How to reach the Tournament Directors:

How to reach the Tournament Directors
Chris Wainscott chris.wainscott13@outlook.com 414-839-5232
Robin Grochowski rgrochowski@wi.rr.com 414-861-2745
Allen Becker allenbecker@wi.rr.com 414-807-0269

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:

Unknown said...

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

Chris said...

Hoping for a strong turnout!

Anonymous said...

Are pre-entries posted anywhere?

Thanka

Unknown said...

Will post them on Wed evening.

Anonymous said...

Are pre-entries posted anywhere?

Unknown said...

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

Unknown said...

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