Gar-Field Scholastic
Submitted by
Vtan on Mon, 05/04/2009 at 6:52am.
Free Scholastic Tournament in Prince William
Start Date/Time: May 30, 2009 at 9AM
End Date/Time: May 30, 2009 at 4PM
Location:
Gar-Field HS
14000 Smoketown Road
Woodbridge, VA, 22192
United States 
WHO: All Elementary, Middle, High, or Home School Students.
WHAT/WHERE: Scholastic chess tournament @ Gar-Field High School (14000 Smoketown Road, Woodbridge, VA 22192). For direction use: .
WHEN: SATURDAY, May 30th
REGISTRATION: Register via e-mail with name, grade and school to: princewilliamchess@gmail.com. Registration will be confirmed via return e-mail. There will be NO registration at the school on May 30th. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 6:00 PM ON THURSDAY, May 28th. (Please do not wait until the deadline to register.)
TIMES: Players should arrive and “check-in” between 8:00 and 8:45am. Confirmation “roll call”at 8:50. 1st Round will begin at 9:00. (Players arriving after “roll call”will miss 1st Round.)
SECTIONS:Primary (K-3), Elementary (4-5), Middle School (6-8), & High School (9-12)
AWARDS: Top Individuals and Top Teams in each section will receive trophies.
Other players will receive medals or certificates.
COST: None. The tournament is sponsored by the C. D. Hylton High School Chess Club
in the interest of promoting scholastic chess.
INFORMATION/ORGANIZER:Dick Stableford. Phone: 703-670-5887; (do not call
after May 29th) or e-mail: o6usmc@comcast.net.
RULES/PROCEDURES: Time Control: G/30. Touch move and other standard United States Chess Federation (USCF) tournament rules will be explained briefly at the start, and will apply. The top four scores of a school team will be used to determine the winning team. Any student may enter and does not have to be part of a school team, but at least two students from the same school must participate to constitute a team. No one is eliminated. All participants are expected to play 4 rounds unless withdrawal is required for medical or other emergency reasons. In each round students will play an opponent who has a similar record of wins/losses/draws within the section to that point in the tournament. Chess sets will be provided.
CONCESSIONS: A ‘parent-volunteer’ food concession will provide hotdogs, pizza, nachos, and other snack food and drinks. (Concession proceeds will be used to defray tournament costs.)
NOTE: Students may play "up" (That means, for example, a Middle Schooler can play in the High School section. Tournament is unrated.