2024 North/Central Texas Grades Championships

2024 North/Central Texas Grade Championships
October 18 - 20, 2024

6-round Swiss

Individual and Team Trophies!

Open to any pre-K thru 12th grade student either living or attending school in Texas.
Homeschooled are accepted.
All players play all six rounds, no elimination.
Each player MUST play in their current grade level.
There is no playing up or down to a different grade.

US Chess current membership required
($20/year youth)
TCA membership required
($3 a year for age 18 and younger)

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Entry Fee $40 by Friday 10/4/24
$55 by Friday 10/11/24
$65 afterwards assuming spots are still available!

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Refund Policy
All withdrawals must be requested by Wednesday October 18th 2024 to receive an 80% refund. Any withdrawals afterwards will not receive any refund.

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Sheraton North Houston IAH
15700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Houston, Texas 77032

Hotel Group Rate Booking Link

$89 per night, please reserve by 9/20/24 for discounted rate.

A hotel stay is not mandatory! This is for travelers and those who just want the convenience of staying nearby.

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Round Times & Time Controls

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Fri

7:30pm

Sat

10am

Sat

1pm

Sat

3:30pm

Sun

10am

Sun

1pm

Grades K-5th G45;d5 for round 1, all rounds afterward G60;d5

Grades 6-12th, all rounds G60;d5

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Side Event Schedule

EF for blitz is $15
EF for bughouse is $20 per team

Sat Oct 19th	5pm - 6:45pm	Onsite Registration for Blitz and Bughouse tournaments
Sat Oct 19th	7pm	Blitz tournament - 2 sections, K-5 & K-12. Five individual trophies awarded for each section.
Sat Oct 19th	8:30pm	Bughouse tournament - 1 section, K-12. Five individual trophies awarded for each player in the top 5 winning teams.

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Onsite Registration (if we still have spots available) will be

Friday from 6pm - 7pm in the TEXAS room near the Grand Ballroom.

Online Registration ends Friday 5pm October 18th 2024.

We may run out of spots before then.

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Tournament Registration Rules

⍟	Each player MUST play in their current grade. Playing up or down a grade level is not permitted.
⍟	One ½ point bye is available, any round, if requested by 2pm on Sat October 19th and if the player has not already received a full point bye or forfeit win.
⍟	A “team” shall consist of any number of players (minimum 2) from the same school in the same grade however only the highest top scoring 3 players will contribute towards the possibility of winning a team award.
⍟	A school can produce more than one team in a single section if they send 10 or more players within that section. If you choose to do this please send the team breakdown via email to the tournament organizer.

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Awards

⍟	Trophies to top 8 individuals and top 5 teams in each section
⍟	Team scores are based on top 3 highest scoring players in the same school in each section (or the minimum 2 players required to form a team)
⍟	Tiebreaks are utilized in the distribution of awards. Individuals: modified median, solkoff, cumulative Teams: total individual medium, total solkoff, total sonneborn-berger, total cumulative

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Team Rooms

To request a team room reservation, send a text message to 281.698.0068. Give us at least a 24hr time frame to respond to your request.

Forum	Houston	Embassy	Palm Beach
432 sqft	630 sqft	423 sqft	540 sqft
$325	$475	$325	$400