Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Oct. 8-9 National Chess Day: 42nd Badger Open

Country Springs Hotel, Water Park-Convention Center, 2810 Golf Road, Waukesha, WI 53187-2269. Conveniently located alongside I-94. Reservations: 262-547-0201. Ask for special chess rates ($109 wo/water park passes, $119 with) and mention the Waukesha Chess Club/Badger Open. Reserve before 10/28. $1200 Prize Fund, 2 Sections Open and Reserve. Prizes: Open: 1st $250, 2nd $150, balance divided by (based on number of players) in class A-F. EF: $35 Advance (by 10/30) $40 thereafter ($5 discount for Seniors over 60 and Youth U/20). Reserve (U1400). $$ B/50 Entries in O/R, so prize often grows. 2-Day 5 Rd SS, TC: G/120. On-site Reg.: 9:00-9:45. Rds.: Sat. 10-2:30-7, Sun. 10-2:30. One 1/2 point bye available in Rds 1-4 (request prior to Rd 1). Mail Advance Entries to: Waukesha Chess Club, Attn: Badger Open, 1911 Stardust Drive, Waukesha, WI 53186. Checks to: Waukesha Chess Club. Printable entry form and details available at www.waukeshachessclub.org or www.wscachess.org. Chess Magnet School JGP.

Badger Open Scholastic U1200 RBO
Open to all USCF Scholastic Players in K-12 Schools rated 1200 and under. Trophies to Top 3 Teams U1200, U/700 and Unrated K-3. Individual Trophies to Top 5 and Medals to 6th-20th. EF: $15 Advance (by 10/30) $20 thereafter. 1-Day, 6 Rd SS, TC G/30 Sat Rds start at: 9:30 a.m. On-site Reg: 8:00-8:45 One 1/2 point bye available in Rds 1-5request prior to Rd 1).

7 comments:

  1. The time control for the Badger is GAME/120 minutes with a 5-second delay, with no 5-minute deduction from the clocks.

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  2. Yes, the date for the Badger Open early registration and the hotel cut-off are wrong in the Chess Life TLA, they should read 9-28, but will be pushed to 10-5 (send email entries to me at greesesr@wscachess.org).

    You can get the Badger Open flyer at either www.waukeshachessclub.org or at www.wscachess.org by clicking on the Tournaments/Results button.

    Early Entries:
    OPEN

    William P. Williams
    Robin Grochowski
    Andrew Grochowski
    Tom Fogec
    Guy Hoffman
    Sandy Pahl
    Greg Reese, Jr.
    Hugo Hartig

    RESERVE

    Charles Landey
    Leo Ma

    Greg Reese, Sr.

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  3. Here are the Badger Open Pre-entries as of Oct. 5th:

    Open

    Agarwal, Amol
    Azbel, Joseph
    Coons, James
    Corcoran, Ben
    DeVogel, David
    Fogec, Thomas
    Grochowski, Andrew
    Grochowski, Robin
    Harder, Brady
    Hartig, Hugo
    Hoffman, Guy
    James, Nikhil
    Jin, David
    Kosterman, Dennis
    Myaskovsky, Dmitry
    Pahl, Sandra
    Pokorski, Jeffrey
    Rasmussen, Ken
    Reese Jr., Gregory
    Sagunsky, David
    Williams, William P

    Reserve (U1400)

    Campbell, Kris
    Huang, Alena
    Landey, Charles
    Ma, Leo
    Reese Sr., Gregory


    Gregory Reese, Sr.
    Badger Open Organizer
    greesesr@wscachess.org

    If you are staying at the Country Springs, but haven't booked a room yet, still ask for the chess discount, you should get it. If not, let me know.

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  4. Any word on how SWCC members are faring after the early rounds?

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  5. The SWCC members did pretty good at this tournament.

    Robin

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  6. Congratulations to Brady Harder for winning the Badger.

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