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Riderwood October Scholastic Chess Tournament

Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 9:20 AM to 6:00 PM (ET)

Towson, MD

Riderwood October Scholastic Chess Tournament

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Late Registration for the Contenders section ONLY (Rating >1199)   more info Ended $25.00 $0.00
Regular Registration for Contenders Section ONLY (Rating >1199)   more info Ended $20.00 $0.00
Early Registration Ended $15.00 $0.00
Regular Registration Ended $20.00 $0.00
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Event Details

Oct 20- October Riderwood 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 9/29 (online or mailed), $20 if received by 10/16 (online or mailed), and $25 online by 7pm on 10/19,

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

 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 

Chess News and future tournament information is at the Baltimore Chess 

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.