This Austin Chess Club Saturday Scholastic as held on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at the Austin Southpark hotel. This event as in association with the 2024 Austin Chess Club Summer Open. Link to Summer Open Results on a separate page. Scholastic information is found below.
This event was held on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Del Valle High School in Del Valle. Congratulations to all who played! The tournament has been rated by the USCF.
The scholastic tournament originally scheduled for April 06, 2024 at the Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.
LOCATION: Austin Grandmaster Chess Academy 7801 North Lamar Blvd Suite A123 Austin, TX 78752 Free parking provided!
TOURNAMENT STYLE: SECTION A: 1000 – 1400 USCF rating SECTION B: 600 – 1000 USCF rating SECTION C: Under 600 USCF rating and/or unrated. *Note that no player will be allowed to play up or down* *USCF MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED*
RATING INFORMATION: ● April 2024 official USCF ratings will be used.
4-Round Swiss System Schedule (G/30,d5) ● 1st round: 10:00 AM ● 2nd round: 11:00 AM ● Lunch break: 12:00 PM ● 3rd round: 12:30 PM. ● 4th round: 1:30 PM. ● Closing ceremony: After the last game finishes. NOTE: Half-point byes are acceptable for all rounds, limit 1. Must commit before the 1st round.
PLAYERS MAY NOT POSSESS CELL PHONES DURING THE TOURNAMENT. Please leave your phone at home, in your car, or turned off (vibrate/silent not acceptable) on top of your table.
PRIZES: ● Trophies for 1st place (in each section) ● Medals for 2nd and 3rd place (in each section)
CANCELLATION POLICY: If you do not wish to participate in our tournament after paying the entry fee, please email us at info@austin-chess.com no later than 24 hours in advance for a refund. We reserve the right to charge a $15 service fee for cancellations.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY: If you would like to withdraw from the tournament after it begins, please alert the tournament director and sign a withdrawal form in the lobby prior to leaving the premises. NO refunds will be issued after the tournament begins.
NO-SHOW POLICY: There are NO refunds or credit for players who do not show up for their scheduled tournament matches.
Please contact us at info@austin-chess.com for any additional questions or concerns.
In order to protect the integrity of this (and potential future) contests, the decision was made not to directly reveal the puzzle answers. We might, for instance, provide another chance at any unsolved puzzles in the future. For anyone who would like to find more puzzles in the meantime, however, here are a few suggestions:
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games, by Laszlo Polgar. This large puzzle collection sometimes shows up at Half Price Books, is available through Amazon, and has a kindle version.
Chesskid.com This website has a lot of resources for children learning chess, including puzzles.
Chess.com This site has not just standard but also some ‘Retrograde Analysis’ puzzles, which are of the same type as what made up our tricky April Fools problems.
Pointing your favorite search engine to “Chess Retrograde Analysis Puzzles” should give a number of hits, but one good resource for specifically this sort of problem is The Retrograde Analysis Corner (www.janko.at/Retros/Index.htm). This site includes explanation of what Retro Analysis is and how to approach the problems, as well as more than 3500 such problems.