OCEAN STATE CHESS IS PROVIDING MORE CHESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN/GIRLS
OSCA 1st R.I. All-Girls & Women’s Chess Championship Tournament at Bayview (East Providence, RI)
was held on Saturday, January 11, 2025 (Click on link below for more information)
East Bay News – Bay View hosts state’s first all-female chess tournament
https://www.eastbayri.com/stories/bay-view-hosts-states-first-all-female-chess-tournament,128355
IN THE NEWS – WJAR – TV 10 (Click Below)
https://turnto10.com/news/local/first-of-its-kind-chess-tournament-held-in-east-providence
Providence Journal News: The first all-female chess tournament held in East Providence
https://www.providencejournal.com/videos/news/2025/01/14/the-first-all-female-chess-tournament-held-saturday-in-east-providence/77695048007
https://new.uschess.org/1st-rhode-island-all-girls-womens-championship-tournament
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* Summer 2024, OSCA recently added “Katie” Lee to the Ocean State Chess Association Board of Directors
(click here for more info about Katie): https://oceanstatechess.com/meet-our-board-of-directors/
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* U.S. Chess Federation Women/Girls Chess – Empowering Women & Girls Through Chess
(click here for more info): https://new.uschess.org/womens
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* OSCA supports USCF Women/Girls Chess & Kasparov’ Chess Foundation’s “All Girls Championship”
(click here): https://new.uschess.org/news/flash-report-19th-annual-kcf-all-girls-national-championship
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* OSCA is collaborating with ALL New England States to organize a New England Women/Girls Tournament for 2024/2025
at the Montrose (Girls) School in Medfield, Massachusetts
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*Please Support & Purchase Book “United States Women’s Chess Champions 1937-2022” by Dr. Alexey Root
This Book is available for purchase at all Ocean State Chess Tournaments
(To purchase online click here): https://a.co/d/08r7nccV
Alexey W. Root, Ph.D., is a lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas and a former United States Women’s Chess Champion.
This is her eighth book. (Photo credit Louis A. Reed)
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* Learn about Women World Chess Champions
(click here for more info): https://womenworldchampionship.fide.com/world-champions
