Author: Lori Balkum

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2022 Chess in the Park PreRegistration List

All registrations appear automatically. Please allow a few days for the registrar to review your entry. 

If your name has a , your registration is complete.
If your name has a , the registrar has a question about your registration. Please contact the registrar if you have not already been contacted.
If there is no symbol in front of your name, your verification is in process.

Jump to: K-3 section, K-6 section,  Open Section.

Return to the Chess in the Park tournament page.

K-3

NameUSCF IDRatingByes
Prashanth, Devdatt
Pandey, Anusha
Venza, Rex
Jackson, Leo
Jones, James
Kallam, Ashvik Arunachala
Narketmelli, Ayaansh 1
Ge, Hank Wenhan
Robson , Bo Patrick
Maddisetty, Ishan Naga Venkata
Duffey, William
Vangalapati, Karthik
Ross, Lulu
Section count: 13

K-6

NameUSCF IDRatingByes
Anikkottil Menon, Adhvik 1
Fowler, Josh G
Patra, Anahita
Boppana , Ritvik Sreerama
Jin, Massa (Yueqi)
Pati, Sidhvik Sai
Green, Miles
Green, Wesley
Skripkina, Elizaveta
Zepeda, Ethan
Ross, Henry
Section count: 11

Open

NameUSCF IDRatingByes
Kavuri, Raghavendra
Ross, Jacob
Section count: 2

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2022 Chess in the Park

Chess outdoors in Wooldridge park! Unrated 4 round G/20 tournament for all ages in 2 scholastic sections and one open section. No elimination – play all rounds whether you win or lose!

View the Pre-Registration list!

View the Results:
K-3
K-6
Open

Date
November 13, 2022

Location
Wooldridge Park
9th and Guadalupe
near Downtown
Austin, TX

The park is on the corner of 9th and Guadalupe.  Plenty of street parking is available.

Sections

  • Open
  • K-6
  • K-3

*Lower sections may be combined if registrations are low.
*All sections are unrated.  NO USCF membership required.
*Restricted to the first 100 players.

Rounds and Times

Four Rounds at a time control of G/20.

  • We play approximately noon – 5pm.
  • Registration & Check-in: 11:20am – 12:00noon
  • All pre-registered players must arrive before noon, or they may be ineligible to play in the first round.
  • We play approximately noon – 5pm.

Entry fee and Prizes:

  • Online entries: $12 – by Saturday 11/5 (online payment only).
  • Online entries: $16 – between 11/6 and 11/12 (12pm) (online payment only)
  • Onsite entries: $20 – Cash only. May receive a round 1 bye and begin play in round 2. 
  • Prizes– At least top 3 finishers in each section will receive a medal.

Details

Online registration closed at noon on Saturday, November 12th. You may register onsite.

  • Boards and Sets supplied!
  • NO US Chess Membership necessary. 
  • NO Notation required. Feel free if you wish to bring pen and paper, but these are quick games!
  • A donation jar will be available for players who want to help the Austin Parks & Rec.

Rain Location

If there is inclement weather, the tournament will be held at the Dobie Mall food court – Guadalupe and 21st on the 2nd level.

If that occurs, all participants will be emailed AND notices will be placed on this website (this event page and the home page) as soon as a decision to relocate is made.

Questions

For registration questions, please email
Lori Balkum, (registrar@austinchesstournaments.com)
For all other event questions, please email
Gary Gaiffe, (ggaiffe@att.net)

Organized by Rocks & Rooks

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November Rapid – Chess for Trees

Chess For Trees is a nonprofit.

The tournament will consist of an Open Section and a K-12 Section. There will be trophy prizes for the K-12 Section and cash prizes for the Open  Section. The format of the tournament will be 5 Round Swiss – 15 minutes with 2 second increment. The tournament will be hosted on chess.com. You will need a chess.com account to play the tournament, and you must be a current USCF member.

Instructions on how to create chess.com account, register to compete in USCF online rated events, and linking your USCF profile to your chess.com username can be found on the tournament website.

Registration Fee: $10
Registration closes on November 7th.
Register online today!

Prizes
Top 3 in the K-12 section will receive trophies.  Number of trophies given out may increase based on the number of participants

OpenSection receives cash prizes.
1st Place: $40
2nd Place: $25
3rd Place: $15

Technical Instructions
Instructions for how to join an online event, how to find the Chess for Trees club, fair play, and other topics are are available on the event website.

Please note:
Both sections will start at 11 AM CST on 11/12.

Payment Information and Refund Policy
A payment link is located at the bottom of the event page. If the tournament is canceled for any reason, all entries will be refunded 100% . If you decide to withdraw your entry fee will be refunded as long as you contact the organizer by email no later than 11/9.

If you have any questions please email us at chessfortrees@gmail.com

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Open/Adult Section at the Casis Scholastic Chess Tournament

USCF rated chess tournament for adults and more advanced scholastic players (rated 1400 and above).  Scholastic players must have reached 1400 at some point in their USCF (regular) ratings history in order to compete in the open section. (Less experienced youth players should register for the scholastic event.)  View the preregistration list online. Verify your Family-Child team entry (each team must have at least 1 adult!)

Online registration is now closed and we will NOT be accepting onsite entries.  We have simply run out of space.

Tournament Day links:

Online Pairings, Wall Charts, and Standings

Pictures of the school:
Entrance on Exposition (gate will be open)
Building Entrance from North Parking Lot

Parking and Campus Maps:
Parking Map
Basic Campus Map

Concessions:
Concessions – Detailed

Communications:
Scholastic Email
Open Email

Basics

This is a Swiss-system tournament, so everyone plays all day—there is no “elimination.” Players must know how to play the game of chess! We follow USCF rules including: touch-move, mandatory clocks (bring your own if at all possible), and mandatory notation. If registrations exceed 30, we will split into two sections.

Location

Casis Elementary School
2710 Exposition Blvd
Austin, TX 78703

Eligibility

All adults
Advanced youth (1400+).
Ineligible entries will be moved to the appropriate scholastic section of the 2023 Winter Casis Scholastic Chess Tournament. This is a rated tournament. You must have a USCF ID and your membership (can be purchased/renewed at check out or online with the USCF in advance of registration) . You can verify your USCF membership ID and expiration by visiting the USCF’s Member Services Area. Anyone can become a USCF member. Players new to tournament chess are welcome to play. Your USCF membership cannot expire before January 31, 2023.  USCF memberships can be renewed/purchased at check-out.

Schedule

No check-in necessary for preregistrations. We will make every attempt to contact you in advance if we see a problem with your registration. Verify your entry ONLINE!
9:00 a.m. Open section begins. Open has 4 rounds, all rounds are are G/45, d5.
No changes for round 1 (bye or section) allowed after online registration closes. Requests for byes, withdrawals, player info edits and school information may be made onsite and go into effect as of round 2. Onlie registration is now closed and we will not be accepting onsite registrations.

Approximate Round Times

Open Section:
rd 1 – 9:00am, rd2 – 11:00am, rd3 – 1:00pm, rd4 – 3:00pm

Notes

There will be some “down time” between rounds since many games will finish early. We will provide an area (outside the tournament room) for casual “skittles” chess and/or other indoor activities.

Concessions TBD.  Only water bottles allowed at the chess board.

Proper handwashing and adherence to COVID 19 exposure guidelines mandatory!

Awards

Cash prizes (to winners in both sections, in the case of multiple sections), based on number of entries. Special trophies will be awarded to the highest scoring Family & Child teams  (Uncles, Aunts, Adult siblings, Parents, or Grandparents paired with at least one scholastic aged player.). 

Registration Information

Entry fee pricing is staggered and based on date of entry/payment.

*Early entry (youth $30, adult $25) thru 11/26/2022
*Regular entry (youth $35, adult $30) thru 01/07/2023
*Late entry (youth $45, adult $40) ENDS at NOON on Thursday 01/19/2023 or when we run out of playing space, at which time online entry closes.
*If space permits, onsite registration will be permitted, $50 regardless of age. Cash or venmo only. First round play requires registration before 8:45am.

Withdrawals requested via email before noon on Thursday 01/19/2023 are eligible for a refund (minus a $5 service fee). No refunds for USCF memberships after purchased from the USCF. NO email/phone entries.

Please request byes when you register if possible. First bye receives 1/2-point. Further byes receive 0-points. Email the registrar to make changes to your requested byes. Deadline to add or remove a 1st round requested bye is 9am Friday 01/20/2023. All 1/2-point byes must be requested/removed before the end of round 2.

Email Lori Balkum, registrar (registrar@AustinChessTournaments.com) with other questions. No phone calls, please. Emails will be returned promptly.

Organized by Rocks & Rooks. Gary Gaiffe, tournament organizer (ggaiffe@att.net).