Masks required per UW-Oshkosh policy in all university buildings!!
The WJO
is open to players in grade 12 and under. The tournament is held in FOUR
“Rated” sections:
High School (grades
9-12),
K-8,
Girls’ Open
and Reserve
(Under 900
or unrated only); US
Chess membership is required in these sections. TWO
sections
form the Non-Rated,
Beginner’s Section:
Grade K-6 and Grade
7-12. These two sections are
meant to introduce players to more formal play,
without requiring US Chess fees.
If needed, US
Chess memberships may be purchased at site; your Wisconsin Chess
Association membership is included in the entry. WCA website address is www.wischess.org. Questions
go to: mike.nietman@charter.net.
Our
playing rooms are
the Badger
State and University
Rooms in the lower level of the Gruenhagen
Conference Center, UW-Oshkosh, corner of High
and Osceola
Sts., Oshkosh, WI 54901. Full-service dorm rooms for FRI and SAT
nights are available for $40 -
1 or 2 per
room. The reservation phone
number is
(920) 424-1106.
You must mention
chess.
Players may register in advance by mail or online at https://www.kingregistration.com/event/WIJrOpen.
Late registrations accepted at the site from
8:45-9:30 AM on Saturday, November 6. Please bring your US Chess
ID card
or be prepared to purchase or renew your membership during late registration. A
Young Adult membership (ages 19-24
at
expiration) is $27. A Youth membership (18 and under at expiration) is
$20. Publication content is
available online. A printed copy of the monthly Chess Life is an additional $9.
A printed copy of the bi-monthly Chess Life Kids
is an additional $5. Please
bring your chess clock. Chess sets and
boards
are provided for the
playing room
only! Phone inquiries: Mike
Nietman at (608) 467-8510
before Friday, November
5 or
e-mail: mike.nietman@charter.net.
The 2021-2022 Wisconsin Junior Open is
a five-round Swiss-System
event. Under
Swiss rules, all entrants
play five games!
Rounds start
at 10:15 AM -
2:30 PM -
7:15 PM
Saturday, Sunday
at 10:00 AM and 3:00
PM. The time control is
Game in 120 minutes with a 5 second delay. One half-point bye is available
for round 1, 2, 3 or 4 if requested with your advance entry, or at Late
Registration.
If received by November
2, the
early entry fees are: High School, K-8,
Girl’s Junior Open & Reserve sections: ........
$18 Beginner’s Grade 7-12
or Grade
K-6 sections: .........................
$17. At site entries are $5 more. If you pre-register but then cannot
play, your entry will be refunded only if you notify the
tournament director by 9:30 AM on November 6.
PRIZES Fifty-seven
top-quality
trophies are unconditionally guaranteed for the following place and rating
class prizes:
High School:
Top five
places, top two
each Class ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and
‘E’/Unrated
K-8: Top five places, top two
each Class ‘C’, ‘D’ and
‘E’/Unrated
Girl’s Junior Open: Top four
places
Reserve: Top five places, top two
each 600, 500, Under 500 and Unrated.
Non-Rated Beginner’s Grade 7-12: Top five places and top three grades 7-9. Non-Rated Beginner’s Grade K-6:
Top five
places and top three grades
K-3. All prizes will be
awarded at the site after the final round. In case of ties, trophies will be
awarded based on
Solkoff,
Cumulative, Sum of Opponent’s Cumulative and Sonneborn-Berger tie-break
systems.
SPECIAL NOTES The
High School
Section winner
will be
eligible to participate in the 2022 GM
Arnold Denker National Tournament
of High School State
Championships.
The top grade 6-8
player in the K-8 section
will be eligible to participate in the 2022
Dewain
Barber National
Tournament
of Middle
School State
Champions. The Girl’s Junior Open
winner will be eligible to participate in the 2022 WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions. The top K-5 finisher in the K-8
section will be eligible to participate in the 2022 John D. Rockefeller
III National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions. These prestigious
national events will be held in Rancho Mirage, CA, August 2022. If a tie exists among
those desiring to participate in the Denker, Barber, Haring
or
Rockefeller event, a series of playoff
matches will be held on Sunday night beginning
30
minutes after the last game among the participants is concluded.
Format is two G/30, if still tied two G/15, then G/10, then G/5.
