In Oklahoma its the winner of the Open section of the Oklahoma Open State Championship in June. The most recent event’s flier with all the details is online at
ochess.org/events/2007/2007Championship.htm
Mike Swatek
ps: The OK Open State Championship is for all ages 
Michigan determines their state champion during the Labor Day weekend, in a seven round open tournament. Clear first is awarded $650, a trophy, and a permanent name engraving upon a very large antique trophy. The champion must also be a resident of the State of Michigan.
Mississippi determines the State Champion in the “Mississippi Closed State Championship”. (Open to Mississippi residents only.)
2-day (Sat-Sun) 5SS, G/90 held in October.
Hi,
I’m very interested in getting a list of the current State Champions.
May I ask what you are compiling the list for?
The reason I ask is that every year I run the State Champions tournament on ICC to seed a player into the US Championships.
I did this the last 3 years in a row and its a huge chore finding out who all 52 State Champions are. USCF does not keep track of this and it can be very difficult just finding the right person to ASK each year!
Although this may be cancelled this year (usually early 2008) I still am going to start compiling my list as soon as I can.
Mr. Swatek neglects to note that, due to the Goichberg compromise, Oklahoma actually has two state champions. I believe that careful readers of this forum already knew this. I’m not sure how this effects Duncan (since it seems that this means that there will be 53 state champions).
On an unrelated note, is there any state that just has an adult state championship, that is one that makes players under a certain age ineligible to compete for the state championship title?
Alex Relyea
The agreement Alex is referring to is online at
ochess.org/governance/Oklaho … ay2007.pdf
Discussion about the agreement would probably be off topic and more appropriate on the USCF Issues forum as a new topic.
Cheers,
Mike Swatek
Alabama holds a weekend Swiss over Labor Day weekend. The highest placing Alabama resident is the State Champion.
Actually, the last four years that I’ve been associated with Reno Chess Club, our preliminaries are usually round robins to narrow the field to eight. Then, an NCAA style knockout bracket ensues with 4-6 game matches whittling it down from 8 to 4 to 2 to 1. “There can be only one.”
I am reviving this thread with a related question about State Championships. I guess in most states residency would be a requirement to win the title. What is the exact criterion used by the different state affiliates to establish whether a player is resident in the state or not?
Unfortunately our bylaws seem a little unclear when it comes to that, and one could think of multiple borderline scenarios. For instance many students and soldiers will reside in one state but maintain a permanent address in another state. One solution would be to follow the affiliations listed by USCF, but that is probably not really a bulletproof method. Is it sufficient to show a government issued ID with an isntate address? The address could easily be outdated.
Thoughts anyone?
Jens
(Vice President WVCA)