2014 Washington State
Mini-Teams Championship
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Register by email before Friday, December 5th at 3:00 pm.
Site
Interlake High School, 16245 NE 24th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008 ( See Google maps driving directions )
Take these directions with you on tournament day!
From SR-520:
- Take 148th Ave NE exit (going south)
- From the left lane on 148th, turn left at NE 24th at stop light
- Drive one mile on 24th (going west), past Unigard Insurance Complex
- Turn Right at Interlake HS entrance off 24th across from 161st Ave NE
- Give yourself plenty of time; these are very congested areas.
Eligibility
Any Washington High School, Middle School or Junior High School is eligible to enter as many teams as desired.
Extra players or singles are welcome – we will compose teams from the extra players.
All players on a team should be from same school, except for composed teams approved and/or made by WHSCA staff. WHSCA staff will try to keep teams of two together by adding an extra player from another school.
Private school coaches may propose a composed team consisting of high school and middle school players from the same private school. Public school coaches may propose a composed team consisting of high school and middle school players that will feed into that public high school. This should not result in the creation of a super team. For instance if a coach has five high school players and four middle school players. The coach needs to make one all high school mini team and one all middle school mini team. The coach can't have their highest rated high school player or highest rated middle school player on the composed team. WHSCA staff will have final approval for all composed teams in an effort to maintain fairness.
Format
One section. It will be a five round, Swiss system section, pairings by TEAMS of three players each.
Schedule
Doors open at 8:45 am.
All pre-registered teams must check in no later than 9:25 a.m. to play in the first round.
Players' meeting 9:45.
Rounds: 10:00, 11:25, 1:15 pm, 2:40, 4:00. Awards soon thereafter.
Be patient with tournament directors – team events are difficult to run.
Time Control
Game/30 with 5 second delay (30 minutes per player per game).
Recording of moves required until one player has less than 5 minutes on the clock, when both players may stop recording. Touch-move rules apply throughout entire game.
Entries
100% advanced registration only by e-mail.
Only E-mail entries will be accepted!
To register, compose your email message and include:
- School name
- List players in board order
- Full name and grade of each player
Send all entries to Siva Sankrithi at siva.sankrithi@lakesideschool.org.
All player entries must be received by Friday, December 5th at 3:00 pm.
No completely new team registrations on site (except for WHSCA composed teams).
Entry Fee
$30.00 per team ($10 individual)
Make Checks Payable To
WHSCA (Washington High School Chess Association).
All payment for entry fees is to be paid at check-in. Do not mail your entry fees.
Rated
Northwest Scholastic Rating System (NWSRS). No memberships are required.
Bring
Sets, boards, clocks, pencils, competitive desire. Please do not come unprepared to WHSCA tournaments.
Awards
An appropriate amount of trophies and medals.
WHSCA Staff
Tournament Director: Patrick Van Dyke
Floor Judges: Randy Walther and Siva Sankrithi
Questions or Concerns
Siva Sankrithi at siva.sankrithi@lakesideschool.org.
Day of tournament, call Siva's cell phone 206-261-6366