Schedule of Houston Scholastic Events


Schedule of Houston Scholastic Events: 2005-2006 School Year			Designated Tournament (explanation below)	Notes
August 20, 2005	Klein Back-To-School Tournament .	RESULTS . USCF Crosstable	August	Just $8 if mailed with payment by August 17.
September 3-5	Southwest Open - Houston Marriott West Loop	USCF Crosstable
September 3	Southwest Open - One day Scholastic - Houston Marriott West Loop	USCF Crosstable	September	Right here at San Felipe and 610. Team trophies will be awarded.
September 17	John Cooper - The Woodlands	RESULTS. USCF Crosstable
October 8	HCA - T H Rogers	RESULTS . USCF Crosstable	October	Everybody comes!
October 15-16	Texas Girls Scholastic, Brownsville	RESULTS USCF Crosstable	Recommended for the girls Note: It's 345 miles to Brownsville, but Continental and Southwest (to Harlingen) have lots of cheap flights.
October 29	HCA - Clear Lake Christian	RESULTS . USCF Crosstable
November 19-20	Texas K-12 Grade, Marriott Plano	RESULTS . USCF Crosstable	November	Early dismissal on Friday. Start of Thanksgiving break.
November 25-27	Texan Turkey Bowl	Cancelled	New Orleans based Cajun Chess is not able to organize any events for the next several months due to Katrina.
December 2-4	National Scholastic K-12 Grade Championships, Houston (George R Brown)	RESULTS . USCF Crosstable	December	Kids go to school Friday morning. Checking on bus for transportation mid-day.
December 17	HCA - TEAM TOURNAMENT - Tomball College	RESULTS		A Kid Favorite. 20+ usually go. During Winter Break
January 7, 2006	The Village School	FLIER		Good close in tournament. 20+ usually go
January 21	Klein Winter Scholastic - Klein H S	FLIER	January
January 27-29	Polgar National Open Girls - Corpus Christi	INFORMATION		Recommended for the girls
February 4-5	Texas Scholastic Championship, Houston	INFORMATION	February
February 25	Region V Championship - Baytown Junior School	FLIER	February
March 4	John Cooper School, The Woodlands
March 18-19	All Girls National Chess Championship - Chicago, IL	INFORMATION
March 25	HCA - Looking for Host
April 7-9	National Junior High - Louisville, KY	INFORMATION	April	Just Middle School Team
April 21-23	National High School - Milwaukee, WI	INFORMATION .
April 29	HCA - Looking for Host
May 12-14, 2006	National Elementary K-6 Championship - Denver, CO	INFORMATION	May	Just Elementary Team
June 15-18, 2006	Polgar World Open Girls - Las Vegas, NV

Designated Tournaments

While the Houston area has chess tournaments virtually every weekend, the T. H. Rogers Chess Team has decided to target one event each month and push for a large turnout. The kids can still attend any of the others if they and their families wish. However, we hope the other tournaments will be "in addition to" not "instead of" that month's designated event. Note that the kids usually enjoy participation in the targeted tournaments for a number of reasons:

Extra camaraderie,
The club will send one or more coaches to help with questions and to analyze games,
Because of the larger number of T. H. Rogers students in attendance, the kids are more likely to earn a team trophy.

Note that 2 of these events are away meets, 1 in Plano and the National in either Denver or Louisville. Please see the discussion of Away Meets for more information about participation in those events.

Schedule of Future Major Scholastic Events:
2006-2007 School Year
October 21-22, 2006	Texas Girls Scholastic, Brownsville
November, 2006	Texas Grade K-12 & Collegiate, Brownsville
March 17-18, 2007	Texas Scholastic Championship, Dallas	INFORMATION
2007-2008 School Year
December 7-9, 2007	National Scholastic K-12 Championships - Houston