40th Annual Badger Open Chess Tournament

40th Annual Badger Open Chess Tournament (A Wisconsin Tour Event) Oct 3 - Scholastic Section; Oct 3-4 for the Open and Reserve Section. Marriott Milwaukee West, W231 N1600 Corporate Drive, Waukesha, Wisconsin The 40th Annual Badger Open Chess Tournament will be held at the Marriott Milwaukee West on October 3rd and 4th. This tournament will offer a 2 day event on Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd and 4th with an Open and Reserve (U1400) section with individual cash awards. Like last year there will also be a 1 day Scholastic event on Saturday, October 3rd with 2 sections, K-4 and K-9, with both individual and team awards. Teams may consist of either school or club teams.All sections are USCF rated and require a current USCF membership to participate. This includes the 1 day Scholastic event. Open Section pre-registrations as of 9/20/09: Name Rating Veech, John 2031 Endsley, Barry E. 2000 Hoffman, Guy 1900 Liang, Yingming 1835 Coons, James J. 1810 Grochowski, A. 1754 Grochowski, R. 1735 Iyer, Venkat 1671 Liang, Awonder 1601 Pahl, Sandra R. 1527 Liang, Adream 1366 The information posted here is from the Southwest Chess Club blog, the Waukesha Chess Club website, and the Mill Valley Chess Team blog. I couldn't find the Badger Open listed in the Wisconsin TLAs at the USCF website. Okay - after having dug around online for quite awhile, I found the following further information at the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Association website: 40th ANNUAL BADGER OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OCT. 3rd-4th OPEN TO ALL USCF PLAYERS. Two USCF Rated events at one location! LOCATION: MARRIOTT MILWAUKEE WEST W231 N1600 Corporate Court, Waukesha, WI 53186 Chess Hotel Room Rate of $85. Reserve Rooms Toll Free at 877-651-7666 (Until Oct. 1, mention "Badger Open") 4 SECTIONS: Open: 1st Place $250 (guaranteed); 2nd Place $150 (guaranteed). Balance of Prize Fund divided and based on the number of players in each class A-F. Reserve (U1400): Best D (U1400), E (U1200), F (U1000) Class. Scholastic K-4: Individual and Club or School Team Scholastic K-9: Individual and Club or School Team Scholastic Awards: Individual Trophies: 1st - 5th Place in K-4 and K-9; Medals to 6th - 15th Place in both Sections. Team Trophies: 1st-3rd Place Team in K-4 and K-9. ALL 4 SECTIONS ARE USCF RATED, YOU MUST BE USCF MEMBER TO PLAY, MEMBERSHIP CAN BE PURCHASED / RENEWED ONSITE (COME EARLY). The Badger Open main chess tournament is 2-day Wisconsin Chess Tour Event with two sections: Open and Reserve (Under 1400). Both will be a 5 Round Swiss with a G-120 Time Control. There is a $1200 Prize Fund, based on 50 players in the Open/Reserve Sections. 1st and 2nd Open Prize Guaranteed, A-F prizes are based on the number of players in each class - the more players in a particular class, the larger the prize fund for that class. For example, a large Class E group would mean more prize money in that class, allowing for 2nd or even a 3rd place prize. This system rewards those players who support the tournament by showing up to play, no matter what their rating might be. If more than 50 players show up, then the prize fund increases accordingly. There is also a 1-day Scholastic Only Tournament. This will be a 6 Round Swiss with a G-30 time control, and will be USCF Dual Rated (game results impacts both Regular and Quick Ratings), with a K-4 and K-9 Section. A Team Score will consist of the Top 2-4 players from the same school, OR chess club, added together. A team can have as few as 2 players, and as many as come, but only the Top 4 scores will count. Students can play in ANY Section. This is another great opportunity to build your USCF Rating by playing in the longer time-control Adult / Student Sections (Open & Reserve) or tune-up your chess tactics and skills in the 1 DAY Scholastic Only Section as the scholastic chess season begins. Flyer. Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Association members can register on-line. I sure wish it was easier to track down information for such events! I learned of this one entirely by accident while I was reading at the SWCC blog. It sounds like a great event, providing opporturnity for both scholastic and non-scholastic players. Some of Wisconsin's highest rated players will be playing in the Open section.