The Jacksonville Chess Championships*
Saturday Jan. 5th, 2008 Chief Tournament Director: Ralph Whitford
-- Associate National T.D. --
LOCATION: Piccadilly Restaurant, 5950 Ramona Blvd., Jacksonville
Corner of Lane Ave. -- Just off the Lane Ave. Exit of I-10
( We have a nice meeting room reserved )
REGISTRATION: at Tournament site 8:30 - 9:00 am
Advance Registration available, See Below**
BARGAIN entry fees: Only $15 - ALL SECTIONS
USCF membership is required in top championship round-robin pairing section -- And the
separate USCF RATED OPEN section.
Optional USCF membership will be available at the site!
If playing in an USCF rated event -- Be sure to bring either your USCF membership card, or
an issue of CHESS LIFE magazine with the expiration date on the label.
. . . OR . . . you can play in the UNRATED OPEN
section with USCF membership dues not required -- PAY ONLY the $15 entry fee !
PAIRINGS:
THE CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION* is rated by the U.S. Chess Federation. It will be a five round-robin pairing event
. Only the top six rated players who want to play in this USCF rated championship event, will be seeded into this section
playing for the overall championship.
All others will play in the separate four round Open RATED & UNRATED sections
with Swiss pairings
TIME CONTROL: ALL GAMES are Game in 45 min. for each side.
PRIZES/AWARDS: Awards for players at ALL LEVELS.
From newbie, or unrated -- on up to master. Students in all grades and college. Complete list of awards
will be announced at the tournament.
Here is a partial awards list for all three sections --
(1.) Top event, 1st place is City Championship trophy & $50
(2,) USCF RATED OPEN TOURNAMENT SECTION, 1st Place Trophy -- AND $25.
(3.) NON-USCF RATED OPEN TOURNAMENT SECTION, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Certificates,
see below.
In addition to above awards, the #2 #3 above sections will jointly have: Top
College Player Award, Top High School Player Award (12th grade & under), Top 8th Grade & Under
Award. As well as certificates and some good chess books will be thrown in as prizes at
every playing level. You get to choose from an assortment of NEW books.
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*= This is our 2007 championships, This
year taking place in the first week of 2008.
Winner of the City Championship is recognized as the current City Champion, until the annual
tournament is played again later in 2008.
IMPORTANT: ONLY players from the GREATER JACKSONVILLE METROPOLITAN
AREA are eligible to win the title of Jacksonville City Champion.
i.e. That is Duval county and the four counties which touch on our county;
Nassau, Baker, Clay & St. Johns counties. OUTSIDE of area players ARE allowed to play, AND to have
equal claims to Prize Money & other awards.
**= Advance Registration available,
You do need to fill in ALL information in the below form and mail it along with payment -- Postmarked no later than Dec. 31st
to:
Jax.Chess Club
PO Box 14606
Jax., FL 32238-4606
or
mail to:
Jax. Chess Club
C/O Dr Don Miller
6511 Bo Peep Dr N
Jax., FL 32210
Make all checks payable to The Jacksonville Chess Club.
EVEN With advance registration, PLEASE check in with tournament staff doing on site
registration, no later than 9:00 am.
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FAQ's -- ANSWERS!
1.) First Round at 9:15 am.
We will break for lunch approximately 12:30 PM
2.) Rounds will resume approximately
1:30 PM
3.) If you are unable to play either
of the first two rounds of the OPEN sections. You may get a 1/2 point bye for either round 1 or
2. Make the request upon registration.
4. ) If you have a Chess set,
board and clock, please bring them with you. We will have some sets & clocks available to
be loaned out if needed.
5.) US Chess Federation Membership
is only required to play in the rated sections, to include the City Championship &
OPEN Rated sections. And again, USCF membership will be available at the event. USCF membership is NOT
required to play in the NON-RATED OPEN section.
6.) Jacksonville Chess Club
membership may be required for future playing events, but is NOT required to play in any section
during this particular event.
7.) HOWEVER at the tournament we will
take payment ( OPTIONAL ) of Jacksonville CC dues -- At bargain rates!! Exact yearly dues rates posted else where on the www.jaxchess.org website. The bargain is that paying ONE YEAR DUES NOW, will give you the extra months until our next
City Championship tournament -- FREE!
JCC dues are normally required each year for this tournament. But we decided to give each person joining
now, 12 months only starting at the next City Championship tournament. Thus you will get all months until then,
FREE!
A regular official club meeting site is coming. Announcement on the JCC website soon!
8.) Prize's will be awarded
at the conclusion of the Tournament. All ties will be decided by tie-breaker points as per USCF rules. Pictures
will be taken, coverage of event usually appears in the state chess magazine & perhaps the Florida Times-Union.
9.) Immediately following the
conclusion of the Tournament, there will be a BRIEF meeting for both JCC members AND other interested parties.
All are encouraged to stay and have input. Please stay and show support for what YOU want in the way of
a chess club.
10.) An agenda for the meeting will be posted
at the meeting site.
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Below is the ADVANCE REGISTRATION FORM.
All blocks of information are required to be filled in. If any questions, contact either Dr.
Don Miller ( Email RevDonM@aol.com phone: 904-781-4596) -- Or Daren Dillinger ( Email: DDillinger@aol.com )
AND Again, even if doing the advanced registration form, PLEASE check in with tournament staff doing on
site registration, no later than 9:00 am. 1st round is at 9:15am Jan.5th.
--- ADVANCE REGISTRATION FORM ---
( You may want to copy & paste this form into the body of an email.
Then you will need to either US Postal mail in payment before Dec.
31st to one of the two addresses mentioned higher up for entry fees. -- OR MAKE SURE you promptly bring payment
to turn in during on 8:30-9:00am tournament registration on site.
AND . . . . Again, if anyone can not make either
the 1st or 2nd round, see FAQ #3 above!
First name ____________ Last name _________________________
Phone # _______________ Email Address _________________ (This
info will NOT be abused!)
Are you a member of USCF? Yes [ ] -- OR --
No [ ]
If so, what is your USCF ID # _________________ & Expiration
date ______
What is your most current USCF rating? If none, enter UNR here ______
IMPORTANT! Which of the three sections do YOU want to play in.
The top section for the City Championship [ ]
-- OR --
The USCF RATED OPEN section [ ] -- OR --
The NON-RATED OPEN section [ ]
Are you a student in College or in school 12th grade and under?
Yes [ ] -- OR -- No [ ]
If a student Please indicate if College OR what grade _________
And if a student, What school? ____________________ In what city?_______________
Along with above form -- Be sure to include check and then mail to
address noted above, POSTMARKED NO LATER than Dec. 31st.
-- End of Tournament announcement --
