Edina elementary and secondary chess players are invited to participate in the “Edina District Season End Chess Tournament”. Whether you participated in a chess club or not in the Fall, Winter or Spring, you are invited to compete in this short, fun tournament. Time controls will be used when necessary to keep the tournament within time constraints. The format and recognitions will be based on the number of registered participants in each grade level and school. Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins will be accepted. Tournament etiquette and procedures will be explained at the event for players new to tournament play. Players are not eliminated. Everyone plays in each round unless there is a bye because of an odd number of participants. Typically there are 4-5 rounds.
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Upcoming Events
SCA Frozen Open Team Tournament
K-2, K-5, K-8, USCF Rated K-Adult (not team) Read more →
CSGA SoWashCo Winter Open Chess Tournament
Open to all SoWashCo students. Register on Eleyo » Elementary... Read more →
Contact Us
Chess & Strategy Game Association Board of Directors
Give us a call today to learn more about our upcoming events!
Bill Nara
651.208.8762
bill.nara@csga-enrichment.org
Rich Weber
651.307.2851
richardmweber@comcast.net
Jeff Hahn
jeff.w.hahn@outlook.com
Julie Miller
djjamiller@me.com
Our Mission
We exist to provide opportunities for young players to get together to learn new games, strategies, and tactics at open events and competitions. We also promote a growing community of chess and strategy game players that value learning, teaching, and fun through playing games that foster creativity, analysis, socialization, fair play, mental challenges, and connectedness.
Our Story
The Chess & Strategy Game Association, CSGA Enrichment, was founded in 2014 by Executive Director Bill Nara, a former high school teacher, who saw a great need for before and after school programs and summer programming for students in K-12.
As a youth, Bill participated in programs based on his personal interests and found these programs were no longer offered to students. He began CSGA programming with chess and strategy games with 5 students in one school district. As the program grew, CSGA brought on Associate Executive Director Jason Lavine, and expanded CSGA into more school districts.
It became apparent that additional programs beyond chess and strategy games were needed to meet the needs and interests of students. STEM programs including coding, 3D printing, robotics, and rocket building, and cultural and arts classes including cooking, young writers workshop, rock band, and Improv, and specific interest programs such as crafting, knitting, and fishing were added.
More recently, online program options have been introduced for chess players and students interested in personal finance and the stock market. CSGA wants students engaged in self motivated activities that could lead to entrepreneurship. CSGA is currently operating in over 11 school districts reaching over 1,200 students.
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