Oklahoma State Scholastic Chess
Grade Championship Tournament 2003
25 October 2003
at
Freedom Church in Owasso, Oklahoma
NW corner of
96th St. N.
and 177th E. Ave. (3 miles east of Hwy 169)
USCF Affiliate Host Club is King’s
Pawns Chess Club for CHEF Home School Students
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HERE for a
flier with this information in pdf
Adobe Reader format.
Agenda:
7:30 to 8:30 Check-in (all
participants MUST be Pre-registered)
If you will be late and need a 1/2 point bye in the first round, call
918-812-1591 or 918-855-7811.
Round 1 begins at 9:00 AM.
Concessions at site: Lunch (Hot dogs,
Pizza, Nacho, Amish desserts, candy etc).
Sections in each room will proceed to
the next round as soon as possible after completing the prior round.
Awards will be presented following the
last round of each individual section.
Registration:
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HERE for a
registration form in pdf
Adobe Reader
format.
Pre-registration is required to help the tournament start
on schedule.
$20 if payment is postmarked by 18 Oct 03 (please
don't mail after 18 Oct 03)
$30 at check-in (for unpaid pre-registrations faxed to
918-343-9095 by 10PM on 24 Oct 03)
Please provide an email address on the registration
form for pre-registration confirmation and OSCO related email only.
Complementary OSCO Membership is included. Visit
www.okschess.org for membership benefits.
Current USCF (US Chess Federation)
membership is required.
Scholastic membership is $19 for age 14 or less, and $25 for age 15 to 19.
Annual scholastic membership without magazine is $13 for age 14 or less.
Before 25 Sep 03, you may join USCF by visiting www.uschess.org.
Or, you may include your USCF membership fee when you register for the
tournament.
Please do NOT join USCF directly after 25 Sep 03,
to avoid confusion regarding USCF membership status.
Awards:
Team Trophies for 1st place in each grade/section.
Individual Trophies for 1st and 2nd place in each grade/section.
Individual Medals for 3.5 points or more and not receiving a trophy in
each grade/section.
Sections: 13 for each of grades K to 12, playing in separate rooms to
the maximum extent possible.
Number of Rounds:
will vary depending upon the number of entrants for that section as
follows:
2 players – 3 rounds, best of 3
3 players – 4 rounds, each other player twice
4 players – 3 rounds, round robin
5 players – 4 rounds, round robin
6 to 8 – 3 rounds, Swiss System
9 to 16 – 4 rounds, Swiss System
17 or more – 5 rounds, Swiss System
Time Controls:
will depend upon the number of registrants as follows:
Grade K – 3 Sections: G/30 regardless of rounds
Grade 4 - 8 Sections: G/30 for 5 rounds
G/45 for 4
rounds
G/60 for 3
rounds
Grade 9 – 12 Sections: G/60 for 4 rounds
G/90 for 3
rounds
Teams:
Team Definition: All “school team”
members must have their primary enrollment in the same school. No combined
schools are allowed. A school is defined as the same building or connected
buildings under the same name. Home schooled players are allowed to form teams
under their local Home School Association of which their family is a member.
Those taking exception to this definition that regularly meet and play together
as a club will be allowed to compete as a “club team”, but not be eligible for
team awards. The Chief TD at a tournament will be the final ruling authority
regarding challenges to the above definition.
Team scores will be the total of the top 2 scores in a
section for players from the same team. There must be at last two players from
the same school to qualify for a team award.
Coaches must provide a complete team list for each section by 8:00 the day of
the tournament.
Rules:
Pairings are not team sensitive in the
last round, and may not be in earlier rounds for sections with heavy
representation from a single team.
The tournament will be run in
accordance with the USCF Official Rules of Chess.
The Tournament Director will be the
final authority regarding all rulings.
Only Oklahoma Students are eligible
for awards.
US Chess Federation membership
required (available with registration)
Equipment:
If you have a chess clock, please bring it to use in
the tournament.
Chess boards and sets will be provided.
Donations and Volunteers:
OSCO is a
non-profit organization run by volunteers who are interested in helping
Oklahoma's young people better succeed in life through participation in quality
chess activities. Volunteers are needed to help OSCO with it’s tournaments and
other scholastic chess related activities.
Donations to OSCO also are also an
excellent way to help Oklahoma’s youth through enhanced scholastic chess
opportunities. There are several levels of recognition for the various
contribution amounts, as described on the OSCO web site at www.okschess.org.
Donations can also be made anonymously. OSCO also encourages in-kind donations
of products or services directly helpful to OSCO, or to be given away at this
state tournament. In-kind donations will receive the same level of recognition
as cash contributions of the same value. All contributors of $50 or more will be
listed on OSCO’s web site, and receive Patron Membership in OSCO.
For more
information, visit www.okschess.org,
or call (918)342-4245 or (918)855-7811.
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