2009 Girls State Championship

Nebraska State Chess Association

At St. CeciliaŐs School, 3869 Webster Street, Omaha

Saturday, May 9, 2009

 
This tournament will determine the Nebraska State Chess AssociationŐs Girls State Chess Champion. Three or four round Swiss depending on number of entries, Game 90, with 30 second increments. Current USCF and current NSCA memberships are required; available on site. No bye requests. Current published rating to be used. No tie breaks. Ties to be determined by additional game at G 30. USCF Rules apply. The winner will also be the Nebraska representative to the Polgar Tournament, held this year at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

 

Entry Fee: $10 if received by May 7; $15 walk-ins. On-site registration 8:45−8:55 a.m. First round begins at 9:00 a.m.; subsequent rounds begin 5 minutes after preceding round. Lunch: End of Round 1.


Tournament Director: Michael Gooch

Entry fee payable and send to:

Michael Gooch, 1004 South 131st Avenue, Omaha, NE 68154
Questions: 333-0722 or mdgooch@cox.net

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2009 Girls State Championship Registration


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3. All players must be under the age of 19 as of August 15 of the year in which the tournament is held, and have been enrolled, in a school (up to 12th grade) located in the state they represent. Home schooled students who are under the age of 19 on August 15 of the year in which the tournament is held and who have never attended college on a full time basis prior to June 1 of the year in which the tournament is held, are eligible to represent the state in which they reside.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Unlike the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, the participants of the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls DO NOT have to be High School students. Any qualifier under the age of 19 (by August 15 of the year in which the tournament is held) is eligible!