2023 WISCONSIN STATE SCHOLASTIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
< p> (this page is for Varsity registration; for JV, K-8, and K-5 ple ase go to 2023 Wisconsin Scholastic Chess JV, K-8, K-5 Championship (kingregist ration.com))March 18-19, 2023
ENTER: 2023 Wisconsin State Scholastic Chess Championship (Varsity Team section) (kingregistration.com)
VARSITY FORMAT: 5-Round team Swiss tournament with 5 pla yers per team. Accelerated pairings may be used for the first two rounds. S chools may enter multiple teams in the Varsity section. Only Wisconsin stud ents are eligible. No out-of-state entries are allowed in this event.
Players of all abilities are encouraged to participate. This is not a US Chess rated event.
< strong>SCHEDULE:
Saturday: Round 1 - 9:30
Round 2 - 1:15
Round 3 - 5:00
Sunday : Round 4 - 9:00
Round 5 - 12:30
Awards - 4:00pm
The time control fo
r Varsity is Game in 60 minutes plus a 30 second increment (not delay).
PLAYING SITE: The playing site is the Reeve Memorial Student Union, UW-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI. The skittles room will be Reeve Union cafeteria. Room 221 will be the Tournament Director’s room.Day par king can be found in lot 15 across the street from Reeve Union and is free on the weekend. The Reeve Union Marketplace Sub Connection will be open both days 8:30 am – 1:30 pm. The Pizza Hut will be open 11 am – 1:30 pm. The Titan Underground will be open 10 am – 2 pm both weekend days.
< p>PRIZES: Varsity section is div ided into three equally sized Divisions based on average team rating for pr ize purposes. Trophies to the top eight Division I teams, top six Division II teams and the top four Division III teams, first place team members and their coach and each board champion. If a tie for 1st place exis ts in Division I, a blitz playoff will determine the champion. Every partic ipant is eligible for an additional award (medal, chocolate or fruit leathe r), especially if they castle!
ENTRY FEE:
The early bird entry fee is $175 per team if received
EQUIPMENT : Boards, sets, and clocks are provided.
ACCOMMODATIO NS: Dorm rooms are available at Gruenhagen Conference Center for $40 single or double plus a 10% room tax. Dorm rooms include two towels, a washcloth, soap and linens per bed. To reserve your rooms, please call Grue nhagen directly at (920) 424-1106. Mention chess. Gruenhagen asks that one person per team pay for the rooms and pick up the keys. Please note that Gruenhagen charges $115 for lost keys. There is a 5 P.M. Friday, March 10 cutoff for lodging room reservations. Making this dead line will better assure you of having your team stay together or even to ge t a room! Reserve rooms early. Due to UW-O students housing in Gruenhagen, space may be limited. Make lodging checks out to “ UW-Oshkosh”. A 24-hour cancellation policy exists. You will be charged one night’s lodging for rooms booked but not taken upon check in.
PARKING: For parking around Gruenhagen cars should use th e High Avenue ramp on the corner of High and Osceola Streets. Please use le vel 1 or 3. Level 2 is reserved for resident students. Other possible parki ng locations include Lot 30 at the end Gruenhagen. Day parking is free on t he weekend but UW-O now charges $5 for overnight parking. Purchase permits in advance at: Parking Services ( aimsparking.com). Click on: ‘Purchase a Permit’ then ‘Weekend Visitor P ermit’. Day parking can be in lot 15 on Algoma Blvd. across from Reeve Unio n
CHAPERONES: All teams staying in the dorm s are required to have a chaperone staying in the dorms. Gruenhagen policy states: “Conference groups utilizing Gruenhagen Conference Center and compo sed of minors must be supervised by adults who are responsible for the beha vior and activities of the participants. Chaperones will be responsible for upholding the standards of behavior and policies as determined by the Univ ersity. Within Gruenhagen Conference Center this includes compliance of the policies regarding window screen removal, excessive littering, disturbing noise, abuse to elevators, use of alcohol and drugs and damage of Universit y property.” Please note that that among other violations, Gruenhagen char ges for furniture that has been moved between rooms, screen removal and for tampering with the smoke detector. Serious offenses will disallow a studen t from staying at the conference center in the future.
RULES
The Varsity team winners will be det ermined by match points. One match point for a win, 1/2 point for a draw, a nd zero points for a loss. A match is won by the team scoring the most game points (3 points or more out of 5 games).
US CHESS TEAM RULES: Please refer to section 31 of the US Chess’ Offic ial Rules of Chess for a full explanation of team rules. In particular , players must play in rating order (Rule 31B). Unrateds may play on any bo ard (Rule 31B2). Players within 50 rating points of each other may permanen tly switch positions prior to the tournament. Teams will be seeded based on a team rating derived from the rating average of the five players. Rule 31 C1 will be used to calculate team ratings when unrateds are involved. The M arch rating supplement will be used. March ratings should be available at < a href="http://www.uschess.org/msa">www.uschess.org/msa in late Februar y.
RATINGS: US Chess ratings (regular, onlin e regular, quick, online quick) are used for pairing purposes only. Ratings are not affected by this event.
ELIGIBILITY : All Varsity teams must be composed of entirely 9th through 12th graders or 8th graders and below. All players must be from the same school unless t hat school does not have students covering all the grades in any section. I f a high school does not have a 9th grade, then they may tap 9th graders fr om eligible feeder schools. Students in grades K-8 may play as a team in a Varsity section if from the same school. Only Wisconsin students are eligib le.
A home school or virtual school student may play on eithe
r a public or private school team. To play on a public school team the stud
ent must live within the attendance boundary (not district) from which that
public school draws. Any private school seeking to have these students on
their team must use the same public school attendance boundary in which the
ir school building is located. Players from outside their boundaries are no
t allowed to play on that school’s team. Home schooled students are conside
red to be in 9th grade when they are 14 as of September 1st
of the school year. Players must be under age 19 as of September 1st of the school year.
We will discuss and ratify al l rules and changes at the coach’s meeting scheduled for the TD’s room (Ree ve Room 221) after the 2nd varsity round starts. Any rules chang e proposals need to be sent out one month before the event. Any rules chang es not sent out a month in advance need a super-majority to pass.
SIDE EVENT
Waupaca High School will sponsor th e State Scholastic Bughouse Tournament Saturday night. Details forthcoming.
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