Tuesday, July 23, 2013

2013 County Championships

2013 Murray Calloway County Chess Championships
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Open to Calloway County residents adults and children.
The Mur-Cal Chess Club will host the county championship chess tournament on Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Calloway County Public Library. Registration will begin at 10:00 and end at 10:30.  Each player will have 30 minutes for each game for a total of 60 minutes for each game. The first round will begin at 10:30, the second round will begin at 12 noon and subsequent rounds ASAP.  This is not a knock-out tournament -- everyone plays each round.  The event will end at or before 4:00.
Trophies will be given in each category to the county scholastic champions (K-3, K-5, K-8, K-12 – grade level as of 2012-2013 school year) and the tournament winner.  The tournament winner will become the challenger and play a match with the current county champion, Josiah Hereford, the winner of that match will be the will be the (overall) County Champion and receive $100. 
          All students who were in kindergarten through 12th grade last school year are invited to participate.  If there are sufficient entries, then there will be a separate section for younger players.  No memberships are required.  There is a $5 entry fee. 
          For more information, please visit the Mur-Cal Chess Club blog at http://mur-calchess.blogspot.com/ or call Dr. Wayne Bell at 270-293-7675.


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