The Neshobe School in Brandon Vermont, is having a Chess Tournament!!

The Neshobe School Chess Club invites you to its second Winter Chess Tournament to be held Saturday, March 24, 2007 at Neshobe Elementary School in Brandon, VT.

Please join us for a day of chess in an informal, unrated tournament open to elementary school chess players of all abilities from Kindergarten through grade 6. The focus will be on fun and sportsmanship. The idea here is to offer young players a chance to meet other students from Addison and Rutland County schools and to play together in a setting similar to the State Scholastic Chess Tournament, which is held each year in the spring.

Schedule:

Registration from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.

First rounds will begin at 10:00 a.m.

Reasonably priced snacks will be available for purchase from 10:00 until 2:00 p.m.

Awards will be presented at the conclusion of round 4, around 3:00 p.m.

Cost: $5.00 per player; pre-registered and at the door. Pre-registration is recommended.

Contact:

For additional information, please contact

Philip Keyes, 247-3728 (evening) 247-0054 (day -9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) or prk2406@verizon.net

See below for tournament rules and additional information.

REGISTRATION FORM

Name________________________________________________

Age_________ Grade____________________

Address_______________________________________________________________

Town_________________________________________________ State_________________

Zip_________________________________ Phone__________________________________

Email_______________________________

School_______________________________

Chess Club _____________________ School Affiliated? Yes / No

Adults- willing to help out? Please Circle: Bring/Sell Food, Setup/Cleanup, Room Monitor, Scoring

Mail this portion and $ 5.00 per player to:

Carolyn Hazen, 17 Neshobe Circle, Brandon, VT 05733 Attn: Chess Tournament

Checks should be made payable to Neshobe School Chess Club

Directions:

Neshobe School is located 2.7 miles from the Brandon Inn, in the center of Brandon, Vermont. The Civil War Monument marks the intersection of Route 73 and Route 7. Follow Route 73 East the whole way; the road changes names (Park Street, Marble Street & Forestdale Road) and enters Forestdale along the way to the school. Neshobe School is a large, grey building on the left-hand side of the road.

Tournament Rules:

Players will be grouped into sections according to grade level. Expected sections will be grades K-2,

grades 3-4, and grades 5-6.

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 pairs will be by random draw. Note: USCF 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. Older players are encouraged to practice notating their games, but this is not required.

Medals or trophies will be presented to the first 3 place-holders, Ribbons for all players for their participation. Ties for first place may be decided by games between tied players or a playoff match. Standard US Chess Federation tie-break systems may be used (Modified Median, Solkoff, and Cumulative, in that order) to decide ties for subsequent positions.

Additional Information:

Please bring a chess board and pieces if you have one.

Spectators will not be allowed in the section rooms while games are in progress.

All participants must be in the Gym or the school lobby when not playing - no one is allowed in the halls or unused rooms.

If you like to play chess, please come and join us March 24, 2007!