Gateway Chess News

Yesterday, Gateway Chess organized the 2026 Gateway Team Tournament , hosted by Belleville West HS, with 160 players participating. In the Team Section, Herrin HS and the B team from Belleville East HS tied with a perfect 4.0 points, with Herrin winning the tiebreaker to take home the first place trophy. Belleville East has still tied of first or won outright every tournament this year, but that streak only continued due to the heroics of their B team, who managed to keep t

Registration is now open for the Gateway Junior Chess League , which will be held at Wydown Middle School starting this Thursday, January 15th, and continuing January 29th, February 5, 12, and 19th, with a makeup date of February 26th. Note, we are skipping January 22nd. There is a one-time entry fee of $15 for all five weeks of the tournament. Online registration will only be open for one week.  You may pay and register in person at the tournament after that.   Click here f

Check your entry on the Registrations page.

Online Registration  for the Gateway TeamTournament  is now open and has been extended until 1:00 PM Friday, 1/9. When: January 10th Where: Belleville West High School Cost: $15 if registered online, $20 on-site This is a 4-round 5-player team-versus-team tournament, using a similar format as the Illinois State Championship. The games are 45 minutes with a 5-second delay (G/45;d5) . There are three team divisions: High School (grades 9-12) 8th and Under (grades K-8) 5th and U

The web site had inconsistent round times for the Gateway Team Tournament . The correct times are 9:30, 12:00, 2:30, and 5:00. Rounds 3 and 4 will start earlier if possible.

The Gateway Team Tournament flier has now been published with the corrected time control of 60 minutes with a 5-second delay, notated as G/60;d5.

There is conflicting information on the web site about the time control being used for the Gateway Team Tournament . It is 60 minutes with a 5-second delay, notated as G/60;d5.

The tournament flier for the Missouri State Championship has been posted. The tournament is being held on March 7th, 2006. This is earlier in the year than it has been held the past few years. The official host is the Missouri Chess Association, with the assistance of the Gateway Chess League. This tournament is only for scholastic players who attend a Missouri school, or scholastic Missouri players who are home-schooled. Registration will open soon after the Action Tourname

The results from the Blitz Tournament have now been included in the Gateway Grand Prix standings. The changes to the uschess.org site also affected the result reports for blitz tournaments. The Grand Prix program needed some small modifications. These changes are now complete.

Online Registration  for the Gateway TeamTournament  is now open. When: January 10th Where: Belleville West High School Cost: $15 if registered online, $20 on-site This is a 4-round 5-player team-versus-team tournament, using a similar format as the Illinois State Championship. The games are 45 minutes with a 5-second delay (G/45;d5) . There are three team divisions: High School (grades 9-12) 8th and Under (grades K-8) 5th and Under (grades K-5) A team can field four players,

Yesterday, Gateway Chess organized the 2025 Gateway Blitx Tournament , hosted by St. John Vianney HS, with 138 players participating. Belleville East HS posted their fourth straight victory with 21 points out of a possible 30. CBC HS finished second with 19 points. In the younger divisions, Wydown MS won the Middle School division, and Old Bonhomme ES won the Elementary School division/. For the individual awards, in the High School division we had a four-way tie for firs

The special rules used by Gateway Chess for the Blitz Tournament are now available. They are unchanged from previous years.

Hello from the Gateway Chess League. Today is Giving Tuesday. As you think about the many worthy organizations that you can help, please consider the Gateway Chess League. We have been St. Louis' premier interscholastic chess league for 60 years, enabling students of all ages to realize their potential through the game of chess. Each year, our tournaments and other events reach over 500 youth in the St. Louis area. Chess helps students develop critical thinking skills, pati

The results from the Class Tournament have now been included in the Gateway Grand Prix standings. The changes to the uschess.org site with how tournament rating reports were published required changes to the program used to calculate Gateway Grand Prix results. These changes are now complete. You will also see some changes to the format. The most obvious is the addition of overall standings and overall win percentage. One significant change to the process is that we no longe

Yesterday, Gateway Chess organized the 2025/2026 Gateway Class Tournament , hosted by Parkway Southwest Middle School. Belleville East HS posted their third straight victory with 14.5 points out of a possible 16. Bellevillle West HS finished second with 13 points, and De Smet HS and Jackson HS tied for third with 12 points each with De Smet taking the third place award on tiebreaks. In the younger divisions, Herrin HS won the 9th and Under, Parkway Central MS won the 8th

Just a reminder that the Gateway Fall Class Tournament is tomorrow at Parkway Southwest Middle School. Online registration is now closed, but Saturday walk-in registration as always is available from 8 to 8:30 AM. If you registered online, you can double-check your entry at  https://www.gatewaychess.org/registrations . A "class" tournament means that tournament will be divided into sections based on the players' USCF ratings, meaning that we will not see any games between pla

Registration is open for the Gateway Fall Class Tournament. The current registrations as of Thursday 8:30 PM are posted on the Registrations page. Please verify the information is correct, and let us know if any changes need to me made. Gateway Chess League.

Yesterday, Gateway Chess organized the Gateway Grade Tournament , hosted by De Smet High School. Posting their second straight victory, Belleville East HS easily outdistanced the field, scoring 13.5 points out of a possible 16. The battle for second place was close, with Lift For Life Academy prevailing with 10 points. Mt. Vernon HS and Herrin HS tied for third with 9.5 points. Wydown MS won the 8th and Under Division division, Maplewood-Richmond Hts. ES won the 6th and Un

Some of the best pictures I captured from today's tournament. Enjoy.

Online Registration  for the Gateway Class Tournament  is now open. When: November 8th Where: Parkway Southwest Middle School Cost: $15 if registered online, $20 on-site The tournament is 4 rounds. Games are 55 minutes with a 5-second delay. Players are divided into sections based on rating Premier (Players rated 1400+) Board 1  (Players rated between 1000-1399) Board 2  (Players rated between 700-999) Board 3  (Players rated between 400 to 699) Board 4  (Players rated under