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In our efforts to continue to grow and improve, Georgia Chess Association would like to take this moment to announce one particularly exciting development that has recently launched...our online magazine Georgia Chess News!

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A couple of chess camps happening during spring break for many schools were submitted to the GCA.  Here they are!  Enjoy your break from school learning about the fascinating game of chess and hone your skills for Nationals in Atlanta!

Here are the final standings for each section of the K-8 State Championship. Congratulations to our new State Champions: 

NOTE: Determining the correct section at the K-9 National Championships

A player who has never played in a rated tournament must play in either the Unrated Section or a Championship Section, not in an Under- Section. The ratings are now set for the month of April. Any tournaments played between now and the Nationals will not change a player’s rating. Remember, even if playing in the Unrated Section, players must be a current member of the USCF and will get a rating at the completion of the tournament.  - Steve Schneider

The deadline to register for the K-8 Team State Championship is midnight tonight.

Jessica Harris Fuller, chess player from south Georgia and former Castle camper and counselor is raising money to help pay hospital bills for her husband Allen Fuller was involved in a serious car accident last week on I85. If you would like to contribute please visit this fundraising site:  http://www.gofundme.com/7e2cuw

If your organization is hosting a chess camp for kids during their spring breaks, we would like to help you promote it! Please send us the details and we will include it on our website (the Chess Camps link under the Resources tab). Please email your camp information to: communications@georgiachess.org by March 25 to be included in our listings.  We will do the same for summer camps in April.

To raise money for World Vision, Life Maser Deepak Aaron will play against a maximum of 50 players on March 13, 7:00pm at Georgia Tech's Student Center (Crescent Room).  The first person to defeat Deepak will receive $100 and a donation of $100 will be made to World Vision. $25 entry fees will also be donated to World Vision.  Internet Chess Club is giving 6 months free memberships to all Scholastic and Collegiate players who compete in the simul and have never been a member of ICC in the past. One year free membership to ICC for any player who defeats Deepak.  To register: http://goo.gl/Gbl34j. Please contact yhu92@gatech.edu for more information. Go out and play chess with Deepak for a good cause!

The defending champion University of Georgia "A" team dominated four matches to decisively claim the 2014 Georgia Open College Team Chess Championship title. Ten teams from 5 schools competed at Emory's Winship Ballroom on Saturday, February 22, 2014. No teams from outside Georgia competed this year and Morehouse College was the only first-time participant. 

Check out Frank Johnson's article posted on uschess.org about the 2014 Amateur Team South Championship!