AGA State Championship System
System summary
The AGA sanctions AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT for State Championships that will be national recognized as having been organized and executed to high-quality standards, which will be set in consultation with the chapters. The purpose of the championships is to promote competition, regardless of the strength of players involved. We have confidence that stronger players who may not have been interested previously will wish to compete for the title in following years, and this will create more competitive interest at all levels.
The overall system is administered by an AGA State Championship Coordinator who can be reached at 50state@usgo.org.
Organize a championship in your state!
Chapters within a State should select a State Championship Coordinator, who will work with the AGA Coordinator to ensure that the established standards are met. We hope that such selections will be unanimously approved, but there are State Coordinator Election Standards with voting rules for cases in which the selection is contested. Based on interest and volume of players, states may join into a region rather than have individual State championships. A State may also split into two regions with the approval of the AGA Coordinator. The final championship match to declare the overall State Champion may then be played by internet.
Any chapter interested in organizing a state championship should contact us at least 6 weeks before the intended tournament date with an APPLICATION. The AGA provides $200 of financial assistance to help you get this started. Contact the State Championship Coordinator for more information and to submit an application to start your annual State Championship.
Upcoming championships:
State | Location | Dates | Organizer Contact |
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Utah | Salt Lake City | December 3 | Jarrett Wheatley, jarrettwheatley@gmail.com |
Massachusetts | Cambridge | January 7 - 8, 2023 | Nick Bonner (440-989-0444) |
Past State Championships:
State | Dates | Organizer | Champion |
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Pennsylvania | April 2018 | Jason Mcibbon | Ethan Wang 7d |
North Carolina | September 2018 | Jeff Kuang | Chen An 7d |
Vermont | October 2018 | Pete Schumer | David Felcan 2d |
California | November 2018 | Ted Terpstra | Calvin Sun 1P |
New Mexico | November 2018 | Robert Cordingly | Billy Maier 3k |
Texas | February 2019 | Bart Jacob | Zhao Zhixun 7d |
Oregon | September 2019 | Roy Schmidt | Robert Tirak 5d |
Vermont | October 2019 | Pete Schumer | Rich Chalmers 1d |
North Carolina | October 2019 | Jeff Kuang | Chen An 7d |
Vermont | October 2019 | Richard Chalmers 1d | |
Massachusetts | November 2019 | Martha Marteney | Xu Yilin 7d |
Virginia | November 2019 | Edward Zhang | Joshua Lee 6d |
California | November 2019 | Ted Terpstra | Evan Lin 7d |
Texas | February 2020 | Bart Jacob | Yifan Ding 7d |
Vermont | October 2018 | Pete Schumer | Rich Chalmers 1d |
California | November 2020 | Ted Terpstra | Bo Luan 6d |
Virginia | December 2020 | Gary Smith | Edward Zhang 5d |
Texas | February 2021 | Bart Jacob | Zhao Zhixun 7d |
California | November 2021 | Ted Terpstra | Kevin Charles Yang 7d |
Texas | February 2022 | Bart Jacob | Juanshu Lan 4d |
Michigan | May 2022 | Daniel ML | Mani Sanford 3d |
California | November 2022 | Ted Terpstra | Yifan Qu 6d |
New Mexico | November 2022 | Robert Cordingly | Jake Game 5d |
Washington | November 2022 | Kyle Burg | Sung-Yen Liu 5d |
Oregon | November 2022 | Patrick Easley | Maxwell Chen 5d |