2010 ELEMENTARY STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IS COMING TO THE GREATER TACOMA CONVENTION & TRADE CENTER
ON APRIL 24, 2010!

This Is The Official Website For The 2010 Washington State Elementary Chess Championship.

Per the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, no outside food is allowed.

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Registration Open!

Click HERE to register!

CHECK TO SEE IF YOU ARE QUALIFIED

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Special Exhibit coming to the Washington State Historical Society from the Maryhill Museum in conjunction with the 2010 Washington State Elementary Chess Championship.  

  APRIL 7 - NOVEMBER 21
International chess sets from Maryhill Museum of Art are presented in full sets and pieces from prominent collections. The ornately carved and painted chess sets represent cultures from around the world, as well as varying time periods. Organized by the Maryhill Museum of Art.

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Recent updates to the website:

Qualified Page Added

More Hotels Added

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Game Format and Rules

The tournament will be a five round Swiss format. The time control will be Game/30 (maximum one hour for each game) or Game/25 with 5-second time delay. Standard USCF rules (latest edition) will be enforced. The Washington State Elementary Chess Championship (WSECC) Policy Board will clarify rules that are specific to the state tournament. Grade- level divisions will be used in accord with current WSECC rules. Players with perfect 5.0 scores will be designated co-champions. The traditional Washington scholastic tiebreak scheme will break all other ties (Solkoff, Cumulative score, Cumulative scores of the opposition). Team trophies will be determined by the top five four * players’ cumulative scores from each team.

*NOTE:  At the time the 2010 proposal was submitting it was standard to use the top five players for team scoring.  However, since that time the WSECC board approved the change in the rule to the top four players.  The WSECC board has advised that this rule is optional for the 2010 tournament, since our bid was based on the rules that were current at the time of submission.  The 2010 hosting committee has decided that incorporating this rule will not create undue burden and we will base team scores on the top four players of each team

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RHUBARB IS COMING TO STATE!!
Rhubarb, the Tacoma Rainiers, AAA Professional Baseball Mascot is making a special appearance at this years State Championship! He knows baseball, but do you think he knows how to play chess?  He wants to see the biggest chess tournament Washington State has ever seen and then wants to invite everyone to watch him in action at one of two games and has a special deal for chess families: 
Saturday, April 24th at 7pm
or
Sunday April 25th at 1:30pm

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2010 Hosting Board Members

Shila MacDonald, Chairman
Don Mooney, Treasurer
Angela Clark-Fields
Scott MacDonald
Jason Brick

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