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2024 Wisconsin
Rapid and Blitz State
Championships
April 6, 2024
ELIGIBILITY The 2024 Wisconsin Rapid and Blitz State Championships
are open to all players. All entrants
must be members of the US Chess Federation.
US Chess membership may be purchased at the site. Wisconsin Chess Association membership is
included in the entry. Our website
address is www.wischess.org.
PLAYING SITE Playing site is the Courtyard by Marriott Madison
West, 2266 Deming Way, Middleton, WI 53562.
Hotel rates are $105. Rooms may
be reserved by calling 608-203-0100.
REGISTRATION Players may register by mail using the form
below. Online registration is available
at 2024 Wisconsin Rapid State Championship
(kingregistration.com) and 2024 Wisconsin Blitz State Championship
(kingregistration.com). Registration will be accepted at the site from
9:00-9:30 AM on Saturday, April 6.
Please bring your chess clock.
Phone inquiries may be directed to Mike Nietman at (608) 467-8510 before
April 6 or e-mail mike.nietman@charter.net.
SCHEDULE-RAPID The Wisconsin Rapid Championship is a four-round
Swiss-System event. Rounds are at 10 AM,
11:15 AM, 1 PM and 2:15 PM. The time
control is Game in 25 minutes plus a 3 second increment per move. One ½-point bye is available for any round if
requested in advance. Accelerated
pairings may be used. The event will be quick
rated but use regular ratings for pairings and prizes
SCHEDULE-BLITZ The Wisconsin Blitz
Championship is a five-round Double Swiss-System event. You play two games against each
opponent. Rounds begin at 4 PM with
subsequent rounds ASAP. The time control
is Game in 3 minutes plus a 2 second increment per move. A one-point bye is available for any round if
requested in advance. The event will be blitz
rated but use regular ratings for pairings and prizes.
ENTRY FEES If received by April 2, the entry fee is $25
for the Rapid and $15 for the Blitz. All
entries paid later are $5 more for each event.
If you pre-register but then cannot play, your entry will be refunded to
you only if you notify the tournament director by 9:30 AM on April 6. Credit card and online registration fees
incurred by WCA will not be returned.
PRIZES The following $650 prize
fund for each event is based on 60 players in the Rapid and 40
players in the blitz:
1st = $150 ‘A’
= 90 ‘C’ = 70
‘E’ = 50
2nd = 100 ‘B’ = 80
‘D’ = 60 Unrated = 50
SPECIAL NOTES This is a no smoking, no
computers event.
Please
mail advance registrations to:
2024 Wisconsin Rapid and Blitz
State Championship
Mike Nietman, Tournament Organizer
2 Boca Grande Way, Madison, WI 53719
Name: _____________________________________________________
US
Chess ID: _____________________ Rapid EF:
$ __________
Address:
________________________________________________ US Chess
Expir. Date: _________________ Blitz EF: $ __________
City, State, ZIP: _____________________
US
Chess Rating: ______________ Total: $
__________
E-Mail
Address: __________________________________________ I
request a bye in round 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 (Rapid) / 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - 5 (Blitz)
Please make your checks payable to the
WISCONSIN CHESS ASSOCIATION … No credit cards accepted onsite.
Pre-registration, as of April 5, 2024:
# Section Name Rating
BLITZ:
1 B Rivedal, Andrew 2124
2 B Rajendra, Anupama 2089
3 B Jing, Aaron 2049
4 B Solvik, Marek 1902
5 B Glusker, Roman 1781
6 B Kueker, Josh 1776
7 B Engel, William 1701
8 B Johnson, Charles Quin 1683
9 B Hayer, Gopal Singh 1568
10 B Gillom, Donte Anton 1554
11 B Arora, Mihir Roshan 1549
12 B Sahoo, Ojas 1544
13 B Kailash, Vaibhav 1523
14 B Kingstad, Zack J 1478
15 B Fite, Hunter 1424
16 B Aviles, Emanuel Noah 1420
17 B Dong, Mason 1404
18 B Wilson, Mitchell Ryan 1364
19 B Achen, Jackson 1206
20 B Dong, Qiping 1172
21 B Sey, Josiah Ryan 1172
22 B Coplan, Kyle 1171
23 B Zhou, Shirui 1150
24 B Sandru, Albert Darius 1127
25 B Staudt, Brock 1066
26 B Kocum, Brady 1031
27 B Nosanov, Nathan 1008
28 B Elvin, Joseph 1001
29 B Chanson, Joel 931
30 B Sabarish, Shravan 924
31 B Millar, Chad 730
32 B Loeza, Richard 553
33 B Sabarish, Shashwath 492
34 B Parnell, Benny 453
35 B Leeper, Yoshio
36 B Vander Galien, Cooper
37 B Voss, Antonius
38 B Zhou, Libo
RAPID:
1 R Magness, Trevor S 2285
2 R Rivedal, Andrew 2124
3 R Jing, Aaron 2049
4 R Cross, Ted A 1993
5 R Higuchi, Hiro 1975
6 R Jain, Kyle 1909
7 R Solvik, Marek 1902
8 R Hoffman, Guy 1900
9 R Glusker, Roman 1781
10 R Kueker, Josh 1776
11 R Lencho, Mark W 1755
12 R Engel, William 1701
13 R Wei, Neo 1686
14 R Johnson, Charles Quin 1683
15 R Phillips, Rebecca 1643
16 R Hayer, Gopal Singh 1568
17 R Arora, Mihir Roshan 1549
18 R Sahoo, Ojas 1544
19 R Kailash, Vaibhav 1523
20 R Kingstad, Zack J 1478
21 R Corrigan, Matthew 1441
22 R Yeh, Yang 1434
23 R Aviles, Emanuel Noah 1420
24 R Dong, Mason 1404
25 R Wilson, Mitchell Ryan 1364
26 R Duncan, Jim 1302
27 R Hoffman, Sandy 1300
28 R Achen, Jackson 1206
29 R Dong, Qiping 1172
30 R Sey, Josiah Ryan 1172
31 R Anderson, Tyler 1140
32 R Sandru, Albert Darius 1127
33 R Rowley, Gill 1121
34 R Prabhakaran, Arunava Saha 1107
35 R Jiang, Drake 1102
36 R Sadnoor, Aarav 1084
37 R Staudt, Brock 1066
38 R Kocum, Brady 1031
39 R Wei, Max 1011
40 R Elvin, Joseph 1001
41 R Prabhakaran, Anirban Saha 984
42 R Peikin, Justin Max 980
43 R Chanson, Joel 931
44 R Condren, Stephen F 930
45 R Sabarish, Shravan 924
46 R Ahmed, Aariz 888
47 R Chugh, Kartik 788
48 R Newman, Clinton Mark 746
49 R Millar, Chad 730
50 R Ding, Anson 641
51 R Loeza, Richard 553
52 R Sabarish, Shashwath 492
53 R Parnell, Benny 453
54 R Anto Pravin, Kevin
55 R Franseen, Alex
56 R Hamlin, Alexander
57 R Lin, Arthur
58 R Meyers, Bradley
59 R Nai Nehta, Nicco
60 R Stoffel, Patrick Richard
61 R Vander Galien, Cooper
62 R Zhou, Libo