Georgetowne Middle School and the Greater Peoria Chess
Federation will be
sponsoring the 30th Annual Tazewell County Chess
Tournament on Saturday,
February 16, 2008 in Marquette Heights. Tazewell
students in grades three
through eight will compete at Georgetown Middle
School. Meredith Caudill,
Principal, has graciously offered to host the
tournament. The Parents
Club will be providing a concession stand. A menu and
price list will be
sent later with your confirmation.
Each grade level is
a separate contest (with the exception of a 3rd/4th
combination) with awards
for the top ten individuals at that grade level.
Trophies will be awarded for
the top three individuals and a medallion
for each in 4th through 10th place
at their grade level. Pupils must
register at their own grade level. A
maximum of 64 individuals for each
grade level has been set with five rounds
to be played. An adult is to
supervise his or her own players. Schools do not
need to have a chess
club for students to participate, and individual entries
are welcome.
We will follow the schedule listed as much as possible;
however,
participants will be notified when each round is beginning:
8:30
Participants arrive and check in
9:00 First round begins
9:45 Second
round
10:30 Third round
11:30-12:00 Lunch (Pupils may bring a sack lunch
and concessions will be
available.)
12:00 Fourth round
12:45 Fifth
round
1:30 Awards
Scheduled times may vary depending on length of time
needed to finish
some games.
Tournament games will all be played with
standard Staunton pieces. Pupils
may bring chess sets or table games for
their use in the relaxation area.
We will need a few volunteers to serve as
monitors on a full day or half
day basis in the relaxation area.
In the
past few years we have been able to accommodate all of the
youngsters who
wanted to participate and will accept the children for
registration by name.
If we do see a problem develop during registration
at any grade level due to
too many registrants, I will contact individual
schools for revision.
A
fee of $4:00 per entrant is to be sent with the registration with the
check
made payable to Georgetown Middle School.
Substitutes may be sent for
registered players. They should report in
with the name of the absent player
and their own name. We might also be
able to accept a few players on a
standby basis for others that
registered but cannot come.
The rank
determined by the home school is to be listed by each player.
This will be
used only for the first round pairing. Please compare and
rank all players at
your school at each grade level. We do not use Chess
Federation rating and do
not need rank if there is no school club.
Officers and members of the Greater
Peoria Chess Federation have assisted
us in setting up the tournament and
will serve as directors and
officials. We greatly appreciate their
assistance.
If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to
contact me
at 266-6547 or e-mail at
jcwebb@juno.com.
Please send the
registration (including name, address, grade level, phone
number, and school
or home schooled) and fees to my home by February 7,
2008. I will send
confirmation, tournament rules, directions, and a
concessions menu to
you.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jolyon Webb, Coordinator
217 S.
Mississippi Ave.
Morton, Illinois 61550
266-6547
jcwebb@juno.com