Gateway Chess League

Welcome to the website for the Gateway Chess League, the scholastic chess organization for the Greater St. Louis, MO area. The league is a non-profit organization that manages a number of scholastic tournaments throughout the year, as well as 2 chess leagues, one for schools with grades 9-12, and another for schools with grades K-9.

2008-9 Tournament Schedule/Results and (Refrigerator List)

2008-9 High School League Schedule/Results

2008-9 Gateway Chess League Rules

Tournament Rules

League Registration Form

Gateway Chess League Score Sheet

Online Tournament Registration

News

Important Dates

Coaches Corner

Important Note! We are requiring proof of a current USCF membership for participation in the Gateway Chess League's USCF rated tournaments. This includes Saturday tounaments run by the Gateway Chess League except when expressly stated otherwise. Proof of current USCF membership is one of the following:

• Current USCF membership card (or a photocopy)
• Copy of Chess Life with a current membership label
• A printout of your current rating page from the USCF. (Follow the "Players & Ratings" link, then "Player/Rating lookup".)

Players without proof of current membership will be required to pay the USCF membership fee ($17 to $25 based on age) in addition to the tournament entry fee, or else they will not be allowed to participate in the tournament.

Tournament advance registration is now available with the online tournament registration form! Please advance register, as it allow us to get the tournaments started sooner.

Rosters! All coaches need to do the following:

1. Please send a roster of ALL players who might even think about playing in a tournament this year to rosters@gatewaychess.org. It doesn't matter if they actually do, and if a person is not on the list, they can still show up tournament day, no problem, no penalty. The reason for the advance list is so all the names can be typed in before tournament day. Here is the information that is needed and the easiest format to send it in:
   

   
   Name             USCF ID  Rating  Grade
   Bill Woodpusher  11111111    645      7
   Mary Pawngrabber 22222222    732      8
   ...
   

   
   The USCF ID is very important. If you don't know it, simply go on the USCF web site and look it up. One thing that would be helpful for you is to have a photocopy of all of your players USCF ID cards if they are members.
2. Along with your roster, please include your school, address, phone number, and fax number for the school, and your home phone number as well. We are putting together a comprehensive database and would like to make it as easy as possible to contact you about chess if necessary.
3. When your roster has been entered in the master file for the tournaments, a list will be returned to you for verification. At that time, you should correct spelling and other errors and let us know if anyone on the list is at another school or should be dropped from the master file.

Your assistance is appreciated! If anyone can assist with computer entry during registration, it would be most helpful. We would really like four or five people trained to use WinTD to make things run smoother. It would be to your advantage to be trained, because you could then easily use the program to run your own tournaments if you wish. It really is very simple to operate. Please let us know if you are interested in helping and especially if you can put in the time during the first couple of tournaments to assist with registration.

The more the merrier! Please inform us of anyone you think should get this information so we can send it to them. Please send us their name, school, and email address.

Thank you, thank you, thank you in advance for those who can help. We're looking forward to a great season.

Other St. Louis Area Scholastic Activities

If you know of other scholastic chess activities in the St. Louis metro area, please contact the Gateway Chess League at info@gatewaychess.org and we will gladly help to publicize your activity.

National Scholastic Competitions

Chess Links

Missouri Chess Association (MCA)

United States Chess Federation (USCF)

St. Louis Chess Club

St. Louis Chess

Kansas City Scholastic Chess Association

Heart of America Chess Association (Kansas City)

Jefferson City Chess Club

ChessBase Light

• Free tool for entering and managing your games in a database. We and the Missouri Chess Association are interested in publishing games, so if you have a game you would like to have published either here or in the MCA bulletin, you can use ChessBase Light to save the game. Email webmaster@gatewaychess.org if you are interested.

Comments and suggestions are welcome! Email webmaster@gatewaychess.org.

Last Updated: March 21st, 2009

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