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12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CHESS JAM - 136 PLAYERS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009 FERNDALE, WA (Interpret id numbers at http://mysite.verizon.net/kaech/ratings.html ) K - 1ST GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 1 MCKAY, CONNOR WKEBJ352 558 728/ 19 W13 W9 D6 W7 W2 4.5 2 FRAZIER, JOSHUA ASTAI906 825 803/ 25 D8 W11 W3 W6 L1 3.5 3 SCHAEFER, COLM ASTB9423 638 704/ 11 HPB W4 L2 W5 W6 3.5 4 COLLINS, GRANT WKEBB196 547 552/ 24 D11 L3 W13 D8 W10 3.0 5 FULLER, MICHAEL LYCB8993 655 619/ 14 L6 BYE W10 L3 W9 3.0 6 DEYERIN, DEVAN WKEBA041 419 554/ 18 W5 W7 D1 L2 L3 2.5 7 MONTOYA-LEWIS, ZACHARY BCOBF223 558 544/ 19 W10 L6 W9 L1 D8 2.5 8 WINE, TAHLIA RESBA750 439 448/ 49 D2 L10 BYE D4 D7 2.5 9 DANENHOWER, MAX SAIAE991 461 461/ 15 W12 L1 L7 W11 L5 2.0 10 WILSON, STEVEN HSCB8849 400 425/ 5 L7 W8 L5 W12 L4 2.0 11 MCPHAIL, SIERRA ISOA9386 400 437/ 5 D4 L2 D12 L9 W13 2.0 12 KUHL, JOCELYN CIABJ516 400 400/ 4 L9 D13 D11 L10 BYE 2.0 13 SIM, BREVIN SKYAA553 400 400/ 4 L1 D12 L4 BYE L11 1.5 2ND - 3RD GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 1 VELDHUISEN, TY COLDH107 874 940/ 89 W19 W11 D6 W7 W3 4.5 2 HARLE, NIKHIL CDRDJ930 913 940/ 69 W9 W4 W5 L3 W11 4.0 3 HOWARD-SNYDER, PETER SAIDH798 1055 1052/231 W10 W21 W8 W2 L1 4.0 4 SUN, LUCY HPVCA489 669 775/ 20 W14 L2 W15 W10 W8 4.0 5 GHANBARI, DARMON CARCF886 769 800/ 25 W23 W20 L2 W6 W13 4.0 6 KAECH, RICHY SKYCC022 727 756/112 W27 W12 D1 L5 W16 3.5 7 RYBKA, BARRETT ASTCD955 561 676/ 44 HPB W17 W16 L1 W15 3.5 8 GOIT, ELLIOT WKED7271 795 779/ 25 W22 W26 L3 W12 L4 3.0 9 WAGNER, BRODY LARCF603 434 547/ 15 L2 W14 W21 L13 W18 3.0 10 SCHWINDT, ETHAN WKEDF266 455 548/ 18 L3 W25 W18 L4 W23 3.0 11 PICKERING, TAYSON NORDG207 579 614/ 15 W30 L1 W22 W19 L2 3.0 12 LANGE, DAVID MTNDD425 470 557/ 10 W28 L6 W20 L8 W19 3.0 13 SIDHU, SIMRIN NORDC385 472 510/ 19 L18 W27 W30 W9 L5 3.0 14 SCHOENECKER, LILLY ASTCA073 400 496/ 14 L4 L9 W31 W29 W26 3.0 15 FEENSTRA, HENRY SAID2294 522 532/ 15 D17 W29 L4 W24 L7 2.5 16 DANENHOWER, ASA SAICA314 613 596/ 22 D29 W18 L7 W21 L6 2.5 17 PRINGLE, NATHAN SKYDJ870 400 451/ 10 D15 L7 D24 D22 W28 2.5 18 LOVE, PARKER CUEDF192 400 433/ 5 W13 L16 L10 W25 L9 2.0 19 WILLETT, PATRICK CUEDF580 429 460/ 10 L1 W31 W26 L11 L12 2.0 20 WILSON, GEMMA HSCDA930 400 430/ 10 W24 L5 L12 D26 D22 2.0 21 FINKBONNER, JAKE ASTDA442 665 604/ 13 W25 L3 L9 L16 W29 2.0 22 MCPHAIL, DYLAN ISOD7213 417 429/ 15 L8 W28 L11 D17 D20 2.0 23 SLAUGHTER, NICKOLAS SKYCG121 413 422/ 37 L5 D24 D29 W27 L10 2.0 24 CHAN, PAYTON SUND6973 642 506/ 10 L20 D23 D17 L15 W30 2.0 25 DALRYMPLE, ROSS SAICC691 400 400/ 8 L21 L10 BYE L18 W31 2.0 26 STEWARDSON, LIAM EAGCB112 505 448/ 31 W31 L8 L19 D20 L14 1.5 27 STONE, TAZER CIADB624 400 400/ 9 L6 L13 D28 L23 BYE 1.5 28 BOYD, FINNEGAN CUEDF769 400 400/ 5 L12 L22 D27 W30 L17 1.5 29 PETERSON, TOMMY WKEDC276 400 400/ 34 D16 L15 D23 L14 L21 1.0 30 CALDWELL, JACKSON WKED5692 400 400/ 8 L11 BYE L13 L28 L24 1.0 31 MEDCALF, MASON LARCI950 400 400/ 4 L26 L19 L14 BYE L25 1.0 4TH - 6TH GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 tot 1 LEE, JONAH BCXDX438 1285 1322/ 59 W31 W12 W11 W3 W8 5.0 2 BROWN, KENNETH FHVG4291 1147 1175/157 W30 W13 D9 W4 W10 4.5 3 MACLACHLAN, SILAS HSCGG617 1070 1095/ 26 W33 W23 W7 L1 W16 4.0 4 KNAPP, ROBERT J LYCG8465 958 1010/127 W34 W17 W6 L2 W18 4.0 5 CARPENTER, COLTON SAIE4173 1144 1146/159 W27 W16 L10 W9 W13 4.0 6 HOWARD-SNYDER, WILLIAM SAIDE130 1113 1109/226 W26 W21 L4 W23 W20 4.0 7 MISZCZAK, LIAM SAIF8682 906 934/116 W43 W29 L3 W14 W22 4.0 8 SMARTT, KALEB HSCG4368 1081 1084/108 W39 W14 W15 D10 L1 3.5 9 RIANDA, WILL CIAG2326 1050 1058/164 W35 W18 D2 L5 W15 3.5 10 WITECKI, IAN ASTG9565 955 998/216 W37 W42 W5 D8 L2 3.5 11 KAECH, STONE SKYF6398 1003 978/188 W36 W22 L1 L15 W32 3.0 12 HAN, HENRY HPVFD948 862 850/ 73 W25 L1 W33 L22 W36 3.0 13 AHO, BILLY BACFE101 860 869/ 48 W47 L2 W27 W17 L5 3.0 14 VALDEZ, PHILIP HSCE8125 832 832/ 35 W24 L8 W37 L7 W33 3.0 15 FRAZIER, JACOB ASTEA879 658 791/ 20 W49 W19 L8 W11 L9 3.0 16 MORRIS, JULIA LYCGE440 855 856/ 90 W44 L5 W36 W28 L3 3.0 17 HAN, EDWARD CEEFG416 662 689/ 48 W40 L4 W24 L13 W28 3.0 18 WENDLING, JACK ASTEG787 704 743/ 93 W45 L9 W44 W19 L4 3.0 19 SUN, KEVIN HPVF5342 865 831/ 25 W28 L15 W31 L18 W30 3.0 20 HAN, LAWRENCE CEEG3305 867 856/ 47 L42 W32 W30 W21 L6 3.0 21 KAHLE, JIMMY SKYF2025 842 833/ 93 W48 L6 W34 L20 W31 3.0 22 WINE, TRISTAN RESEE596 665 717/149 W46 L11 W43 W12 L7 3.0 23 KING, TAYLOR ASTEH361 795 798/141 WF L3 W42 L6 W35 3.0 24 SIM, ALEX SKYF3317 400 563/ 15 L14 W35 L17 W27 W40 3.0 25 FULLER II, PATRICK R LYCF9059 491 581/ 33 L12 L27 W49 W34 W29 3.0 26 EVANS, ADAM CIAFB851 597 612/ 29 L6 HPB W41 D32 HPB 2.5 27 GOO, AUDREY ASTE6863 603 607/112 L5 W25 L13 L24 W42 2.0 28 GONZALEZ, GABRIEL ASTE6169 495 526/ 25 L19 W38 W29 L16 L17 2.0 29 LESH, LAINEY WHCFI034 643 602/ 56 W38 L7 L28 W37 L25 2.0 30 SINGLETON, SHION SAIF6426 634 632/ 49 L2 W41 L20 W43 L19 2.0 31 HORNSTRA, BRADY LYCFA279 638 634/ 69 L1 W47 L19 W44 L21 2.0 32 BOERSMA, JACK LYCGG216 640 623/ 43 D41 L20 W39 D26 L11 2.0 33 SCHOENECKER, JAMES ASTEF322 582 594/ 35 L3 W48 L12 W42 L14 2.0 34 BOWMER, ANTHONY SUNEB939 559 555/ 50 L4 W45 L21 L25 W44 2.0 35 JACOBSEN, JOSHUA LYCE4866 571 561/ 25 L9 L24 W46 W38 L23 2.0 36 EARLE, LOGAN LARGB304 562 571/ 45 L11 W46 L16 W45 L12 2.0 37 HILBURN, CAMERON CAREE469 550 545/ 20 L10 W49 L14 L29 W45 2.0 38 WHITNEY, CHRISTIAN NORE9965 400 425/ 5 L29 L28 W48 L35 W43 2.0 39 GOODIN, ZACHARY ASTEJ531 584 548/ 55 L8 L44 L32 W46 W47 2.0 40 MORRISON, MICHAEL CUEEI596 400 400/ 12 L17 L43 BYE D41 L24 1.5 41 NESTOR, ELLIOT HPVE2669 400 400/ 5 D32 L30 L26 D40 D49 1.5 42 MCCOLLUM, CONNOR RESE8721 495 501/ 10 W20 L10 L23 L33 L27 1.0 43 VAN DE POEL, ALEXANDER ASTG9605 514 464/122 L7 W40 L22 L30 L38 1.0 44 DUNCAN, EVAN SKYFI410 451 438/ 15 L16 W39 L18 L31 L34 1.0 45 FULLER, ELIZABETH LYCEJ738 400 400/ 19 L18 L34 W47 L36 L37 1.0 46 SCHOENECKER, SAVANNA ASTFG180 400 400/ 24 L22 L36 L35 L39 BYE 1.0 47 RANDALL-GRUTTER, ROWAN SILEE364 461 410/ 15 L13 L31 L45 W49 L39 1.0 48 ODEGAARD, CAMERON SILE8764 400 400/ 13 L21 L33 L38 BYE U 1.0 49 RODRIGUEZ, CHRISTIAN G EAGF6933 500 400/ 5 L15 L37 L25 L47 D41 0.5 7TH - 12TH GRADE DIVISION pos last name first id numb start end/#gms rd1 rd2 rd3 rd4 rd5 rd6 tot 1 SOHAL, TANRAJ BCXHX474 1620 1630/ 74 BYE W15 W7 W6 W2 D5 5.5 2 WITECKI, THOMAS LYEK8805 1556 1560/441 BYE W29 W4 W5 L1 W8 5.0 3 STEWARDSON, PAUL HSCI4704 1250 1273/120 BYE W10 W17 W7 L5 W13 5.0 4 SMITH, DUSTIN SEDMA158 1111 1185/ 71 BYE W22 L2 W17 W20 W6 5.0 5 BLANKERS, ELI LYXK8258 1409 1425/217 BYE W18 W14 L2 W3 D1 4.5 6 LOUDON, DAVID FERL4251 1251 1242/ 66 BYE W9 W11 L1 W19 L4 4.0 7 HONCOOP, TERREN LYEM7330 1153 1165/135 BYE W21 L1 L3 W22 W15 4.0 8 SYMONDS, CALOB LYMI4003 1133 1131/139 BYE L17 W26 W11 W18 L2 4.0 9 THOMSON, TAYLOR HSCLB307 975 970/ 44 BYE L6 W33 L20 W26 W23 4.0 10 RYBKA, FENTON FERL9100 976 986/181 BYE L3 L13 W35 W24 W19 4.0 11 TEFFT-MEEKER, DEVON FHVI5594 919 992/129 BYE W12 L6 L8 W33 W18 4.0 12 LESH, ROBYN LYEJA140 1114 1087/134 BYE L11 W19 W24 L13 W17 4.0 13 DEBOER, KALVIN LYXKF479 744 964/ 63 U BYE W10 W21 W12 L3 4.0 14 ABBOTT, ALEXANDER FERL2280 1043 1020/163 BYE W24 L5 L19 D16 W20 3.5 15 GOO, ANTHONY C ASTI7666 1022 1035/158 BYE L1 HPB W25 W29 L7 3.5 16 BURDSAL, TREMAYNE SEDJ9072 861 846/ 27 BYE L19 L32 W37 D14 W29 3.5 17 BLOK, DYLAN LYCHG840 947 960/ 97 BYE W8 L3 L4 W28 L12 3.0 18 PITCHER, RYAN LYCH8308 1005 990/164 BYE L5 W23 W22 L8 L11 3.0 19 HONCOOP, JOHN WILLIAM LYXM6365 878 899/ 92 BYE W16 L12 W14 L6 L10 3.0 20 MABERRY, DAVID LYCHI939 819 855/ 77 U W38 W31 W9 L4 L14 3.0 21 VALDEZ, PAUL HSCGF938 952 903/ 35 BYE L7 W34 L13 L23 W33 3.0 22 DUNFORD, NATHAN HSCI8195 906 886/ 34 BYE L4 W35 L18 L7 W37 3.0 23 STEENSMA, BEN LYXJ7236 764 806/ 72 U W30 L18 W34 W21 L9 3.0 24 EVANS, ETHAN HSCH3309 896 861/ 30 BYE L14 W43 L12 L10 W35 3.0 25 STOCKTON, SHANE LYCHI631 745 773/ 38 U W36 D29 L15 W30 D27 3.0 26 HAN, AMY FHVIK070 811 812/ 60 U W42 L8 W39 L9 W31 3.0 27 FERGUSON, JUSTIN VSTI9127 813 748/ 12 U L34 D30 W43 W32 D25 3.0 28 WARD, CAITLYN LYXJ4793 729 711/ 14 U L31 W41 W42 L17 W36 3.0 29 RIANDA, BEN VSTI7794 1021 954/165 BYE L2 D25 W32 L15 L16 2.5 30 WILSON, KENNY HSCHB574 522 579/ 15 U L23 D27 W41 L25 W32 2.5 31 FISHER, GREG FERL5283 486 565/ 70 U W28 L20 L33 W34 L26 2.0 32 COMCHOC, BJ LYCIC635 400 507/ 21 U W37 W16 L29 L27 L30 2.0 33 LIKKEL, DRAKE LYCH7027 719 709/ 66 U W39 L9 W31 L11 L21 2.0 34 CUMMINS, KYLE FHVH3068 625 620/ 25 U W27 L21 L23 L31 W41 2.0 35 NIEUWENDORP, TY MRDK4783 648 646/ 25 U W40 L22 L10 W42 L24 2.0 36 SEMSAK, DEREK HORH7016 505 492/ 14 U L25 L37 BYE W38 L28 2.0 37 FARRIS, AARON FERL5677 672 586/ 7 U L32 W36 L16 W43 L22 2.0 38 FERGUSON, WILLIAM VSTID516 634 561/ 12 U L20 L39 W40 L36 W42 2.0 39 HENRY, COLTON FERKF320 400 404/ 23 U L33 W38 L26 L41 BYE 2.0 40 PRICE, NICK LYCHE925 700 400/ 4 U L35 L42 L38 BYE W43 2.0 41 DUNCAN, HEATHER VSTIB625 502 457/ 11 U HPB L28 L30 W39 L34 1.5 42 WILSON, LAURA HSCJE346 577 513/ 22 U L26 W40 L28 L35 L38 1.0 43 BISHEL, CAMERON SEDK9470 400 400/ 11 U BYE L24 L27 L37 L40 1.0 K-6TH GRADE TEAM STANDINGS: 1.Saint Pauls 2.Assumption 3.Wade King 4.Lynden Christian 5.Skyline 6.Happy Valley 7.Cascadia
Presenting the twelfth annual....
Come PLAY at the twelfth annual Chess Jam, a tournament and playday for chessplayers of all abilities, from beginner to expert. International Chess Jam 2009
Youth Chess Playday and Tournaments
Saturday, February 7, 2009
at Ferndale High School
State Qualifier Tournament! Kindergarten-6th grade players with winning scores (3/5) qualify to participate in the 2009 Washington State Elementary Chess Championships, being held this year in Spokane on April 25, 2009.
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.
: Huge Hallway 600 for hang out and TV Room (bring chairs).
Format - Four Playing Sections:
---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, top five in K-1 section. Medals to those scoring 3.0 or higher. Every K-1 player who completes all five rounds will receive a medal or trophy. Team awards to top seven elementary schools (determined by adding the points of the top five scorers from a single K-5 or K-6 school). Team awards to top three schools in the 7th-12th grade division. Tiebreaks by computer.
How To Enter:
Players must register in advance. Entry fee is $10 and must be received by Wednesday, February 4. (Entries with T-shirt order by Feb. 3.) 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.Online Registration:
Canadian players: If email with complete entry information (please supply your ratings, thanks) is received by Wednesday, February 4, entry fee (US currency) may be paid the morning of the tourney at check-in. Or, enter online (see above).
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 2009 T-shirt waiting for them on Game Day. Order yours by writing 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. Note: Entries with T-shirt orders must be received earlier, by Tuesday, February 3.
Bring: Boards, sets, for skittles area, pen/cils, lunch/concessions money. Chess clock for the 7th-12 grade section if you have one. And bring a riddle to write on an index card for door prizes. Groaners are fine. It might be read publicly between rounds! (i.e. Why did the mother owl not worry about her baby? Because she didn't give a hoot!)
Director: Randy Kaech, 360-384-2792, kaech@verizon.net.
Download the one page Chess Jam flyer
The 12th Annual International CHESS JAM 2009 - 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 2009 FAQ
If I submit a riddle for the door prize, will you read my name?
We'll be reading some of the riddles between rounds, but we'll only read your name if you are a prize winner. (Or if your riddle is really really good!)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 Sarah Wickham's 5th-6th grade class at Skyline Elementary School, and they're bringing healthy food, yummy, home-made items, a lunch option, and more!
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 you can learn the rules of chess online here or 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.I've never played in a tournament. I'm nervous! What do I do?
Have fun and enjoy the competition! You might have your parents read Considerations Before Competing, an article by a Whatcom County mom published in Neighborhood-Kids.com. Then you'll know a bit more about what to expect. Also, watch the KVOS-TV Checkmate! feature on youth chess in Whatcom County.
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. Last year 1,422 players pre-registered to compete in Redmond. 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 post a winning record (score over 50 percent) in a NWSRS-rated Scholastic Chess Tournament in Washington State with at least 4 rounds, at least 6 players in their section, and at least 3 different school codes represented. Players in Kindergarten need to score 2/5 in a divison which includes K-2 players. A list of qualifying players for the current school year 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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