Mail this portion and $8 per player (or $15 per family if registering together) to: Corinne Stridsberg, 633 Junction Rd, Berlin, VT 05602. Checks should be made payable to Corinne Stridsberg. This form must be received by October 8, 2005 to qualify for reduced entry fee.

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Central VT Scholastic Chess Tournament Info

The tournament will be held Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Berlin Elementary School, Berlin, VT. This is an unrated tournament open to chess players of all abilities from Kindergarten through Grade 12, where the focus is on fun and sportsmanship. Please bring a chess board and chess clock if you have one.

Schedule: Registration open from 9:00 – 9:30 AM. First round starts at 10:00. Food concessions available from 9 AM until 2 PM. Awards given at approximately 3:00 PM.

Directions: From I-89, take exit 7. Take a left at the first light, then first right onto the school grounds. Park in the lot only – NO parking in the fire lane in front of the school.

Cost: Pre-Register by October 2 -- $8 per player, or $15 per family. Register at door on the day of the event -- $10 per player or $18 per family.

Tournament Rules:

Players will be grouped into sections according to grade level. Expected sections will be: Grades K-2, Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, Grades 7-8 and Grades 9-12. (The Tournament Director reserves the right to change section groupings depending on attendance.)

The Swiss system will be used, and all players will play four rounds (no-one will be eliminated.) This is an unrated tournament, and first round pairing will be by random draw. Note: USCF rated players are welcome, but their rating will not be used for pairing purposes, and their results will not affect their rating. The time for each round will be Game/30 (each player has 30 minutes) so no round will last longer than one hour. Players are encouraged to notate their games, but notation is not required.

Trophies and/or medals will be awarded to the top 5 players in each section. Ties for first place will be decided by games between tied players or a playoff match. Standard US Chess Federation tie-break systems will be used (Modified Median, Solkoff, and Cumulative, in that order) will decide ties for subsequent positions.

Additional Info:

Spectators are not allowed in the section rooms while games are in progress. All participants must be in the skittles area (Gym) or outside when not playing – no-one is allowed in the halls or unused rooms.

Contact Mike Stridsberg (Tournament Director) or Corinne Stridsberg (Event Organizer) at stridsberg@adelphia.net or (802) 223-1948.

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THANK YOU to DESTINY GAMING for donating a chess set (board, bag, pieces) and a t-shirt to be raffled off at our tournament. Those who preregister will receive one free raffle ticket and additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $1 each. Drawing will be at 1pm. You must be present to win.

Destiny Gaming will also have a booth at the tournament, chess items will include standard roll up boards with the bag & pieces, clocks, notation pads and t-shirts. They will also have on hand unique specialty gaming items (mostly collectible) - miniature games such as HeroClix, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and also some Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, and D&D.

DESTINY GAMING Sean O'Connor and Chantal O'Connor, co-owners

Sean is 10 years old in 5th grade at Brown's River Middle School in Jericho, VT

destinygaming@gmail.com 802-899-2300

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