In House and Outside Tournaments

Sent 1/10/05

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In House Tournaments Start Again Tomorrow


Our in-house tournament program starts up again tomorrow.  We will run 2 this spring.  These are rated events.  These tournaments are an excellent opportunity for the team members to practice the skills they need at our big outside events, and for non-team members to get a taste of what tournament competition is like.  Any club member can participate.  All that is required is a current USCF membership.  This can be bought for $13 and is good for an entire year.  If your child does not have one, you can get it by shopping at the following link:
http://www.shopuschess.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/scstore/b-MbrDtl.php3?L+scstore+onsu0719+1093378375#ScholReg

There are no other fees (because we don't give out trophies) or registration forms to complete.  They just need to tell us that they want to play and have a current USCF membership.  Please note, once they sign up for a tournament, they have to play all 5 rounds.  They can't play one week and not the next.  Also, if your child wants to play in tomorrow's event, and did not sign up (a lot of kids were absent last Tuesday), please let me know today. 

The following is a list of kids who signed up for the tournament starting tomorrow, but who have either need a new USCF membership or need to renew and expired membership.
  • Jacob Clements, 4th grade
  • Peter Elmers, 4th grade (expired)
  • Albert Lee, 4th grade
  • Robbie Rexford, 3rd grade
  • Amy Fan, 1st grade
  • Edward Ni, 1st grade

When you have it, please send me their membership number and expiration date.  Thanks.


Klein Winter Scholastic - January 22nd

As I said before, I expect virtually the whole team to be at the Klein Winter Scholastic and the Regionals.  Both are one day, local tournaments.  The deadline for registering for Klein at the cheap ($10) rate is next Wednesday (the check and registration form must be received by then).  But don't forget the Martin Luther King holiday.  I would send it by this weekend.  Online, late or phone registration is $15.  If your child is not on the team, but still wants to play, that is fine, just let me know.   As of January 6th, Mr. Liptrap had received the following registrations:

CHANG, Jackson 1 THR
CHEEMERLA, Shantan 5 THR
GILBERT, Eleanor H 2 THR
JENKINSON, Jim 4 THR
WILLIAMSON, Thomas 3 THR
XIANG, Ellen 2 THR
XIANG, Evan K THR
MICHAELIDES, Matthew 6 THRM


Regionals - February 5th

These are the kids currently registered (through January 6th) for the regionals.  The entry form is here.

CHANG, Jackson 1 THR
CHEEMERLA, Shantan 5 THR
JENKINSON, Jim 4 THR
SHARMA, Ayush 3 THR
XIANG, Ellen 2 THR
XIANG, Evan K THR
SHARMA, Aman 7 THRM

In case you can't find my original recommendations re: which division is appropriate for your child, I am reattaching them below.

Please note when you are signing the kids up that the JV cutoff is lower for the regionals than for the state and will be based on the December supplement rating.  If your child is over the cutoff, they must play in the open division.  If they are under, it is their option to play JV or up.  My recommendations for both the regionals and the state meets would be as follows:

  • K-1st graders  - all play in the K-1 division.
  • 2nd and 3rd graders:
Gilbert, Eleanor P JV
Isdale, Anderson P Open
Lew, Sarah P JV
Lim, Tristan P JV
Louie, Janine P JV
Lu, Edmund P Open
Murphy, Kevin P JV
Roscoe, Truman P Open
Sharma, Ayush P Open
Wang, Kevin P Open
Williamson, Thomas P Open
Xiang, Ellen P Open
  • 4th and 5th graders:
Cai, Michael E Open
Cheemerla, Shantan E JV
Clements, Jacob E JV
Desai, Siddharth E JV
Jenkinson, Jim E Open
Kuncewicz, Thomas E Open
Mutha, Ankeet E Open
Roscoe, Curtis E Open
Shen, Spencer E JV
Yun, Edward E Open
  • Middle School
Ahmed, Tanvir MS Open
Feng, Jeff MS Open
Huynh, Christopher MS JV
Isidro, Ace MS Open
Kuncewicz, Elizabeth MS JV
Michaelides, Matthew MS Open
Ni, Mengwei MS Open
Nichol, David MS JV
Ong, Joseph MS JV
Pan, Steven MS Open
Resh, Matthew MS JV
Sharma, Aman MS Open
Tan, Tian MS Open
Tayal, Kartikeya MS Open
Zhu, Luke MS Open



State Scholastic February 26 - 27 in Dallas

It is not too early to get your state registration forms in.  Be sure to get a room reservation now if you are planning on staying at the Adam's Mark.  They will sell out.
Be sure to use the correct form.  Only 4th and 5th graders use the "elementary" form.  K-3 uses the "primary" form.
 

February 26-27 Texas Scholastic Championship, Dallas

Middle School Info / Registration

Elementary (4th & 5th) Info / Reg

Primary (K - 3) Info / Registration

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  Remember to use my personal email:  timartha@swbell.net

Martha

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