Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Oregon State qualifiers tournaments March 11-13, 2011
For grade 6th only, 2 day tournament:
1. Oregon High School Chess Team Association
5 ROUND SCHEDULE
1. Oregon High School Chess Team Association
INDIVIDUAL Open to Oregon and Washington students grades 6-12.
Friday, March 11th
3:30pm-5:00pm: Check-In at Sherwood HS
5:00pm: Player's meeting
5:30pm: Round 1
8:00pm: Round 2
Sat, March 12th
9:00am: Round 3
11:30am: Round 4
2:00pm: Round 5
5:00pm (approx): Awards ceremony
Click here to register... Registration Form
Sherwood High School: 16956 Southwest Meinecke Road, Sherwood, OR 97140-9356
2. Chess Vision Quads
Date: Sun, Mar 13, 2011
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Portland Chess Club (weather)
Category: OR-OSCF Champ. Qualifiers
Description
REGISTRATION
www.chessvision.net
Tournaments are a great way to help players apply knowledge and gain the necessary practical skills to achieve success. The Chess Season Scholastic Quads are half day chess tournaments designed for those busy players who have conflicts on other days of the week. Each tournament counts as one OSCF Qualifier. So get qualified early!
Dates/Times: These Quads (Round Robin Style tournaments) at the Portland Chess Club. Check in typically starts around 12:30 pm and play ends around 5 pm.
Eligibility: The tournaments are NWSRS rated. USCF membership requirement has been discontinued.
Players are ranked high to low by NWSRS rating, then grouped sections into round robin groups for the rest.
Rounds/Times:
- 4 or 5 Rounds for 5 or 6 persons Round Robins
Game/30 (25/5 for time delay clocks)
Awards:
- Cash awards for top round Round Robin group of 6 players (w/a minimum of 15 attendees)
- Non-cash awards for the remaining Round Robins
Enrollment Limit:
- 40 player limit per tournament day. If enrollment exceeds this number for a particular day, then your name will be given priority for the next tournament day.
Registration:
- Entry fee is as follows:
Pre-registration: $15.00 paid in advance
No refunds or date change on prepaid events.
At the door : $20.00
Mail registration with the following information:
Tournament dates desired and child's name to:
Chess Vision Inc.
11918 SE Division St #279
Portland Oregon 97266
Ask about about special rates.
Advanced Registration through www.oscf.org is required by Saturday at noon. Click on Online Registration on the left menu bar on the main page of the website. (Or click on the "More Information" link, below.) If you are not a member of OSCF, you will be asked to enroll (free to all) and then input your registration information.
For more information, contact Tony (503-880-0581 )
www.chessvision.net
Tournaments are a great way to help players apply knowledge and gain the necessary practical skills to achieve success. The Chess Season Scholastic Quads are half day chess tournaments designed for those busy players who have conflicts on other days of the week. Each tournament counts as one OSCF Qualifier. So get qualified early!
Dates/Times: These Quads (Round Robin Style tournaments) at the Portland Chess Club. Check in typically starts around 12:30 pm and play ends around 5 pm.
Eligibility: The tournaments are NWSRS rated. USCF membership requirement has been discontinued.
Players are ranked high to low by NWSRS rating, then grouped sections into round robin groups for the rest.
Rounds/Times:
- 4 or 5 Rounds for 5 or 6 persons Round Robins
Game/30 (25/5 for time delay clocks)
Awards:
- Cash awards for top round Round Robin group of 6 players (w/a minimum of 15 attendees)
- Non-cash awards for the remaining Round Robins
Enrollment Limit:
- 40 player limit per tournament day. If enrollment exceeds this number for a particular day, then your name will be given priority for the next tournament day.
Registration:
- Entry fee is as follows:
Pre-registration: $15.00 paid in advance
No refunds or date change on prepaid events.
At the door : $20.00
Mail registration with the following information:
Tournament dates desired and child's name to:
Chess Vision Inc.
11918 SE Division St #279
Portland Oregon 97266
Ask about about special rates.
Advanced Registration through www.oscf.org is required by Saturday at noon. Click on Online Registration on the left menu bar on the main page of the website. (Or click on the "More Information" link, below.) If you are not a member of OSCF, you will be asked to enroll (free to all) and then input your registration information.
For more information, contact Tony (503-880-0581 )
FIRST PLACE PRIZE FUND $40
SECOND PLACE PRIZE FUND $20
Minimum 20 players for cash awards
IN CASE OF TIES FOR FIRST PLACE, ONLY THE PRIZE MONEY FOR FIRST PLACE WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN TIE HOLDERS.
SIMILARLY, IF THERE IS A TIE FOR SECOND PLACE, ONLY THE SECOND PLACE PRIZE MONEY WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN TIE HOLDERS.
IF THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR WAY TIES FOR FIRST PLACE, THE ENTIRE PRIZE POOL WILL BE DIVIDED AMONG TIE HOLDERS.
YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE WIN TO WIN A PRIZE.
5 OR 6 PERSON ROUND ROBINS
FIRST PLACE TROPHY
SECOND PLACE TROPHY
THIRD PLACE MEDAL
IN CASE OF TIES FOR FIRST AND SECOND PLACE, A 5 MINUTE BLITZ TIE BREAK WILL BE USED TO AWARD TROPHIES. IF THERE IS A THREE OR MORE WAY TIE, THEN THERE WILL BE A ROUND ROBIN 5 MIN. BLITZ.
IF THERE IS A TIE FOR THIRD PLACE, ALL THIRD PLACE TIE HOLDERS WILL GET MEDALS.
ONLY 1 AWARD PER PERSON PER EVENT.
Contact: Tony
Email: tony@chessvision.net
Phone: 503-880-0581
SECOND PLACE PRIZE FUND $20
Minimum 20 players for cash awards
IN CASE OF TIES FOR FIRST PLACE, ONLY THE PRIZE MONEY FOR FIRST PLACE WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN TIE HOLDERS.
SIMILARLY, IF THERE IS A TIE FOR SECOND PLACE, ONLY THE SECOND PLACE PRIZE MONEY WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN TIE HOLDERS.
IF THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR WAY TIES FOR FIRST PLACE, THE ENTIRE PRIZE POOL WILL BE DIVIDED AMONG TIE HOLDERS.
YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE WIN TO WIN A PRIZE.
5 OR 6 PERSON ROUND ROBINS
FIRST PLACE TROPHY
SECOND PLACE TROPHY
THIRD PLACE MEDAL
IN CASE OF TIES FOR FIRST AND SECOND PLACE, A 5 MINUTE BLITZ TIE BREAK WILL BE USED TO AWARD TROPHIES. IF THERE IS A THREE OR MORE WAY TIE, THEN THERE WILL BE A ROUND ROBIN 5 MIN. BLITZ.
IF THERE IS A TIE FOR THIRD PLACE, ALL THIRD PLACE TIE HOLDERS WILL GET MEDALS.
ONLY 1 AWARD PER PERSON PER EVENT.
Contact: Tony
Email: tony@chessvision.net
Phone: 503-880-0581
More Info: www.chessvision.net
Location Details
Portland Chess Club
8205 SW 24th Ave
Portland OR 97219 USA
Directions
From Barbur Blvd., turn NW on SW 24th Ave. Go to the deadend. Club is in the basement of a converted home, below the attorney's office.
Location Details
Portland Chess Club
8205 SW 24th Ave
Portland OR 97219 USA
Directions
From Barbur Blvd., turn NW on SW 24th Ave. Go to the deadend. Club is in the basement of a converted home, below the attorney's office.
Contact: Tony Hann
Email: tony@chessvision.net
Phone: 503-880-0581
Location Details
Portland Chess Club
8205 SW 24th Ave
PortlandOR97219USA
Location Contact: Message Phone
Location Phone: 503-246-2978
Directions
From Barbur Blvd., turn NW on SW 24th Ave. Go to the deadend. Club is in the basement of a converted home, below the attorney's office.
Chess books I recomand
In order of difficulty:
1. Chess Vision study books
2. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
3. Chess Tactics for Students
4. The Chess Tactics Workbook
5. Pandolfini's Endgame Course
1. Chess Vision study books
2. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
3. Chess Tactics for Students
4. The Chess Tactics Workbook
5. Pandolfini's Endgame Course
Monday, March 7, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Links that might answer some of your questions
Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation is the main site you will need. Here you can find info about past and future tournaments, ratings, Seaside State tournament:
http://oscf.org/
From that site you can get here for:
1) Oregon tournament reports: http://chess.ratingsnw.com/tournreports.html?state=OR&when=season , also our Happy Valley Elementary is listed there: http://chess.ratingsnw.com/report10-11/HappyValleyFirst.html
2) Details about State tournament at Seaside:
http://oscf.org/files/2011_OSCF_Champs.pdf
3) Very useful link is the calendar for scholastic tournaments in OR (green letters) and WA:
http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=nwsrsevents&
4) For up to date Ratings:
http://chess.ratingsnw.com/ratings.html
Just pick the first letter of the player last name on the left and search alphabetically in the data provided.
Here is another site that can be used to find kids ratings, the only minus is that some time the updates are delayed:
http://myrating.chess4life.com/nwsrs_players/search
http://oscf.org/
From that site you can get here for:
1) Oregon tournament reports: http://chess.ratingsnw.com/tournreports.html?state=OR&when=season , also our Happy Valley Elementary is listed there: http://chess.ratingsnw.com/report10-11/HappyValleyFirst.html
2) Details about State tournament at Seaside:
http://oscf.org/files/2011_OSCF_Champs.pdf
3) Very useful link is the calendar for scholastic tournaments in OR (green letters) and WA:
http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=nwsrsevents&
4) For up to date Ratings:
http://chess.ratingsnw.com/ratings.html
Just pick the first letter of the player last name on the left and search alphabetically in the data provided.
Here is another site that can be used to find kids ratings, the only minus is that some time the updates are delayed:
http://myrating.chess4life.com/nwsrs_players/search
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