Chess Castle of Minnesota

Chess Castle of Minnesota is a full-service chess club based in Edina, operating out of Southdale Center and running events four nights a week plus most weekends. Their weekday schedule includes Monday Action Quads, Tuesday and Thursday Knighter series with open and premier sections for stronger players, and a free casual Wednesday night for drop-in play. Weekends feature multi-round classical tournaments. The club is best known for the Scholastic Grand Prix, a six-event season series for players 18 and under with up to $3,000 in cumulative prizes. Premier section games are broadcast live on YouTube. Chess Castle partners with the Minnesota State Chess Association for registration and maintains active performance leaderboards across their monthly tournament series.