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FREE 2024 SCHOLASTIC (K-12) USCF-RATED SWISS CHESS TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 27.
Chapter II of the scholastic chess tournaments is here: Five rounds of Game/30, d5s in a Swiss Style format will be played on Saturday, January 27. No elimination. All participants will play 5 games. Membership in USCF is required (https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess). Participants will be required to record their moves and use a chess clock. Chess sets and clocks will be provided. Half-point byes are available for schedule conflicts.
Online pre-registration is required to reserve your spot in the tournament. Participation will be limited to the first 40 registrants.
Parent/coach volunteers are needed. Contact Dennis Mays (dennismays101@gmail.com) for more information.
Trophies/medals will be awarded to the top finishers.
Site: Mayo Clinic Harwick Cafeteria, 201 Third Ave. SW, Rochester, MN.
Schedule:
Check in with the tournament director by 8:45 AM to confirm your participation:
Round 1: 9:15 AM
Round 2: 10:25 AM
Lunch Break: 11:35 AM On your own.
Round 3: 12:15 PM
Round 4: 1:25 PM
Round 5: 2:35 PM
Awards Following Round 5 at approximately 4:00 PM
ROUND 2 PAIRINGS FOR THE JANUARY CLASSICAL
Twenty-nine players are competing in the January Classical which is a record number of participants in a Rochester Chess weekly tournament! The round 2 pairings are below. Games start at 6:30 PM unless otherwise noted. If you cannot play on Tuesday, January 9, please let me know as soon as possible.
ROCHESTER CHESS THIS WEEK, DECEMBER 12.
On Tuesday night the Rochester Chess Club will be holding a bughouse tournament! If you haven’t played bughouse before, it’s a blast. Bughouse is a four-player game played on two boards. Two vs. two. It’s a high-speed and social way to sharpen your chess tactics. You can read up on all the details of bughouse here: https://www.chess.com/terms/bughouse-chess
Matt Jensen will be directing a free bughouse event. Registration starts at 6:30 PM. We will have a brief introduction and Q&A around 6:50. Games start at 7:00. Each player will put their name on a slip of paper. We will randomly draw the teams for every board in each round of the bughouse event. Every time your team wins, you get a point. The player with the most points at the night’s end wins the event. No one gets eliminated, and you can join late or leave early.
We will also have a casual night for those not wishing to play bughouse.