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Roshen’s Chess Academy Scholastic K-12 Chess Tournament

  • Portland Chess Club 2025 Lloyd Center Portland, OR, 97232 United States (map)

2025 OSCF State Championship Qualifier

Roshen’s Chess Academy invites you to a tournament that benefits the Oregon Chess Federation (OCF), Portland Chess Club (PCC), HECSA, and the local businesses at Lloyd Center. 100% of all proceeds (minus operating expenses) go to Oregon Chess Federation, Portland Chess Club & HECSA.

Entry fee: $30. REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 12 PM (NOON) ON FRIDAY, December 27th,2024. No entrees will be accepted after that. Please register using the following link: https://tinyurl.com/Roshen Chess Academy Tournament.

The first 16 players for each tournament with a USCF rating of 1000 or above will enjoy FREE entry into our tournaments. Also, as a promotion to female players, if a female player wins half or more of their games in any of our tournaments, they will get a FREE entry in the following month’s tournament. The associated costs will be covered by the Roshen Nair Foundation

Format: 

The top two sections will feature a 3-round USCF-rated (nationally rated) Chess Swiss Tournament. All other sections will consist of 4 rounds.

Time control: 

The top two sections will have a time control of G/45; increment 5 (45 minutes per player with a 5-second increment per move). All other sections will have a time control of G/25; increment 5 (25 minutes per player with a 5-second increment per move).

Tentative schedule below (Saturday, December 28th):

Players meeting @ 9:45 am

Top two sections:

Round 1 @ 10 am   ||   Lunch break: 11:30-Noon || Round 2 @ Noon   ||  Round 3 @ 1:30 pm   

Other sections:

Round 1 @ 10 am   ||   Round 2 @ 11 am   ||   Lunch break: Noon-12:30 pm   ||   Round 3 @ 12:30 pm   ||   Round 4 @ 1:30 pm

Prize distribution starts @ 3 pm

Ratings & Section details: This will be an USCF tournament. US Chess membership is required, which can be purchased on the US Chess website (www.uschess.org). You can find more information on the USCF membership benefits here >  US Chess membership rates/information/benefits.

Prizes:

        * Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place per section (based on 16-18 players per section).

        * Medals for all plus scorers (who score at least 2.5 out of the 4 rounds) 

        * Medals for all even scorers (who score 2 points out of 4).

Location: Portland Chess Club. Address: 2025 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232.

Contact:            
e-mail:                info@roshennairfoundation.org
Phone:               (503) 803-7208

For information on parking and other details visit the registration page at Roshen’s Chess Academy.

Location Details

Portland Chess Club  map

2025 Lloyd Center

Portland OR 97232 US

Source: https://sites.google.com/view/roshens-chess-academy/tournament-registration?authuser=0

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