2006 MISSOURI JUNIOR HIGH CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS TOURNAMENT

DATE – The tournament will be played on Saturday, March 4, 2006.

PLACE – The tournament will be played at Lewis and Clark Middle School, 325 Lewis and Clark, Jefferson City, Missouri, 65101.

REGISTRATION – Tournament registration will be from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.  Advanced registration using the internet is recommended.  Go to www.gatewaychess.org and click on the registration page, and follow the instructions.  The deadline for registration is 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 3.

ELIGIBILITY – All students in kindergarten through grade nine are eligible.  Schools may not enter teams in sections that include grades higher than the highest grade in the school that the team represents.

NINTH GRADE AND UNDER DIVISION FORMAT – The tournament will be played in six rounds at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 and 6:00.  Students in kindergarten through grade nine, at schools that have grade nine, are eligible.  Students may represent only the school that they attend.  Each school may enter any number of players.  The school score is the sum of the four highest player scores.  Three school plaques and ten individual trophies will be awarded.  The time control is game in thirty minutes.

EIGHTH GRADE AND UNDER DIVISION FORMAT – The tournament will be played in six rounds at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 and 6:00.  Students in kindergarten through grade eight, at schools that have grade eight, are eligible.  Students may represent only the school that they attend.  Each school may enter any number of players.  The school score is the sum of the four highest player scores.  Three school plaques and ten individual trophies will be awarded.  The time control is game in thirty minutes.

SIXTH GRADE AND UNDER DIVISION FORMAT – The tournament will be played in six rounds at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 and 6:00.  Students in kindergarten through grade six, at schools that have grade six, are eligible.  Students may represent only the school that they attend.  Each school may enter any number of players.  The school score is the sum of the four highest player scores.  Three school plaques and ten individual trophies will be awarded.  The time control is game in thirty minutes. 

FIFTH GRADE AND UNDER DIVISION FORMAT – The tournament will be played in six rounds at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 and 6:00.  Students in kindergarten through grade five are eligible.  Students may represent only the school that they attend  Each school may enter any number of players.  The school score is the sum of the four highest player scores.  Three school plaques and ten individual trophies will be awarded.  The time control is game in thirty minutes.

RATINGS – United States Chess Federation Ratings will be used where possible.  Grade nine students without ratings will be assigned a rating of 650, grade eight students without ratings will be assigned a rating of 600 and so forth.

AWARDS PRESENTATIONS – Awards will be presented at 7:30.  No awards will be presented before this time.

ENTRY FEE – The entry fee is $10.00 per player.  Checks must be written to INTERSCHOLASTIC CHESS.

TIE BREAKERS – Ties will be broken using the SOLKOFF SYSTEM, the SONNENBOERN-BERGER SYSTEM, the MEDIAN SYSTEM and the CUMULATIVE SYSTEM.

EQUIPMENT – Players are responsible for providing sets, boards and clocks and pen or pencil for writing game notation.  Limited numbers of sets, boards and clocks will be available for those without necessary equipment.  Sets, boards and clocks will be on sale at the tournament.

SPONSORS – Each school must have either a sponsor or parent present.  There will be a sponsors and parents meeting during round one.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR – The tournament director is Edward Baur.

FURTHER INFORMATION – Please call Edward Baur at 314-965-4853 on school days or at 314-645-2897 evenings and weekends or Thomas Johnston at 314-997-2900 on school days or at 636-397-1395 evenings and weekends.