It will be here before we know it!
(Photo: Nicole Niemi, one of the winners of a Goddesschess prize in Hales Corners Challenge IX)
Information and a link to the registration form below. Goddesschess would like to see the Hales Corners Challenge X be the biggest and best Challenge yet! And we want to see a record-breaking number of chess femmes come out and play.
HALES CORNERS CHALLENGE X
October 17, 2009
FORMAT:
Four Round Swiss System - Four Games in One Day
USCF Rated
Two Sections – Open & Reserve (Under 1600)
TIME LIMIT:
Game in One Hour (60 minutes per player)
ENTRY FEE:
$35 – Open; $25 – Reserve
(both sections $5 more after October 14, 2009)
Comp Entry Fee for USCF 2200+: Entry fee subtracted from any prizes won
SITE REGISTRATION:
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
ROUNDS:
10 am -- 1 pm -- 3:30 pm -- 6 pm
Pairings by WinTD---No Computer Entries---No Smoking
PRIZES
OPEN RESERVE
1st—$325* 1st—$100
2nd—$175* 2nd—$75
A—$100 D—$50
B & Below—$75 E & Below—$40
* guaranteed
Goddesschess prizes for top performing females: Open Section: 1st - $60, 2nd - $40; Reserve Section: 1st - $40, 2nd $30, 3rd $20
Tournament Director: Tom Fogec
Assistant Tournament Directors: Robin Grochowski & Allen Becker
SITE:
Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel—4747 S. Howell Avenue—Milwaukee—
Telephone 414-481-8000
(formerly known as Four Points Sheraton, across street from airport)
ENTRIES TO:
Allen Becker—6105 Thorncrest Drive—Greendale, WI 53129 allenbecker@wi.rr.com
QUESTIONS TO:
Tom Fogec—414-425-6742 (home) or 414-405-4207 (cell)
USCF I.D. Required -- Bring your own clocks – Sets and Boards Provided
Half point bye available in Round 1, 2 or 3 if requested prior to round 1; not available in Round 4.
Registration form
See the announcement in the September, 2009 print edition of Chess Life Magazine under Grand Prix.
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