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Coming up Saturday, March 25 at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City, the South Dakota Scholastic Chess Championship will be hosted by the Rapid City Chess Club. The competition is an opportunity for kids in Kindergarten-12th Grade to compete for the state championship for their age groups.

The tournament will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m., and an award ceremony is scheduled to follow.

They can be serious because you know, youre competing for for a title, said Paul Freidel, Chess Coach & Tournament Director. So the actual tournament hall is going to be very quiet. Theres going to be a lot of extreme concentration on the part of the kids. And then outside of that, I mean, lets be clear, weve got a bunch of kids here. They like to have fun, they can sometimes get a little noisy typically in whats called the Skittles Room, thats the room where all the kids hang out in between games, and sometimes youll see a lot of spontaneous chess games or Bughouse games or card games even.

Registration for the South Dakota Scholastic Chess Championship is open and you can register here.

Each side gets 40 minutes for their game. So the games could take up to, say, an hour and a half in total, Freidel explained. And then it goes from, that first rounds at nine, and I believe, again, awards is right around 5:30. Even if youre not sure if youre up to winning the championship, its a great event to participate in. So even if youre a beginner, Id highly recommend coming out, spend a day, play, some kids hopefully learn a few things along the way.

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