Ninth
Annual
Berlin Vermont Fall Scholastic Chess Tournament
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Tournament Info:
The tournament will be held
Saturday, November 12, 2011
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. UCSF membership is not required. 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 will be 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 (circle)
in front of the school.
Cost:
Pre-Register by mail by November 10th or online by November 11th --> $8 per player, or $15 per family.
Register at
the 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) although
some players may receive a “bye” if there are an odd numbers of players.
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) to decide ties for subsequent
positions.
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.
If
you have questions, contact
Mike Stridsberg (Tournament Director) at
mike@vtchess.info or call (802) 223-1948.
Registration:
To register by mail, click
here
and follow the instructions to print and mail the registration form.
To register online, click
here to fill out the online form
and pay using PayPal® or a major
credit card.
If you have registered but
have not yet paid the registration fee, click
here to pay online using
PayPal® or a credit card.
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