Friday, January 13, 2017

2017 WI Quick & Blitz Championships (1/21/17)



2017 WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - (QUICK AND BLITZ)

Saturday, January 21, 2017.

Fitchburg Community Center

5510 Lacy Road, Fitchburg WI
QUICK CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP is held in two sections: Open (open to all, rated) and Scholastic (K-12 player, not rated). Time control is 25 minutes (+3 second delay) per player, everyone plays 4 games.

Notation is not required. On-site registration is 9:00-9:30am. Round times: 10am, 11am, 12:45pm, 2pm.

Prizes Open: $900 (b/60 or proportional): 1st $250, 2nd $150, class prizes (5-8 players per class): $500 Prizes Scholastic: team trophies to top five schools and 20 individual trophies based on age.

Entry Fee: Open $25, Scholastic $20 if entered by January 17th ($10 more afterwards)



BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP is rated and is open to everyone. Time control is 3 minutes (+2 second increment) per player, everyone plays 10 games. Round One begins at 3:30pm Prizes: $900 (b/60 or proportional) and 5 trophies: 1st $250, 2nd $150, class prizes (5-8 players per class): $500
Entry Fee: $25 if entered by January 17th ($10 more afterwards)

Online Entry (closes on 1/17 at midnight; small convenience fee applies):

www.wichessacademy.com

Mailed Entry: Fitchburg Recreation Department, Attention: Chad Sigl/Chess, 5510 Lacy Road, Fitchburg WI 53711
Questions: 608-270-4286 (Chad Sigl) or abetaneli@hotmail.com (Alex Betaneli)


***ALL INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WINNERS ARE OFFICIAL STATE CHAMPIONS

7 comments:

  1. National Masters Erik Santarius and Rithwik Mathur as well as experts David McNeil and Kevin Li plan to participate. Two years ago we had an odd number of players for Blitz, so I was a house player. :-)
    Alex

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  2. Are pre-entries posted anywhere?

    Thanka

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  3. Are pre-entries posted anywhere?

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  4. ADVANCE ENTRIES FOR BLITZ:
    Santarius, Erik
    Herbst, Richard
    Li, Kevin
    McNeil, David
    Jain, Kyle
    Rudlolph, Joziah
    Zubanov, Andrey
    Wijetunge, Ivan
    Engelen, Mark
    Haining, Keven
    Sharma, Krish
    Andersson Mitchell
    Pillai, Aditya
    Boeve, Joel
    Clayton, Scott
    Kwon, Gabriel
    DuBeau, Justin
    Kwon, David
    Rossman, Zander
    Rossman, Callahan
    Haining, Isaiah
    Jiang, David

    ADVANCE ENTRIES FOR QUICK (OPEN):
    Santarius, Erik 2416
    Herbst, Richard 2138
    Li, Kevin 2055
    McNeil, David 2047
    Jing, Aaron 2039
    Jain, Kyle 2010
    Rudolph, Joziah 2009
    Morrell, Thomas 1972
    Hoffman, Guy 1900
    Wijetunge, Ivan 1882
    Jayne, Ryan 1842
    Engelen, Mark 1808
    Singh, Aayush 1781
    Hyde, Andrew 1749
    Sharma, Krish 1721
    Boeve, Joel 1451
    Clayton, Scott 1444
    DeLair, Ethan 1409
    Hoffman, Sandra 1300
    Yethiraj, Rohan 1123
    Kwon, Gabriel 1105
    Yethiraj, Arun 1093
    DuBeau, Justin 789
    Schmidt, JR 729
    Kwon, David 608
    Fitzpatrick, Sean
    Jin, Song
    Thayer, Mitchell

    And another 40 players in Quick Scholastic

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  5. Update: two more experts from Green Bay just registered (Kelly Borman and Josiah Stein).

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