Hales Corners Challenge IX
Sponsored by the Southwest Chess Club
http://home.roadrunner.com/~swcc/
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Two Sections – Open & Reserve (Under 1600)
FORMAT: Four Round Swiss System – Four Games in One Day
USCF Rated
TIME LIMIT: Game in One Hour (60 minutes per player)
ENTRY FEE: $35 – Open; $25 – Reserve
(both sections $5 more after April 22, 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
* Prize fund in each section is based on minimum of 25 players in that section; however 1st and 2nd prizes in Open Section are guaranteed
Additional $105 in prizes from Goddesschess.com for best results by female players
Tournament Director: Robin Grochowski
Assistant Tournament Directors: Tom Fogec & Allen Becker
SITE: Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel – 4747 S. Howell Avenue – Milwaukee – 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
Checks payable to Southwest Chess Club
QUESTIONS TO: Robin Grochowski—414-744-4872 (home) or 414-861-2745 (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. Round 4 bye not available.
This event looks awesome! Kudos to Wisconsin tournament maven Allen Becker for organizing it–and also to Goddesschess.com, I just love what they’re doing for women’s chess! 🙂
This is a great event (worth 10 Grand Prix points) and Goddesschess is happy to encourage more females to play in such events in our own small way. We do what we can – we wish we could do more to support and encourage chess femmes financially. Last year we contributed $750 to various events; this year our goal is to do a little more, and then a little more, and then a little more. What’s the saying – from an acorn grows a mighty oak. Our inspiration comes from the great things that Susan Polgar, her Foundation, and SPICE have done and are doing. As an international chess icon, GM Polgar is able to focus attention on the worthy goal of bringing chess to everyone and, particularly, to girls.
Jan Newton
Goddesschess.com
Click on the link below for pre-entries
6 Masters have signed up
Getting to 2000
Goddesschess.com has been very supportive of chess in WI. In addition to the prizes at Hales Corner Challenge, they made a very generous contribution for the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation All Girls Tournment this February which allowed us to increase our scholarships for the All Girls tournament.
http://www.wisconsinscholasticchess.org/websource/web/flyer/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20All%20Girls%20Flyer.pdf
Thanks to Jan and Goddesschess.com for their support.
Scott Veech
Treasurer
Wiscosnin Scholastic Chess Federation