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SUMMARY:Official Chess Summer Scholastic Showdown Tournament at Baruch Middle School MS104 – July 12\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Innovative Pairing System: \n– Balanced like Quads: avoid big rating gaps \n– Exciting like Swiss: compete for awards \n  \nSchool is out but Chess is still IN!  – Play. Learn. Repeat. Improve Your Chess Experience. \n*Maximize Ratings – Minimize Mismatches* \n  \nScroll down to bottom for Advance Entries and to Register for the tournament \n  \n– We combine the best attributes of quads (play opponents closest to your rating) with Swiss (best system for determining tournament winners)\, aka the Monrad system. \n– No more early-round blowouts or rating-risk matchups like sometimes happens in a traditional Swiss. \n– Top players won’t be penalized with low-rated opponents just for being seeded high. \n– Monrad minimizes the dreaded “huge rating risk\, very little upside” situation Conversely\, kids at the lower-end of the section breaks will not have to fear an “automatic first round loss”. \n– Our hybrid system creates the ideal environment for both growth and rating gains – pairing players near their level for meaningful\, competitive games. \n– Smarter pairings. Fairer competition. Better results. \n  \n*No coach to review your games? We have you covered! (Register for “Entry PLUS” at checkout)* \n– Upgrade your experience and learn from Grandmaster/reigning Correspondence Chess World Champion  Jon Edwards and Original Life Master/NM Eric Fleischman in between rounds (an OLM title is bestowed when a player keeps an established rating above 2200 for 300 rated games) \n  \nTournament TDs: Jabari McGreen\, Harold Stenzel (NY State Chess Association Hall of Fame TD) \n  \nTeam Room Requests: Email info@officialchess.org \n  \nLocation: Simon Baruch Middle School MS104 (330 E 21st St\, Manhattan) \n  \nCheck-In: 9:00–9:30 AM (In-person only) \n  \nFormat: 4 Rounds | USCF Rated \n  \nSections: \n– Current Published Regular Rating (Supplement) used – Search for player’s rating here: https://new.uschess.org/civicrm/player-search \n– Note grade restrictions \n\nPremier Section K-5 only (u500 – unrated welcome but must have USCF membership) – G/25 d5\nElite Section K-5 only (u1000) – G/40 d5\nGrand Section K-12 only (u1500) – G/50 d5\nChampionship Section K-12 only (u2000) – G/50 d5\n\n  \nPairing Procedures: \n– Initial pairings based on closest-rated opponent in same section\, NOT traditional Swiss systems or accelerated Swiss \n\nBy contrast\, in a traditional Swiss pairing system\, if there is a 100-player section\, the number 1 seed (ranked by rating) will play number 51\, number 2 plays number 52\, etc. – This of course leads to much higher ratings gaps between players which does not benefit the higher or the lower rated player\n\n– Subsequent pairings based on current tournament points\, followed by closest rated opponent with same points \n– 1 point will be awarded for every win\, 0.5 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss \n– Players may choose up to 2 “byes” \n\nAttendees will not have to play in that round but will still receive 0.5 points for pairing and tournament result purposes. Usually “byes” are taken for the first round or last round due to scheduling conflicts but it is ok to take a “bye” for any round. “Byes” must be requested at the time of registration.\n\n– Please note that player colors will alternate between each round but in rare cases a player may be assigned the same color in consecutive rounds due to other contraints \n  \nIndividual Awards: \n– Except for the Championship Section\, trophies for top 3 individual players in each section \n– Those with the same final score but lower tie breaks than the 3rd place winner will NOT LEAVE EMPTY HANDED – They will also receive a “3rd Place Tie Trophy” \n– Top 3 players in the Open Section will receive $250\, $150\, $100\, respectively – Monetary awards will be split in cases of ties – e.g. If 2 players score 4.0\, they will both split $400 evenly (first and second place awards)\, any players with 3.5 will split $100 evenly (third place award)\, if no 3.5 scores\, then the 3.0 scores will split the third place award\, etc. \n  \nTeam Awards (Team members must be from the same school): \n– Team Trophy 1 (Top Scorers from a School): \n\nTop 6 individual results from each school contribute to the Top Scorers Team score\nTop Scorers Team trophy given to top 3 schools\nOnly the top 6 student scorers should go to stage to receive the Top Scorers Team Trophy\n\n– Team Trophy 2 (All Players from a School): \n\nEvery individual result from each school contribute to the Overall Team score\nOverall Team trophy given to top 3 schools\nEvery student from the school should go to stage to receive the Team trophies\, regardless of their individual scores\n\n  \nTie-Break Methods for Awards (Official USCF Tournament Methods):  \n1) Modified Median – Total points scored by your opponents (half-points for early withdrawals)\, and disregards the least-significant (usually the lowest scoring) opponent.  The player with the highest total has played opponents with the best scores in the tournament‑‑ in theory\, the hardest opponents. \n2) Solkoff – Total points scored by your opponents (half-points for early withdrawals)\, including the lowest scoring opponents \n3) Cumulative – Sum of your total points after each round (each rounds score is added to the previous rounds which means players who won in earlier rounds score higher than those won in later rounds) \n4) Opponents Cumulative – Same as above exccept this method is based on your opponents’ score \n  \nAdditional Info: \n– Parental Supervision – Parents must stay with children at all times in between matches. No running or ball play indoors per school safety rules. \n– Notation – Required for all sections except U500. Sheets and pencils provided; notation books available for purchase. \n\nPlease note that game reviews with coaches are only possible if the child notates the moves of the games\n\n– Equipment – Boards and pieces provided. Players must bring their own clocks (available for purchase on-site). \n– Lunch – Pizza available for purchase. \n–  Must have active USCF membership – If needed\, renew here https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess \n  \nAdvance Entries as of July 11: \n– Flip to landscape mode to view on mobile \n– Copy and paste into excel to re-sort data \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlayer First Name\nPlayer Last Name\nPlayer USCF Regular Rating\nSchool Name\nGrade (as of Jan 2025)\nPlayer Section Selection\nUSCF Membership Number\n\n\n1\nMegan\nParagua\n2294\nColumbia Grammar & Preparatory School\n6th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17106692\n\n\n2\nDominic\nParagua\n2110\nColumbia Grammar & Preparatory School\n10th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n17106686\n\n\n3\nGavin\nLiu\n1796\nHS of Telecommunication Arts and Technology\n9th\nChampionship Section K-12 only (Open)\n30736471\n\n\n4\nOscar\nFinkin\n1742\nPS 59 Beekman Hill International\n3rd\nChampionship Section K-12 only 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URL:https://officialchess.org/event/summer-scholastic-series-manhattan-july-12-2025-baruch-middle-school/
LOCATION:Baruch Middle School\, 330 East 21st Street\, New York\, 10010\, United States
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SUMMARY:2025 Connecticut Summer Classical
DESCRIPTION:Date/Time: Saturday\, July 12\, 2025 \n\nRound 1 at 10 AM\, then ASAP\n\nLocation: e4 Chess Academy\, 15 Belden Avenue\, Norwalk\, Connecticut 06850\n(U800/NER Sections: Norwalk Library\, 1 Belden Avenue\, Norwalk\, CT 06850) \nSec/Rds/TC/Byes: Open\, U2000\, U1400\, U800\, NER; 4 Rounds SS\, G/45+10 (U800/NER: G/25+5); NE and USCF-rated\, NER NE-rated only; One ½ point bye for Rds 1-3 \nPrizes: Open: $300-200\, $100 to Top U2200; U2000: $200-100\, $100 to Top U1700;\nU1400: $200-100\, $100 to Top U1100; U800: Trophy to Top 3\, Top U500\, U300;\nNER: Trophy to Top 3. Trophy to winners of upper sections. Medals to others.\nCash prizes via PayPal. \nTie break: Perfect (4-0) scores decided by Armageddon tie break with USCF tie breaks\ndetermining seeding; does not affect cash prizes. \nEntry Fee: Register online\, only; $50 by June 30 \, $60 by July 7\, $80 after.\nU800/NE: $15 less. Titled $20 less. GM/IM FREE by June 30\, then from prizes.\nMember/sibling/senior/veteran/hardship discounts. Email us for discount code. \nNotes: This non-profit event is organized and sponsored by the Connecticut State Chess Association for the\nConnecticut chess community. [1] Prizes & tax requirements. All prizes are paid via PayPal. Players winning\n$600 or more in a calendar year must submit a W-9 to events.CSCA@gmail.com. [2] Refunds/Cancellation\nPolicy: To withdraw and request a refund\, players MUST email their request to events.CSCA@gmail.com no later\nthan July 9 at 11:59 PM. Refund requests not emailed or received after deadline\, will not be honored. Refunds are\nsubject to $20 administrative fee. [3] Unauthorized solicitation is prohibited. CSCA Promotion Policy at CSCA\nTournaments & Events is in effect. Please contact the CSCA for advertising and promotional opportunities.
URL:https://officialchess.org/event/2025-connecticut-summer-classical/
LOCATION:e4 Chess Academy\, 15 Belden Avenue\, Norwalk\, CT\, 06850\, United States
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