SAUNDERS SCHOLASTIC
Submitted by
Vtan on Fri, 11/13/2009 at 6:26pm.
Unrated Scholastic
Start Date/Time: Nov 21, 2009 at 8:00AM
End Date/Time: at 4PM
Location:
Saunders Middle School
13557 Spriggs Road
Manassas, VA, 20112
United States 
WHO: All Elementary, Middle, High, or Home School Students.
WHAT/WHERE: Scholastic chess tournament @ Saunders Middle School (13557 Spriggs Road, Manassas, VA 20112) For directions use:
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WHEN: SATURDAY, November 21st.
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 November 21st. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 6:00 PM ON THURSDAY, November 19th. (Please do not wait until the deadline to register.)
TIMES: Players should arrive and “check-in” between 8:00 and 8:45am. Comfirmation “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 Saunders Middle School and C. D Hylton High School Chess Clubs in the interest of promoting scholastic chess.
INFORMATION/ORGANIZER:Dick Stableford. Phone: 703-670-5887; (I will not be available until November 2nd) 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.)
