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OCA Membership Accepted Tourneys

For Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Tournament Information,
Visit the OSCO Tournaments Page

You're Always Welcome

The OCA welcomes all players at our tournaments. We also encourage Oklahoma players to participate in any tournament they may choose to play in, regardless of who organizes it. The OCA is only about promoting chess for the benefit and enjoyment of ALL Oklahoma chess players.

The OCA leadership is not interested in self-promotion or personal recognition. Oklahoma has experienced an amazing growth in chess playing opportunities since June 2003, through the efforts of many more organizers than before. Helping Oklahoma chess players to have so many quality opportunities to enjoy this wonderful game is reward enough.

We do hope to see you soon at a tournament listed above.

Have fun,

Master Chuck Unruh, OCA President

OCA Tournament Dates above without specifics will have more information posted about 3 months prior. We're unable to post this information earlier due to concerns about events that have been repeatedly scheduled in conflict with OCA events this year. Contrary to what you might have heard, the OCA will continue to offer Oklahoma's chess players a full schedule of fun tournaments of all kinds. If you would like to work with the OCA to host a tournament on one of these dates, at least 4 months prior please contact Chuck Unruh at 1-918-371-2794 or 1-800-460-2794.

Events that appear on this OCA Tournaments page
include all tournaments that will accept OCA membership for Oklahoma resident's entry, including: USCF State Affiliate Championships of neighboring states, adjacent state National and large prize fund tournaments. Any exceptions to the above listing policy must be approved by the OCA Policy Board.

Tournament Organizers, OCA required events will be promoted for FREE by the OCA!!!
Promotion of your tournament will include:

• complete information in the Oklahoma Chess Bulletin,

• a listing on this web page, with a link to

• your own web page dedicated to the event,

• announcement headers on all pages of this website prior to the event and

• OCA's large email distribution to most active Oklahoma chess players.

This provides significant value for tournament organizers at no cost, in exchange for the mutual support of requiring a small fraction of participants to join or renew with the OCA. If you're not a registered Tournament Director or USCF Affiliate Club and need one for an OCA tournament you're organizing, the OCA can help with these too. Contact the OCA today to help make your tournament more of a success!!

Planning a tournament? PLEASE call USCF/OCA Oklahoma Clearinghouse Harold Ball at 580-762-3860 to verify you select and reserve an open date on the USCF/OCA Official Oklahoma Clearinghouse Calendar. This will help organizers to avoid scheduling conflicts, and chess players to manage their schedules well in advance. Then contact the OCA by email or 918-812-1591 for mutual support to help make it more of a success. Thank you.

ALL Oklahoma tournaments are on this website
in the latest USCF/OCA Official Oklahoma Clearinghouse Calendar, if they've been properly scheduled through the Clearinghouse as the USCF recommends.

Surrounding State Tournaments:

• Colorado http://www.colorado-chess.com/newtourn.shtml

• Kansas http://www.kansaschess.org/

• Missouri http://www.mochess.org/Tournaments.htm  and http://www.wayde.com/Calendar.htm and http://www.chessmasterbob.com/HOATOURN.htm

• Texas http://www.texaschess.org/ and
  www.geocities.com/thechessmatrix/tournaments-ns.html

• Arkansas http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/aca/calendar.htm

• New Mexico http://www.nmchess.org/NMCO_Schedule.html

Tournaments are listed here for information only and this listing does not constitute endorsement by the Oklahoma Chess Association

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