Category: State Champions

  • Chess Champions of South Dakota

    2022 Josiah Jorenby from Sioux Falls Nels Truelson, Sioux Falls 2021 Nels Truelson from Sioux Falls 2020 Josiah Jorenby, Sioux Falls 2019 Nels Truelson from Sioux Falls and Josiah Jorenby, Sioux Falls 2018 Josiah Jorenby from Sioux Falls Nels Truelson, Sioux Falls 2017 Nels Truelson, Sioux Falls (10th time)2016 Nels Truelson, Sioux Falls2015 Josiah Jorenby from Brookings…

  • 2021 SD Championship

    The SD Championship was closed to SD residents and held in Sioux Falls on October 16th-17th in the club room of the Hy-Vee off Minnesota Avenue and 37th Street. Nels Truelson from Sioux Falls successfully regained his title as SD Chess Champ winning 4.5 out of 5. The winner of the Junior State Championship is…

  • The 10th Annual Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle School State Champions was held online August 1-2, 2020

    Aadil Ail from Harrisburg North Middle School represented South Dakota in the tournament from his home with 2 cameras on him. “The tournament didn’t go that well for me but the experience was great. It also made me feel better that I was going against the best competition in my age group over the whole…