Rule Change Proposals

To all:

See to the right, the link for "Rule Change Proposal" for a proposal on some major changes to the State Scholastic.  These will be discussed at the Coach’s and Parent’s Meeting starting about 1:20 pm in room 221.  Note that if passed, these would take effect for next year’s tournament.  If they come to a vote, each participating school has one vote.  If you have questions, feel free to contact Alex Betaneli.

Remember that the first entry fee deadline is this Saturday.  Please send me your rosters by then in order to get the lowest entry fee.  The next deadline is noon Friday, March 22.  Any entries received after that will not be shown on the printouts I’ll have Friday night or Saturday morning and incur the at site entry fee.

Call Gruenhagen by Friday, March 15 in order to reserve your lodging rooms.  920-424-1106.

To see if I received your entry, click on ‘Entries so far’ on the right side of this website.  The flyer is also there as well as all of the past results (since 1993!).  

Thanks,

Mike

GET YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW!

Get your entries in by Noon on 3/22 so they can be paired and appear on the printouts!

Mike's update 2/25

To all:

Prospective Division 1 teams:  See note below!

Entries are starting to come in for the 2019 Wisconsin State Scholastic Chess Championships March 23-24 at the Reeve Memorial Student Union on the UW-Oshkosh campus. 

With great thanks to Mark Seghers, he has created a website dedicated to the event!  Please check it out at http://wischolasticchesschampionship.blogspot.com/.  I provided the results going back to 1993!  The flyer for the current year and the entries are posted on that site.  Check there to see if I have your registration received and processed.  The entry form is page 5 of the flyer.

Please use the entry form on page 5 of the flyer and mail the form with a check to the address at the top of that page.  If you e-mail the entries, please include everything on the entry form.  Ideally, use Excel if you have a large team.  Online registration for the JV, K-8 and K-5 sections is available at https://onlineregistration.cc/ then scroll down to the Wisconsin Chess Association section.

Reeve Union reports that the MarketPlace on the first floor will have their Sub Connection open at 8:30 am- 1:30 pm both days.  Their Pizza Hut will be open 11 am – 1:30 pm both days.  

Their Titan Underground (TUG) in the lower level of Reeve will be open 8 am – 2 pm both days.  The TUG has limited food options but has TV’s and game tables for between round recreation.

University Books & More and the Corner Convenience Store will be open the weekend. These are their hours:

Convenience Store

Saturday 3/23: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday 3/24: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Bookstore

Saturday 3/23: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Sunday 3/24: closed

When entering the tournament remember to include US Chess ID’s and ratings for your players who have a US Chess ID.  The March supplement is available online.  Go to http://www.uschess.org/datapage/player-search.php and enter the player’s name.  After hitting find select the name then the ‘Rtg. Supp.’ tab.

Varsity teams remember that if you want to be placed no lower than a certain division to please circle that on the entry form.  You cannot opt to play directly in Division 3.  If your team rating is low enough, you will be assigned to Division 3 unless you opt to play up.

FRIDAY NIGHT REGISTRATION:  For anyone arriving Friday night, please take care of any registration changes, updates or payments Friday night.  I’ll be in the Conference Room on the main level of Gruenhagen after I’ve set up the other rooms.  This room is located near the Library Room.

SATURDAY MORNING REGISTRATION:  All Saturday morning entries and changes will need to be made at Reeve Union Room 221 which is the vendor/TD Backroom.  In order to start on time, please make every effort to arrive by 8:30 am in the event there are changes or additions to your roster.

Remember also that if you plan to stay at Gruenhagen Conference Center to make your reservations by calling 920-424-1106.  There is a Friday, March 15 cutoff for reservations to guarantee that your team will stay together on the same floor.   After that time, GCC will make their best attempt to accommodate your request.

For information on the Saturday night bughouse tournament see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wn2ZyYme3KpL811bHCdMRF5jpHeZv6Ms5TKOJMLkwoQ/edit?usp=sharing.

Note that the bughouse event is run by Mr. Fay of Waupaca HS.  The main event’s tournament directors do not know anything about this side event.

There will be no organized activities Friday night or a simultaneous exhibition Saturday night.

Prospective Division 1 Teams:  I failed to include on the flyer a team tie break change approved by the coaches at last year’s coach’s meeting.  If at the end of five rounds there is a tie for first based on match points, a speed chess playoff will start immediately after all games in the varsity section are complete.  The playoff will consist of a 5 on 5 40 point match with a time control of 3 minutes each plus a 2 second increment per move.  If that match is tied at 20-20, then a single board Armageddon game will be played by a single representative of each team with the team having the best tiebreaks selecting white (6 minutes) or black (4 minutes with draw odds).

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Mike

Entries so far - 2/23/2019

Here is a link to entries as of 2/23/2019.

Please get your rosters in as soon as possible to Mike Nietman.

2019 Tournament Approaching Soon

It's time once again for the Wisconsin State Scholastic Chess Championship!

Held once again (of course) at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Look to the right here to see the link to the 2019 flyer.  See you there!  --->

New Files Added - Thanks Mike!

Mike Nietman has provided State Scholastic history, all the way back to 1993!!   Please see the new links on the right, which link to detailed results. 

It's fun to see where so many players started their chess careers.

Ice Harbor

See below for an announcement on the Ice Harbor event in Dubuque.

Also, for those who didn’t attend the State Scholastic, see this year’s results and past results at http://wischolasticchesschampionship.blogspot.com/.  I’ll add more past results as I can.

Thanks,

Mike

To All: please join us at the annual event in Dubuque on May 19-20: http://www.iceharborchess.com/ The tournament is held at a hotel with a water park, so book your room early! There are many sections and lots of tall trophies to be won.

**Early bird registration EF is due on March 31st, so don't dleay.**

Alex Betaneli

iceharborchess.com With 7 Scholastic Sections, 2 Friends and Family Sections, a Friday Night Blitz and 2 Saturday Bughouse events, there is something for everyone! www.iceharborchess.com

3/23 WCA Update from Mike

Dear Wisconsin Chessplayers:

1)      The WCA is pleased to announce that we are now participating in online registration for our tournaments and several other state clubs will be allowed to use our portal for their events as well.  The first event will be the Hales Corners Challenge XXVII (flyer attached and below) then the Arpad Elo Open (flyer attached – see note below) then the State G/60 in May.  Click on the links below or in the flyers to sign up online for these events.

2)      Good luck to Wisconsin’s own GM Awonder Liang in the US Championships that start April 17 in St. Louis.  Watch all the action live on www.uschesschamps.com.  Awonder was featured on the local news.  See the story at http://www.wkow.com/story/37781172/2018/03/21/madisons-liang-to-compete-in-us-chess-championship.

3)      For anyone who is interested in voting in the US Chess Executive Board elections this June, you need to be a registered voter.  If you’ve registered in the past, you don’t need to register again.  If you are not registered, you need to go to your MSA page starting at http://www.uschess.org/datapage/player-search.php.  Type in your ID or name and then scroll down to near the bottom to where it says ‘Voting Member Status’.  If it says “Eligible to be a Voting Member, but not registered to Vote.”  Click on the ‘Voter Registration’ link to register to vote.  The ballot will be snail mailed in early June.  I have two years remaining on my last term as I’m term limited at the end of this term.

Thanks,

Mike

===============================>

The Arpad Elo is April 28-29 at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells.  The deadline for signing up for rooms at the hotel with the chess rate of $99 is March 28.  After that date the rack rate applies.  Last year it was near $200 on the weekend of the event.  Please reserve early.  Here is the link for the online registration for the Elo:  https://onlineregistration.cc/WICA/ArpadEloOpen

===============================>

Dear chessplayers,

Coming SATURDAY, April 7, 2018, the Southwest Chess Club will be presenting the Hales Corners Challenge XXVII at the Hilton Garden Inn (new hotel and location!)  in Oshkosh.  This will be a USCF Grand Prix event, USCF Junior Grand Prix event, and a Wisconsin Tour event.  The flyer is attached, and also below in text format.

Here is the blog post where we will post pre-entries and news updates for the event.New for this event! --->  You may enter (and pay) online, using the following link:  
https://onlineregistration.cc/WICA/HCChallengeApril2018

Some notable features:
* Numerous Masters and Experts typically play in our Challenge events.  So far, Erik Santarius, Alex Betaneli, Anupama Rajendra, Joziah Rudolph, and others, have registered!* USCF Grand Prix (10 points),  USCF Junior Grand Prix event, and Wisconsin TOUR event.

*  Goddesschess Prizes for female chess players:  $50 for each win and $25 for each draw in the Open Section and $20 for each win and $10 for each draw in the Reserve Section.  Plus, a "Perfect Score Prize for Females"  $80 in Open Section, $40 in Reserve Section.  

*  Two Sections, and Class Prizes that give everyone a chance to win a prize.

*  NM Nolan Hendrickson will be available all four rounds to review the games of tournament participants. 

NOTE:   If you haven't paid your entry fee by 9:30 am on Saturday you run the risk of not being paired in Rd 1.

Southwest Chess Club
www.southwestchessclub.com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hales Corners Challenge XXVII
Sponsored by The Southwest Chess Club
http://www.southwestchessclub.com

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Two Sections – Open & Reserve (Under 1600)

FORMAT:  Four Round Swiss System - Four Games in One Day - USCF Rated

TIME CONTROL:  Game in 60 Minutes; 6 second delay

ENTRY FEE:  $40 – Open;  $30 – Reserve
(both sections $10 more after April 5, 2018)

Comp Entry Fee for USCF 2200+:  Entry fee subtracted from any prizes won
 

SITE REGISTRATION: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
ROUNDS:  10 am -- 1 pm -- 3:30 pm -- 6 pm

Pairings by WinTD---No Computer Entries---No Smoking

PRIZES:
             OPEN                        RESERVE
             1st—$325                 1st—$100
             2nd—$175                2nd—$75
             A—$100                    D—$50
             B & Below—$75      E & Below—$40
 
Goddesschess Prizes for Females in Addition to Above Prizes: 
Open: $50 per win/$25 per draw; Reserve: $20 per win/$10 per draw 
Perfect Score Prizes for Females:  $80 in Open/$40 in Reserve.

Tournament Director:  Chris Wainscott
Assistant Tournament Directors: Robin Grochowski 

SITE:   Hilton Garden Inn---1355 W 20^th Ave---Oshkosh, WI 54902—920-966-1300

(Mailed) ENTRIES TO:   Robin Grochowski, 3835 E. Morris Avenue, Cudahy, WI 53110;rgrochowski@wi.rr.com. 

Or, enter online:  https://onlineregistration.cc/WICA/HCChallengeApril2018

  QUESTIONS TO:   TD Chris Wainscott – 414-839-5232 (cell), after 5:30 pm, or  chris.wainscott13@outlook.com

USCF I.D. Required -- Bring your own clocks – Sets and Boards Provided

_____________________________________________________________________________
Checks payable to Southwest Chess Club          
                  (Please indicate section desired)       __Open Section     __Reserve Section

 Half point byes requested (circle one):    RD1     RD2     RD3     (RD 4=0 pt bye)

 Name: ____________________________________________________________

 USCF ID#: _________________ Rating: _________ Expire Date: ____________

 Address: __________________________________________________________

 City: __________________________________ State: _______ Zip: __________

 Phone:  __________________  e-mail Address: __________________________

2018 results and pictures

2018 results are up!  Here they are (or look to the right). 

Please send any pictures you'd like posted - send to (s e g h e r s@gmail . com ) without the spaces.  I'm making a 2018 photos page.  You'd think Google would give a guy a few widgets to make it easy, but... no.  :)  I have a few photos, thanks to those who have sent! 

Thanks again to Mike Nietman and everyone who helped to make another great experience for our Wisconsin scholastic players.

Another Great Tournament

K-5ers waiting for another round

Thanks to Mike Nietman and everyone else who participated in organizing, directing and managing another great state chess championship!
This site will be updated later in the week with the full results of the tournament.  Feel free to reply to this post with any pictures you would like to contribute.

Memories

Any fun STATE SCHOLASTIC memories to share?  Leave them in comments below!

Additions - need your help!

I would like to add a PICTURES section to this website.  Please email any pictures you have from past tournaments to me at s e g  hers@gm ail.co m (without the spaces)..  I need the YEAR of the tournament, minimally with every submission, as I will be organizing the pictures thusly.  Please include any other optional information you would be comfortable sharing- especially team but also possibly including player names.  Thanks!

Welcome!

With the approval and assistance of Mike Nietman, I created this website as a way for Wisconsin parents and coaches to see all information related to the Wisconsin Scholastic State Chess Championship, held in March of the year at UW-Oshkosh.

I hope you find it useful - please let me know if you have suggestions to improve the site.  Thanks!  

Mark Seghers