2018 Washington State
Mini-Teams Championship
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Register by email before Friday, December 7th at 3:00 pm.
Site
Lakeside School, 14050 1st Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98125 ( See Google maps driving directions )
Directions
Take these directions with you on tournament day!
Directions from Interstate 5:
- Take Exit 175 (NE 145th Street) go West
- Turn left at 1st Avenue NE, which is the first traffic light west of I-5
- Once you turn on to 1st Avenue NE you are essentially at Lakeside Upper School
- There is parking available on the NW corner of the campus. (Take the first left)
- Give yourself plenty of time; this can be a very congested area
Eligible
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! WHSCA staff 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 Round 1.
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.
Registration
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 Tanner Feemster at tannerjfeemster@gmail.com. Only E-mail entries will be accepted.
All player entries must be received by Friday, December 7th at 3:00 pm.
No completely new team registrations on site (except for WHSCA composed teams).
Entry Fee
$30.00 per team ($10.00 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
Your own writing utensils, sets, boards and especially your chess clocks. Please do not come unprepared to WHSCA tournaments.
Awards
An appropriate amount of team trophies.
WHSCA Staff
Tournament Director: Tanner Feemster
Floor Judge: Randy Walther
Questions or Concerns
Randy Walther at randywalther@msn.com
Day of the tournament, call the TD's cell phone: 360-201-7694