BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281105T010000 RDATE:20290311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220317T080000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280312T030000 RDATE:20281105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:968e79e8fc46011d4085481f37fdde47 CATEGORIES:Tournaments CREATED:20230111T091844 SUMMARY:2023 Wisconsin State Scholastic Chess Championship (Varsity Team section) LOCATION:University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh DESCRIPTION:2023 WISCONSIN STATE SCHOLASTIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP\n (this page is for Vars ity registration; for JV, K-8, and K-5 please go to 2023 Wisconsin Scholast ic Chess JV, K-8, K-5 Championship (kingregistration.com) (https://www.king registration.com/event/2023WIScholasticState)) \nMarch 18-19, 2023\n \nENTE R: 2023 Wisc onsin State Scholastic Chess Championship (Varsity Team section) (kingregis tration.com)\n \nVARSITY FORMAT:  5-Round team Swiss tournament with 5 players per team. Accelerated pairings may be used for the first two rounds . Schools may enter multiple teams in the Varsity section. Only Wisconsin s tudents are eligible. No out-of-state entries are allowed in this event.\n  \nPlayers of all abilities are encouraged to participate. This is not a US Chess rated event.\n \nSCHEDULE:\nSaturday:   Round 1 -  9:30\n                  Round 2 -  1:15\n                 Round 3 -  5:00\nSunday:     Round 4 -  9:00 \n                 Round 5 - 12:30\n                  Awards  -   4:00pm   \nThe time control for Varsity is Game in 60 minutes plus a 30 sec ond increment (not delay). Notation is mandatory for the entire game. Clock s are provided.\n \n 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 parking 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.\n  \nPRIZES:  Varsity section is divided into three equally sized Divisions b ased on average team rating for prize purposes. Trophies to the top eight D ivision I teams, top six Division II teams and the top four Division III te ams, first place team members and their coach and each board champion. If a tie for 1st place exists in Division I, a blitz playoff will determine the champion. Every participant is eligible for an additional award (medal, ch ocolate or fruit leather), especially if they castle! \n \nENTRY FEE:  The early bird entry fee is $175 per team if received by March 6. The regular e ntry fee is $225 per team if received by March 16th. The late entry fee is  $300 per team and is accepted until 7:30am on March 18th. All rosters must be finalized by 8:00am on March 18th. Teams enterting after March 16th risk a first-round bye. Online payments are preferred. If you need to make an a lternative arrangement, please email Chris Wainscott at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak9b1ce1e8426d3dd4ff2495a06add701f').innerHT ML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy9b1ce1e8426d3dd4ff2495a06add701f = 'chr 5;s.wainscott13' + '@'; addy9b1ce1e8426d3dd4ff2495a06 add701f = addy9b1ce1e8426d3dd4ff2495a06add701f + 'outloo ;k' + '.' + 'com'; var addy_text9b1ce1e8426d3dd4ff2495a06add70 1f = 'chris.wainscott13' + '@' + 'outl 1;ok' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak9b1ce1e8426 d3dd4ff2495a06add701f').innerHTML += ''+addy_text9b1ce1e8426d3dd4ff2495 a06add701f+'';   \n \nEQUIPMENT: Boards, sets, and clocks are provided.\n  \nACCOMMODATIONS:  Dorm rooms are available at Gruenhagen Conference Cente r for $40 single or double plus a 10% room tax. Dorm rooms include two towe ls, a washcloth, soap and linens per bed. To reserve your rooms, please cal l Gruenhagen directly at (920) 424-1106. Mention chess. Gruenhagen asks tha t one person per team pay for the rooms and pick up the keys. Please note t hat Gruenhagen charges $115 for lost keys. There is a 5 P.M. Friday, March 10 cutoff for lodging room reservations. Making this deadline will better a ssure you of having your team stay together or even to get a room!  Reserve rooms early. Due to UW-O students housing in Gruenhagen, space may be limi ted. 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 t aken upon check in.\n \nPARKING: For parking around Gruenhagen cars should use the High Avenue ramp on the corner of High and Osceola Streets. Please use level 1 or 3. Level 2 is reserved for resident students. Other possible parking locations include Lot 30 at the end Gruenhagen. Day parking is fre e on the weekend but UW-O now charges $5 for overnight parking. Purchase pe rmits in advance at:  Parking Services (aimsparking.com) (https://uwosh.aim sparking.com/). Click on: ‘Purchase a Permit’ then ‘Weekend Visitor Permit’ . Day parking can be in lot 15 on Algoma Blvd. across from Reeve Union\n \n CHAPERONES:  All teams staying in the dorms are required to have a chaperon e staying in the dorms. Gruenhagen policy states: “Conference groups utiliz ing Gruenhagen Conference Center and composed of minors must be supervised by adults who are responsible for the behavior and activities of the partic ipants. Chaperones will be responsible for upholding the standards of behav ior and policies as determined by the University. Within Gruenhagen Confere nce 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 University property.”  Please note that th at among other violations, Gruenhagen charges for furniture that has been m oved between rooms, screen removal and for tampering with the smoke detecto r. Serious offenses will disallow a student from staying at the conference center in the future.\n \nCHECK IN/OUT POLICY:  All coaches or their adult designee are responsible for checking out each lodging room assigned to the ir team upon check in and check out. A check in form will be provided to ea ch team for each room and should be returned to the desk as soon as possibl e. Any damages discovered by Gruenhagen in your rooms will be billed to you r school.\n  \nRULES\nThe Varsity team winners will be determined by match points. One match point for a win, 1/2 point for a draw, and zero points fo r a loss. A match is won by the team scoring the most game points (3 points or more out of 5 games). \n \nUS CHESS TEAM RULES:  Please refer to sectio n 31 of the US Chess’ Official Rules of Chess for a full explanation of tea m rules. In particular, players must play in rating order (Rule 31B). Unrat eds may play on any board (Rule 31B2). Players within 50 rating points of e ach other may permanently switch positions prior to the tournament. Teams w ill be seeded based on a team rating derived from the rating average of the five players. Rule 31C1 will be used to calculate team ratings when unrate ds are involved. The March rating supplement will be used. March ratings sh ould be available at www.uschess.org/m sa in late February.\n \nRATINGS: US Chess ratings (regular, online reg ular, quick, online quick) are used for pairing purposes only. Ratings are not affected by this event.\n \nELIGIBILITY:  All Varsity teams must be com posed of entirely 9th through 12th graders or 8th graders and below. All pl ayers must be from the same school unless that school does not have student s covering all the grades in any section. If a high school does not have a 9th grade, then they may tap 9th graders from eligible feeder schools. Stud ents in grades K-8 may play as a team in a Varsity section if from the same school. Only Wisconsin students are eligible.\n \nA home school or virtual school student may play on either a public or private school team. To play on a public school team the student must live within the attendance bounda ry (not district) from which that public school draws. Any private school s eeking to have these students on their team must use the same public school attendance boundary in which their school building is located. Players fro m outside their boundaries are not allowed to play on that school’s team. H ome schooled students are considered 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 Se ptember 1st of the school year.\n \nWe will discuss and ratify all rules an d changes at the coach’s meeting scheduled for the TD’s room (Reeve Room 22 1) after the 2nd varsity round starts. Any rules change proposals need to b e sent out one month before the event. Any rules changes not sent out a mon th in advance need a super-majority to pass.\n \nSIDE EVENT \nWaupaca High School will sponsor the State Scholastic Bughouse Tournament Saturday night . Details forthcoming.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

2023 WISCONSIN STATE SCHOLASTIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

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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). Notation is mandatory for the entire game. Clocks are provide d.

 

 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.

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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 by March 6. The regular entry fee is $225 per team if received  by March 16th. The late entry fee is $ 300 per team and is accepted until 7:30am on March 18 th. All rosters must be finalized by 8:00am on March 18 th. Teams enterting after March 16th risk a first-round bye. Online p ayments are preferred. If you need to make an alternative arrangement, plea se email Chris Wainscott at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

 

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.

 

CHECK IN/OUT POLICY:  All coaches or their adult designee are re sponsible for checking out each lodging room assigned to their team upon ch eck in and check out. A check in form will be provided to each team for eac h room and should be returned to the desk as soon as possible. Any damages discovered by Gruenhagen in your rooms will be billed to your school.

  

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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