2007-08
The snow day is March 15,
but this snow date is also contingent on the State team tournament occurring as
scheduled on March 8. If States are snowed out on the 8th, States will
take precedence on the 15th and
This tournament is open to HS,
JHS and ELementary teams and
individuals as well (see Reserve Section details).
Make
as many copies of this form as needed (one form per team of 5 for the HS Championship
section). Be sure to complete all
information requested, if possible, and check for accuracy. You can find a player's USCF ID number and
current rating at the USCF website at www.uschess.org. Click on
"Ratings" at the top of the screen, scroll to "Individual
Ratings" and follow directions. If
no USCF membership or rating, put NA. In future events we may try to go to a
USCF-rated tournament. For now, the
ratings will help establish board playing order and initial school pairings. Thanks.
School
Name:
____________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
CIRCLE ONE: HS CHAMPIONSHIP **RESERVE HS ** RESERVE JHS**RESERVE ELEM
LIST PLAYERS IN BOARD ORDER, highest to lowest. (not important for reserve section.)
#1 NAME: _____________________________ BIRTHDATE: ____NA ______
ADDRESS:
_____________________________ USCF
# :
______________
_____________________________ RATING: ______________
#2 NAME: _____________________________ BIRTHDATE: ____NA ______
ADDRESS:
_____________________________ USCF
# :
______________
_____________________________ RATING: ______________
#3 NAME: _____________________________ BIRTHDATE: ____NA ______
ADDRESS:
_____________________________ USCF
# :
______________
_____________________________ RATING: ______________
#4 NAME: _____________________________ BIRTHDATE: ____NA ______
ADDRESS:
_____________________________ USCF
# :
______________
_____________________________ RATING: ______________
#5 NAME: _____________________________ BIRTHDATE: ____NA ______
ADDRESS:
_____________________________ USCF
# :
______________
_____________________________ RATING: ______________
COACH
or PARENT:
____________________________
PHONE: ____________________________ (W) _____________________ (H)
ADDRESS:
________________________________________________________
EMAIL: ____________________________
PLEASE
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Ron Lewis.
MAIL
OR EMAIL COMPLETED FORMS TO: Ron Lewis,
Please bring
as many sets and clocks as you can!!
2007-08
This
year's Southwestern Maine Scholastic Chess Championship will be held at
Tournament Date:
Time controls: Game/60 for HS Championship; G/45 for reserve
section.
HS CHAMPIONSHIP
SECTION
Entry fees: $3 per person.
Format: Each high school team will consist of 5
players ranked from strongest to weakest (Boards one through five). There will
be four rounds of play. Teams meet in match play with each team member paired
against his/her opposite board number. Initial team seeding will be based on SW
Maine HS match results, average team USCF rating, if available, or alphabetical
if not. Colors will alternate from Boards 1 through 5 once the Board 1 color
(white or black) has been assigned (at random for the first round). Attempts will be made to assure that each
team receives an equal number of white and black assignments for each board
during the tournament. Each team is awarded a point for winning a match
(scoring 3 out of 5 or better), or 1/2 point for a tie match (each team scores
2.5). Each school may enter only one team in the championship section, but
other players may be entered in the Reserve Section. A school may enter a
team of less than five provided it accepts the penalty of losing one point per
round for each missing board (in theory, a team of three very good players
could still have a shot at first place). Otherwise the Reserve Section is open
to schools/individuals. Tie-breaks will be used to determine team trophy
winners, if necessary. Tie-break methods
will be posted at the tournament site.
Awards: Team trophies for the first and second place
teams. Trophies for
members of the winning team. A
rotating tournament plaque for the winning team to keep for a year, with the
team name and year to be inscribed, will also be
presented.
RESERVE
SECTION (HS, JHS & ELEM)
Entry fees: $3 per person.
Format: This will be a 4-round Swiss format
tournament with pairings derived accordingly.
This section will be open to Elementary,
JH or Middle School students as well as HS students. Depending
on numbers, there may be only one
reserve section (mixed Elem/JHS/HS). Attempts will be made to avoid pairing any
school teammates in a match. The team
scores will be the total of the three high scorers for a team (a perfect team score
would be 12). A Reserve Section team
will require three or more players to qualify as a team. However, one or two players from a school may
vie for individual honors in this section. Tie-breaks will be used to determine
team and individual winners, if necessary.
Tie-break methods will be posted at the tournament site.
Awards: Trophies for first and second place Elementary,
JHS and HS teams. (Elem/JHS/HS
reserve results will be separated at the end of the event.) Trophies
for the top three scorers for Elementary, JHS and HS teams. Trophies for first and second place Elementary, JHS and HS
individual (not competing on teams) top scorers in the reserve section.
Other
Information
Team members: All team members from a
team competing for each
Cancellation: In the event of a severe snowstorm or other
emergency, coaches will be informed the evening before. If you can call Dan, that would be
helpful. Please make sure that your home
phone numbers are on the registration forms. We will also try to have
cancellation posted on the ChessMaine.net web site.
Food: No food will be available at the site. However, several fast food establishments are
within a mile or two of the site, and there should be time between some matches
for someone to go out and bring in food for players. No extended time is provided between rounds,
and it is the coach's responsibility to make sure players are at their assigned
positions for the start of each round. Otherwise, the opponents will start
clocks and absent players will lose time off their clocks until they show up.
Recording: Recording of games in chess notation is required for all high school
tournament games (not required, but encouraged, for JH or elementary players). See USCF website or a rule book for recording
instructions if you do not know how. No
specific system is required as long as the game can be reconstructed from the scoresheet. A scoresheet does not have to be perfect to be acceptable. When the time remaining for either player drops below 5 minutes,
further recording by either player in a game is not required. A player not recording, however, loses the
right to claim a draw by repetition of position, or the 50-move rule. Scoresheets will be provided at the site.
Clocks and sets: Chess clocks may be
electronic or standard. A time-delay feature on the clock, if present, is not
to be used. The clocks are to be set for
a G/60 time control (analog clocks set at
Rules of Play: All standard rules of chess
are in effect. In particular, the
touch-move rules should be known and obeyed.
No talking between players on the same team is allowed, and players watching
a game should be silent and offer no advice verbally or otherwise on the game
they are watching. Violation of this may
cause a game to be forfeit. A player may
consult with a coach only to inquire whether he/she should accept a draw offer
from the opposing player. The opposing player's coach should also be included
in the conference. If a question of rules comes up during a game, then play
(the clock) should be stopped and the player should raise his/her hand to
summon a tournament director (TD) to answer the question.
Assistants: Volunteers
are solicited to assist TDs in answering some
questions when hands are raised. If the
assistant is associated with the team of the player raising his/her hand, then
the assistant should defer to another not involved in the match or summon a TD.