rd-4th Sat. Newark Quads
October 2006
3,10,17,24 & Nov.7th …Bear Club Scholastic Club Championship
14-15 DC Open
21st-3rd Saturday of the month quads - Bear
28th-4th Sat. Newark Quads
November 2006
14,21,28 Bear Tuesday night USCF rated Quad. G/45
25th-4th Sat. Newark Quads
24-26 National Chess Congress
December 2006
2-3 Delaware State Championship
16th-3rd annual December Dynamite tournament
27th- 3rd Annual Christmas vacation Tournament-Bear Library
27-30 Eastern Open
30th & 31st-Newark Open Swiss, Newark Chess Club