The following events were held to determine the Scholastic Chess Championships for the state of Arizona:

2008 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

2007 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

2006 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

2005 Arizona Scholastic Chess Championships

The following events were held to determine the State Chess Champion for the State of Arizona: Please note: These are not scholastic events.  2008 Tucson Open - Winner is 2007 AZ State Chess Champion  2006 Paul Webb AZ State Chess Championship  2005 Paul Webb AZ State Chess Championship  2004 Paul Webb AZ State Chess Championship

2007 Arizona State Grades 2006 Arizona State Grades  2005 Arizona State Grades  2004 Arizona State Grades - Std Rated    2004 Arizona State Grades - Quick Rated 

The ACFI Nominating Committee is accepting e-mail or postal mail nominations for all Board positions. Nominations must be received by no later than March 31.

The letter must be submitted by the person who wants to run for office and is to include a statement of intent and willingness to run, and for what office. NO THIRD PARTY LETTERS OF INTENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. If you know someone you want to nominate, have them submit their letter of intent directly.

Statewide offices include

President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Membership Officer

Regional positions (only members from the same region may vote) are two Regional Representative positions for each region (I, II, and III).

The Tucson Scholastics has been certified as the Tucson area's second Regional Qualifier for the state scholastic championship. The information is as follows:

Tucson Scholastics
Mar. 3 @ Salpointe HS (Tucson, AZ)
USCF Rated, 5 rounds, GAME/40, 4 Sections: K-1, K-3, K-6, K-9
There will also be two non-qualifying sections included in the
tournament format: K-6 Championship, K-12 Championship
EF: $15

For more information please contact Kiki Huerta at maxoftat@yahoo.com

ACFI has certified two Tucson area Regional Qualifiers. The first is the Sierra Middle School Qualifier. Please contact Kiki Huerta at maxoftat@yahoo.com for more information.

Feb. 3 @ Sierra Middle School (Tucson, AZ)
Non-USCF Rated, 5 rounds, GAME/40, 4 Sections: K-1, K-3, K-6, K-9 EF: $15

Robert Rowley and Sonny Kamberi tied for first with 3.5 points at the 2006 Paul Webb Arizona State Chess Championship. Spencer Lower finished 1/2 point back at 3 points. The event was a six player round robin played at the Verde Valley School in Sedona, AZ, on December 15-17, 2006.

Thanks to Marty Schneider for organizing and directing the event, to Spencer Lower for helping with the promotion and to the sponsoring organizations, ACFI, NACA, and SACA.

The tournament was USCF rated on December 23. The crosstable is available at

The Col. Paul Webb Arizona State Chess Championship will be played on the weekend of December 16, 2006, at the Verde Valley School near the Village of Oak Creek and Sedona. It will be a six player round robin between Arizona's top players. Players USCF rated over 2200 have received invitations if we have their contact information. If you are a master or above and have not received an invitation please contact marty Schneider at marty@red-canyon.net. Players USCF rated over 2000 are also asked to let Marty know if they are interested. They can play if not enough masters have entered or they can be alternates if someone cancels out.

The Sedona Open and Scholastic Chess Tournament is a five round swiss system chess tournament
which will be held Saturday Dec. 16th, 2006 at the Verde Valley School in Sedona.
It will run concurrently with The Col. Paul Webb Arizona State Chess Championship, an invitational round robin for the Arizona state championship.

Come spend the weekend in Sedona. Play Chess, watch the state championship, and
enjoy the beauty of the red rock country of Northern Arizona.

This is a great tournament for scholastic players as a warm-up to the grade championship in January and a great way to support the state championship and chess in Arizona! Profits from this tournament will be used to support the state championship tournament. Come and see six of the best players in the state battle it out to see who will be declared the state champion.

The Concho Qualifier will take place on March 3, 2007, at the Concho Elementary School, Highway 61 and Cinder Rd, Concho, AZ. For more details please contact Tom Kean at tkean@concho.k12.az.us.