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Riderwood January Scholastic Chess Tournament

Saturday, January 12, 2008 from 9:20 AM to 6:00 PM (ET)

Towson, MD

Riderwood January Scholastic Chess Tournament

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Regular Registration CLOSED - Only Contenders section has space Ended $20.00 $0.00
Late Registration CLOSED - Only Contenders section has space Ended $25.00 $0.00
US Chess Federation Scholastic Membership (Under 13) with six issues of Chess Life for Kids Ended $17.00 $0.00
US Chess Federation Youth Membership (Under 16) with six issues of Chess Life Ended $19.00 $0.00
US Chess Federation Young Adult Membership (under 25) with 12 issues of Chess Life Ended $25.00 $0.00
US Chess Federation Junior Tournament membership (under 25 good for only one tournament, $5 credit for full membership) Ended $7.00 $0.00

Event Details

Jan 12 

Riderwood January Scholastic

In Five Sections:

Contenders: K-12 >1199, 4SS, G/60; Players in this section will earn Maryland Sweet 16 Scholastic Rally points. See this web page for the details of how rally points are awarded. Trophies to top 5
Future Contenders: K-12 <1300 & >800 (or unrated HS players), 4SS, G/60; Trophies to top 7
Middle/High School Reserve: 6-12 U900, 5SS, G/40; Trophies to top 7

Elementary Reserve:
 K-5 U900, 5SS, G/40; Trophies to top 7
Novice: K-5 U500 4SS, G/30. Trophies to top 10


If requested, players may be allowed to use MSA ratings to allow entry into top two sections.
 

Trophies to top High School, Middle School, and Elementary School teams. Team score is sum of top four players from the same school. For calculating the team score, 4 is added to the scores of players in the contenders section, 3 to scores of players in the future contenders section, and 1 to the scores of players in the reserve section.

Sets and boards will be provided. Players should bring a clock.

US Chess Federation membership is required. New USCF members should join the USCF at http://www.uschess.org/ before registering to get an ID number. At-the-door USCF memberships are $5 more.

Entrance Fees: $15 if received by 12/23 (online or mailed), $20 if received by 1/18 (online or mailed), and $25 online by 7pm on 1/11,

$5 rebate to new players joining the USCF with pre-registration or in January. 
 

 No at-the-door registrations!

 Rounds: 1st round start times are Contenders - 9:20, Future Contenders - 9:30, Reserves - 9:40, Novice - 10:30. Top two sections will all finish around 6:00. Reserve will finish around 5. Novice finishes around 2:30. Note that pairings will be made Friday night, so players should be ready to play at their 1st round start time.

Food will be available for purchase at the site.

Take a survey about Maryland Scholastic Chess here 

Baltimore and Maryland Chess News and future tournament information

Entries are limited to first 120 entries received. Mail Entries to: Riderwood Chess Club, c/o Michael Regan, 1827 Thornton Ridge Road, Towson MD 21204

Directions: From Baltimore Beltway take Ext 23B, Falls Road North. Turn right at first light onto Joppa Road. After 1.5 miles turn left at light onto Thornton Road. After 0.25 mile turn left onto Landrake Road. School is on your left. See the links to maps on the upper right of the registration page.