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INTERNATIONAL CHESS JAM 2008 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 FERNDALE, WA (Results best viewed in a fixed font, i.e. Courier) 7TH - 12TH GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 rd6 tot 1 WITECKI, THOMAS LYEJ8805 1470 1494/413 BYE W12 W7 W3 D2 W6 5.5 2 BLANKERS, ELI LYCJ8258 1408 1420/189 BYE W9 W10 D5 D1 W7 5.0 3 DYKSTRA, NATHANIEL LYEK1761 1231 1258/191 BYE W16 W11 L1 W15 W10 5.0 4 NULLE, MATT SHMJ6661 1035 1160/181 BYE W6 L5 W11 W8 W13 5.0 5 VANDERVEEN, WILLIAM LYEK4049 1221 1259/196 BYE W19 W4 D2 L6 W17 4.5 6 BLANKERS, ZACK LYCM8382 1435 1405/193 BYE L4 W21 W13 W5 L1 4.0 7 SMITH, DUSTIN SEDMA158 1100 1126/ 35 BYE W8 L1 W19 W16 L2 4.0 8 THOMSON, TAYLOR HSCKB307 893 968/ 37 BYE L7 W25 W12 L4 W18 4.0 9 SYMONDS, CALOB LYMH4003 1014 1017/119 BYE L2 W26 W31 L10 W21 4.0 10 SPITZER, TIM SEDLD963 1108 1133/ 76 BYE W29 L2 W17 W9 L3 4.0 11 HAAN, JOSH LYCMJ815 853 910/ 71 BYE W20 L3 L4 W31 W16 4.0 12 GOO, ALBERT B SQUK3889 1036 1031/118 BYE L1 W22 L8 D17 W23 3.5 13 BENNETT, JEFFREY LYEK9896 878 968/177 BYE W18 D17 L6 W19 L4 3.5 14 RICCI, CODY LYEK8157 780 809/ 89 U W30 L18 W24 D27 W26 3.5 15 RYBKA, FENTON FERK9100 990 986/168 BYE L17 W23 W27 L3 HPB 3.5 16 GOO, ANTHONY C ASTH7666 967 952/144 BYE L3 W24 W18 L7 L11 3.0 17 HONCOOP, TERREN LYCL7330 1241 1182/106 BYE W15 D13 L10 D12 L5 3.0 18 LESH, ROBYN LYMIA140 1078 1006/ 99 BYE L13 W14 L16 W22 L8 3.0 19 ABBOTT, ALEXANDER FERK2280 940 914/131 BYE L5 W34 L7 L13 W27 3.0 20 EHRENFEUCHTER, JANNIK FERLA516 836 771/ 18 BYE L11 L27 L23 W28 W34 3.0 21 ROGERS, JULIE WHMHG022 807 825/ 66 U W32 L6 W34 W30 L9 3.0 22 RIANDA, BEN VSTH7794 732 761/123 U W28 L12 W32 L18 W31 3.0 23 SIMMONS, CHAZ LYCJ2314 668 746/ 85 U W36 L15 W20 W29 L12 3.0 24 STEENSMA, BEN LYCI7236 601 666/ 43 U W38 L16 L14 W32 W29 3.0 25 MENSING, KRIS FERKD129 681 683/ 70 U W33 L8 L29 W38 W30 3.0 26 DOTSON, JORDAN LYCJ6470 705 693/ 25 U W40 L9 D28 W35 L14 2.5 27 DEBOER, KALVIN LYCJF479 453 612/ 36 U W37 W20 L15 D14 L19 2.5 28 DUNFORD, NATHAN HSCH8195 542 574/ 10 U L22 W38 D26 L20 W33 2.5 29 EVANS, ETHAN HSCG3309 900 722/ 10 BYE L10 L31 W25 L23 L24 2.0 30 ALLEN, LAMON VSTHI994 549 553/ 33 U L14 W36 W37 L21 L25 2.0 31 HAN, AMY FHVHK070 583 614/ 30 U W35 W29 L9 L11 L22 2.0 32 HAMILTON, CAROLINE HSCHH216 564 555/ 35 U L21 W33 L22 L24 W39 2.0 33 BRANDT, LOREN LYCJJ603 400 424/ 9 U L25 L32 W39 W36 L28 2.0 34 RICCI, EVAN LYMH7739 584 586/ 39 U W39 L19 L21 W37 L20 2.0 35 APPLE, KURT VSTHI841 700 463/ 5 U L31 W40 D36 L26 D37 2.0 36 HENRY, COLTON FERJF320 400 400/ 12 U L23 L30 D35 L33 W38 1.5 37 KNUTSON, HOLLY FERLA455 725 537/ 9 U L27 W39 L30 L34 D35 1.5 38 MENSING, KAMERON VSTHG100 400 400/ 9 U L24 L28 BYE L25 L36 1.0 39 GAMMONS-REESE, DAVID LYLHI838 400 400/ 9 U L34 L37 L33 BYE L32 1.0 40 FISHER, GREG FERK5283 529 472/ 57 U L26 L35 U U U 0.0 4TH - 6TH GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 1 SOHAL, TANRAJ BCXGX474 1558 1573/ 67 W36 W15 W7 W4 W3 5.0 2 LEE, JONAH BCXCX438 1236 1265/ 52 W31 W16 W14 W5 W11 5.0 3 BROWN, KENNETH LLLF4291 1158 1172/117 W29 W39 W35 W6 L1 4.0 4 CHMELIK, BRIAN KULG2902 986 1014/115 W20 W27 W37 L1 W21 4.0 5 KNAPP, ROBERT J LYCF8465 953 976/ 79 W30 W17 W38 L2 W15 4.0 6 ZEHNDER, RILEY HSCE4476 959 985/121 W26 W40 W18 L3 W14 4.0 7 BLOK, DYLAN LYCGG840 826 866/ 46 W51 W56 L1 W17 W28 4.0 8 RIANDA, WILL NBLF2326 941 935/113 W41 L35 W23 W40 W19 4.0 9 PITCHER, RYAN LYCG8308 867 871/112 W57 L37 W36 W27 W16 4.0 10 WITECKI, IAN ASTF9565 855 876/169 W61 L38 W29 W35 W22 4.0 11 SUTER, ANDREW SAIE4434 836 917/ 79 HPB W12 W50 W13 L2 3.5 12 STOCKTON, SHANE LYMGI631 708 784/ 8 D28 L11 W57 W34 W39 3.5 13 SMARTT, KALEB HSCF4368 923 917/ 70 W42 W25 W24 L11 HPB 3.5 14 CARPENTER, CONNOR SAIG6627 831 846/112 W32 W23 L2 W25 L6 3.0 15 MISZCZAK, LIAM SAIE8682 777 805/ 86 W43 L1 W26 W18 L5 3.0 16 ROGERS, JUSTIN RESFH243 773 785/ 70 W45 L2 W30 W38 L9 3.0 17 RIANDA, MEGAN NBLG2570 640 664/118 W48 L5 W46 L7 W43 3.0 18 LIKKEL, DRAKE LYCG7027 612 683/ 36 W58 W21 L6 L15 W42 3.0 19 HAN, HENRY HPVED948 801 779/ 30 W60 L24 W20 W37 L8 3.0 20 ANKER, ANTHONY LYCG9163 555 627/ 55 L4 W47 L19 W51 W40 3.0 21 AHO, BILLY HSCEE101 838 810/ 28 W52 L18 W56 W24 L4 3.0 22 DEVANGE, ISAAC LARE6005 1077 1014/ 89 L56 W33 W34 W39 L10 3.0 23 SELIG, LUKAS LARFG814 595 660/ 41 W55 L14 L8 W50 W35 3.0 24 BORSEMA, JACK LYCFG216 400 565/ 9 BYE W19 L13 L21 W38 3.0 25 MORRIS, JULIA LYCFE440 655 676/ 48 W46 L13 W58 L14 W36 3.0 26 MONTGOMERY, JEREMY SKYF5833 534 629/ 10 L6 W49 L15 W59 W37 3.0 27 BOWHAY, CARSON KESEB133 703 691/ 30 W59 L4 W44 L9 D30 2.5 28 KAHLE, JIMMY CUEE2025 674 664/ 58 D12 L50 W45 W33 L7 2.5 29 WELLS, JASON NORFF527 584 602/ 25 L3 W51 L10 D32 W50 2.5 30 HAN, LAWRENCE CEEF3305 527 572/ 28 L5 W59 L16 W44 D27 2.5 31 DELARA, LIAM EAGE3580 592 566/ 39 L2 L45 W60 D52 W53 2.5 32 SCHRIPSEMA, MICHAEL LYCF5887 409 489/ 15 L14 W54 L39 D29 W52 2.5 33 HORNSTRA, BRADY LYCEA279 624 609/ 25 D50 L22 W53 L28 W55 2.5 34 MORRISSET, ROBBIE HPVE3669 675 671/ 29 W62 HPB L22 L12 W48 2.5 35 MABERRY, DAVID LYCGI939 685 696/ 34 W44 W8 L3 L10 L23 2.0 36 HAN, EDWARD CEEEG416 593 597/ 29 L1 W43 L9 W45 L25 2.0 37 PYLES, CHRISTOPHER SAIE8739 653 652/ 92 W53 W9 L4 L19 L26 2.0 38 EARLE, LOGAN LARFB304 613 619/ 30 W54 W10 L5 L16 L24 2.0 39 PARKS, ISAAC NBLE4924 740 722/ 20 W47 L3 W32 L22 L12 2.0 40 KAECH, STONE SKYE6398 721 687/146 W49 L6 W42 L8 L20 2.0 41 PYLES, GRACE SAIG8127 469 456/ 49 L8 L44 W47 L48 W59 2.0 42 DRURY, ABBEY NBLE4320 525 528/ 25 L13 W62 L40 W46 L18 2.0 43 SINGLETON, SHION LYCF6426 400 457/ 10 L15 L36 W54 W56 L17 2.0 44 TIPTON, CAMERON CAREK421 400 480/ 5 L35 W41 L27 L30 W57 2.0 45 GOODIN, KATHERINE ASTFH716 400 444/ 25 L16 W31 L28 L36 W62 2.0 46 VALDEZ, PAUL HSCFF938 500 453/ 5 L25 W61 L17 L42 W60 2.0 47 LESH, LAINEY WHCEI034 400 414/ 31 L39 L20 L41 W62 W58 2.0 48 NORDEEN, MATTHEW SKYG7871 600 462/ 3 L17 HPB HPB W41 L34 2.0 49 GAMMONS-REESE, GRACE LYLF2502 400 400/ 9 L40 L26 L52 BYE W56 2.0 50 CREELMAN, MIRIAM WVEG9624 600 527/ 5 D33 W28 L11 L23 L29 1.5 51 ALLEN, HAIZEL SKYFJ912 400 400/ 29 L7 L29 W62 L20 D54 1.5 52 URIBE, ALEC SKYEH808 424 402/ 25 L21 L58 W49 D31 L32 1.5 53 SIM, ALEX SKYE3317 400 400/ 5 L37 D57 L33 W58 L31 1.5 54 VALDEZ, PHILIP HSCE8125 400 400/ 5 L38 L32 L43 W61 D51 1.5 55 EVANS, ADAM EAGEB851 400 400/ 3 L23 D60 HPB HPB L33 1.5 56 VAN DE POEL, ALEXANDER ASTF9605 582 534/ 88 W22 L7 L21 L43 L49 1.0 57 CLEARY, SAM EAGEI060 446 401/ 20 L9 D53 L12 D60 L44 1.0 58 CLAY, NATHAN LYMGC914 600 400/ 5 L18 W52 L25 L53 L47 1.0 59 CREELMAN, GRACE WVEFI623 500 400/ 5 L27 L30 W61 L26 L41 1.0 60 ENNS, VICTORIA LYCGH399 400 400/ 10 L19 D55 L31 D57 L46 1.0 61 VANDER ZOUWEN, BRETON LYCG2788 458 400/ 30 L10 L46 L59 L54 BYE 1.0 62 JOHNSTON, JACOB LYCF1226 500 400/ 5 L34 L42 L51 L47 L45 0.0 2ND - 3RD GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 1 HOWARD-SNYDER, WILLIAM SAICE130 1016 1097/160 W24 W9 W11 W2 W5 5.0 2 LOWRY, JASON ASTCG811 918 970/ 56 W25 W6 W7 L1 W4 4.0 3 RUBBERT, GRANT LYCDK007 583 856/ 15 W8 W13 W18 L4 W11 4.0 4 HOWARD-SNYDER, PETER SAICH798 949 963/165 W28 W23 W12 W3 L2 4.0 5 VELDHUISEN, TY COLCH107 897 944/ 52 W26 W22 W20 W15 L1 4.0 6 SMARTT, HENRY HSCC5454 622 767/ 66 W39 L2 W19 W12 W18 4.0 7 MALQUIST, BENJAMIN LARDJ768 728 802/ 72 W34 W21 L2 W20 W10 4.0 8 CARPENTER, COLTON SAID4173 1114 1090/120 L3 W34 W21 W23 W9 4.0 9 WINE, TRISTAN RESDE596 630 701/ 98 W29 L1 W27 W14 L8 3.0 10 MCQUAIDE, BAKER CDRD4882 623 671/ 31 W19 L11 W17 W13 L7 3.0 11 STEELE, ZACHARY CARDH880 766 778/ 44 W36 W10 L1 W22 L3 3.0 12 KING, TAYLOR ASTDH361 741 738/ 86 W35 W16 L4 L6 W26 3.0 13 SAWYER, JOE LARD3528 678 679/ 75 W37 L3 W26 L10 W21 3.0 14 DRURY, GABE NBLD1769 781 748/ 68 W31 L20 W16 L9 W24 3.0 15 BOWHAY, DAWSON CARD8381 1127 1061/128 L21 W33 W24 L5 W20 3.0 16 BOWMER, ANTHONY SAIDB939 606 630/ 40 W32 L12 L14 W27 W23 3.0 17 KEELING, SPENCER CARDA763 400 622/ 5 L20 W31 L10 W35 W22 3.0 18 LENDERMAN, TAYLOR NORD3718 757 729/ 53 W30 HPB L3 W25 L6 2.5 19 PARKS, JOB NBLC2825 400 565/ 4 L10 W36 L6 HPB W25 2.5 20 WENDLING, JACK ASTDG787 624 659/ 52 W17 W14 L5 L7 L15 2.0 21 LOISEL, CHASE ASTDF394 601 624/ 54 W15 L7 L8 W31 L13 2.0 22 GOO, AUDREY ASTD6863 626 600/ 77 W27 L5 W32 L11 L17 2.0 23 REAVLEY, WILSON HPVD9808 669 649/ 49 W38 L4 W30 L8 L16 2.0 24 GOODIN, ZACHARY ASTDJ531 545 560/ 25 L1 W37 L15 W32 L14 2.0 25 BOULOS, BASSAM SAIDB650 400 427/ 18 L2 W29 W33 L18 L19 2.0 26 JAMES, MATTHEW NBLDE097 400 442/ 15 L5 W38 L13 W28 L12 2.0 27 ARENA, ANTONE HPVD7581 400 470/ 5 L22 W28 L9 L16 W35 2.0 28 VIEGAS, KATYA NORDJ566 426 423/ 19 L4 L27 W34 L26 W33 2.0 29 CLAUSEN, KEVIN HPVCF292 400 400/ 5 L9 L25 L31 W38 W36 2.0 30 MEZNER, JOSEPH CARC5732 400 447/ 3 L18 W39 L23 HPB HPB 2.0 31 HEGARTY, PATRICK EAGDE751 400 400/ 10 L14 L17 W29 L21 D32 1.5 32 JOHNSON, ELLIOTT LARDD700 400 400/ 5 L16 W35 L22 L24 D31 1.5 33 CLEARY, ALEX NBLCE814 400 400/ 13 HPB L15 L25 W37 L28 1.5 34 SLUYS, JULIA ASTD2466 400 400/ 5 L7 L8 L28 D36 D37 1.0 35 KAATZ, MADILYN NORCE725 400 400/ 5 L12 L32 W38 L17 L27 1.0 36 PETERSON, TOMMY LARCC276 400 400/ 14 L11 L19 D37 D34 L29 1.0 37 SULAK, ZACHARY EAGD6362 400 400/ 5 L13 L24 D36 L33 D34 1.0 38 BAUTISTA-HEPKER, ORION LARCG253 400 400/ 4 L23 L26 L35 L29 BYE 1.0 39 WRIGHT, MARINA HPVDG231 400 400/ 2 L6 L30 U U U 0.0 KINDERGARTEN - 1ST GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 1 WONG, DYLAN ASTA9914 574 727/ 10 W18 D9 W7 W4 W2 4.5 2 TSANG, ALEXANDER BCXBX435 756 790/ 10 W8 W10 W3 W6 L1 4.0 3 JOHNSON, MAX LARB9799 400 752/ 5 W12 W15 L2 W11 W8 4.0 4 KAECH, RICHY SKYBC022 503 607/ 71 W16 W7 D6 L1 W12 3.5 5 SALVATIERRA, CHRISTIAN NORBA411 400 607/ 5 L10 W16 W18 W9 D6 3.5 6 ROWEMOULDS, JAIME LARBG804 518 558/ 24 W14 W13 D4 L2 D5 3.0 7 ENGLE, ANDREW LARBG591 653 633/ 34 W15 L4 L1 W14 W13 3.0 8 PACHECO, OBERON SAIB2848 400 485/ 9 L2 BYE W12 W10 L3 3.0 9 MALQUIST, JOHN LARAF952 400 461/ 10 W17 D1 D11 L5 D10 2.5 10 HEGARTY, DEIRDRE EAGBF717 400 465/ 10 W5 L2 W13 L8 D9 2.5 11 STEELE, RILEY CARBD330 450 466/ 20 HPB HPB D9 L3 W16 2.5 12 RYBKA, BARRETT ASTBD955 446 443/ 25 L3 W14 L8 W18 L4 2.0 13 WINE, TAHLIA RESAA750 400 400/ 9 BYE L6 L10 W17 L7 2.0 14 VERRET, NOLAN CARAJ627 400 400/ 5 L6 L12 W16 L7 W18 2.0 15 STEWARDSON, LIAM EAGBB112 400 448/ 3 L7 L3 W17 HPB HPB 2.0 16 DEVANGE, LINNEA LARAF655 400 400/ 4 L4 L5 L14 BYE L11 1.0 17 DEPALMA, FRANCIS ASTBF984 400 400/ 4 L9 D18 L15 L13 HPB 1.0 18 LEE, BRIANNA BCXAX898 400 400/ 5 L1 D17 L5 L12 L14 0.5
Presenting the eleventh annual....
Come PLAY at the eleventh annual Chess Jam, a tournament and playday for chessplayers of all abilities, from beginner to expert. International Chess Jam 2008
Youth Chess Playday and Tournaments
Saturday, February 2, 2008
at Ferndale High School
State Qualifier Tournament! Washington players 6th grade and below with winning scores qualify to participate in the Washington State Elementary Chess Championships, being held this year on April 26, 2008 in Redmond, Washington.
Site: Ferndale High School. (Ferndale is five minutes north of Bellingham.) Cafeteria for check-in, hang out and K-6 sections. Library for 7-12 section.
Format:
---Grades 7-12: 5-Round McMahon Swiss, Game/45 (each player gets 45 min.)
---Grades K-1, 2-3, 4-6: 5-Round Swiss, Game/30 (each player gets 30 min.)
Computer paired. NWSRS rated, no membership required.Schedule:
8:30am - Registration opens. Note: All pre-registrants must check in. Players who check in late will be receiving a half-point bye in round one.
8:50am - Deadline for 7th-12th grade players to check in.
9:15am - Deadline for K-6th grade players to check in.
9:15am - 1st Round, 7th-12th grade section, in Library.
9:20am - Players meeting, K-6 players, in Cafeteria.
9:45am - 1st Round, K-1, 2-3, 4-6 sections.
. . . . . . . . See FAQ below for rounds schedule
4:40pm - Awards ceremony for K-1, 2-3, 4-6th grade sections.
5:45pm - Awards ceremony for 7-12th grade section.Can't play in all rounds due to other commitments? You can still play in Chess Jam! See the FAQ below.
Awards: Awards to top ten in upper sections (five in K-1 section), team trophies in upper three sections. Every K-1 player who completes all five rounds will receive a medal. Tiebreaks by computer.
How To Enter:
Players must register in advance. Entry fee is $10 and must be received by Wednesday, January 30. Send entries to:
. . . . . Ferndale High School Chess Club
. . . . . Attn: Mr. Pringle
. . . . . PO Box 428
. . . . . Ferndale WA 98248
Make checks to Ferndale High School. Include full name, school, grade, phone, Email address.Canadian players: If email with complete entry information (please supply your ratings, thanks) is received by Wednesday, January 30, entry fee (US currency) may be paid the morning of the tourney at check-in.
6th grade and below: If you want to play in the 7th-12th grade division (tougher competition, slower time control), do say so on your entry.
The Famous Chess Jam T-Shirt: Players can have a custom Chess Jam 2008 T-shirt waiting for them on Game Day. Order yours by writing YES! T-SHIRT ME! on your entry, and indicate size preferred (indicate youth or adult size, then XS,S,M,L,XL) and color preferred (Deep Green, Deep Blue [Navy], Deep Red [Bergundy], or Black). Lettering and artwork is White. If your color is unavailable, default color is Deep Green. Do not send in T-shirt monies in advance -- the $12 T-shirt fee will be collected on-site. Do order in advance though -- extras will not be available on Game Day.
Bring: Boards and sets for skittles area, pen/cils, lunch money, or sack lunch. Clock, if you have one.
Director: Randy Kaech, 360-384-2792, kaech@verizon.net.
Last Year's Results -- 185 Players!
The 11th Annual International CHESS JAM 2008 - ENTRY FORM sample Name_________________________________________ Grade_________ Address______________________________________________________ School_______________________________________________________ Phone___________ Email______________________________________ T-Shirt? ___ If yes, indicate Size, Color: __________________
Directions: Take I-5 Exit 262. Go west about 1 mile to downtown Ferndale. Turn right on 3rd, then next left onto Vista. In less than 1/4 mile when right lane forms, take it. At the roundabout you'll see FHS to your right. (5830 Golden Eagle Dr.)
Chess Jam 2008 FAQ
I can't play in all five rounds because I have to be somewhere else for awhile that day.
Can I still play?
Yes, you can still play in Chess Jam! Indicate on your entry which rounds you will be missing. You'll get a free 1/2 point bye for each of the first two rounds you need to miss.So what's the schedule for each round?
Schedule for K-1, 2-3 and 4-6th grade sections:
Rd 1 9:45, Rd 2 11:15, then a lunch break, Rd 3 12:45, Rd 4 2:00, Rd 5 3:15.
Schedule for 7th-12th grade section: Rd 1 9:15, Rd 2 10:55, Rd 3 12:35, Rd 4 2:15, Rd 5 4:00.Will concessions be available?
Yes, and this year it's operated by the Moutain View, Custer, Skyline and North Bellingham Elementary Chess Club Boosters. So bring pizza money! And if we're lucky (still unconfirmed) The Chess House will arrive with chess clocks, boards, books, software and more for perusal and purchase.
I don't even know how to play chess. Is it hard?
Easy to learn, hard to master. Learn, and then come play with us! Have a friend show you! Or read (then print out) the rules here. Only three things you need to know to play: 1.The starting position. 2.How the six different pieces move. 3.How the game ends. (Get the King!)I'm not a good chessplayer. Should I play in Chess Jam?
Sure! Come jam with the rest of us patzers. We're all learning, and you don't have to be a Grandmaster to have fun at chess. Besides, the Swiss pairings system will match you with opponents of equal ability (after a few rounds). And just think of how much better you'll be after a day of chess jamming.
Do I have to write down the moves?
At Chess Jam scorekeeping is required in the 7th-12th grade section . To learn how, have a teacher or friend show you, or go here. Hey, it's good for you! One of the best ways to improve is to review your games after a tournament. (Besides being able to show your friends the awesome move you made that clinched the game.) Also, learning chess notation opens you to the whole wide world of chess literature. So, bring a pen or pencil, scoresheets will be provided.If I haven't taken my hands off of the chess piece yet, can I change my mind?
In a rated tournament like this one, if you even touch a chess piece, you must move it! And if you touch an opponent's piece, you must capture it! So sit on your hands until you know what you want to do. If a piece needs to be centered or adjusted, you may do so by first saying "I adjust".Will we use chess clocks? How do they work?
We'll use clocks in the 7-12 section, and in the lower sections on the upper boards only, and if your game goes really long. Chess clocks are a great invention. They keep slow players from slowing and losing players from stalling. Here's how it works: After your move, you hit the button nearest you on the chess clock. Your timer stops, and your opponent's timer begins. In this tournament each player gets either 30 minutes (K-6 section) or 45 minutes (7-12 section), thus ensuring that no game goes over 60 minutes (or 90 minutes). If a player uses up all his time, it's a loss just like checkmate. If a game starts without a clock and goes really long, we may put a clock on the game, with the time equally elapsed, as one becomes available.How do school team awards work?
The team scoring used will be similar to cross-country meet scoring. In each section the best four results from a single school will be tallied and compared with other schools. Efforts are made not to pair players from the same school. Eligibility rules are those used by WHSCA for State events at the MS and HS level, and at Elem. level we use the eligibility rules used at Elem. State.The High School section uses McMahon Swiss pairings. What's that?
The 7th-12th graders generally have ratings that are more established than in the elementary sections. So we're using McMahon Swiss pairings, which allows players of similar strength to play each other sooner, and avoids first round mismatches (i.e. having to play someone 600 points higher/lower than yourself). It's the same as a regular Swiss tourney, except players in the top half of the field begin the tourney with a point. With McMahon, top half players play each other starting in the first round rather than the second, as do lower half players. It's as if the tourney began with one round already played. (Don't worry - you still get to play five games!)Is this tourney an Elementary State Qualifier tournament? Tell me about State.
The largest chess tournament in the state every year is not the Washington Open, the Seafair Open or the State High School Team Championships, it's the State Elementary Championships. Two years ago it was held in Lynden and saw 1,135 players compete. And consider this: to attend, players had to first qualify by posting a winning record in a qualifying tournament.To qualify for Elementary State, a Washington student "in grades 1-6 must score at least 3/5 in a WSRS-rated Scholastic Chess Tournament in Washington State with at least 32 players per section, and three or more schools participating. Players in Grade K need to score 2/5 in a divison which includes K-2 players." A list of qualifying players can be found at the WHSCA website.
Parents, check out the Parents FAQ on the NW Wa. Elementary School Chess page
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