Bedford Junior High School
Chess Tournament and Pizza Party
Thursday, December 12, from
2:30 until 5:00 in the Media Center
Register in the school office
by Friday, December 6.
To: Bedford Junior High Chess Enthusiasts and Their Parents
From: Bill Werner, Chess Club Advisor, Telephone: 847-3446
The top five players in the tournament will be awarded a plaque (on display in the case across from the school office), each named after one of the first five world’s chess champions. (For information about these chess champions, see the website http://www.chesscorner.com/ and click on “Champs.”) Students who have attended at least half of this fall’s ten chess club sessions will be awarded certificates of recognition suitable for framing.
Each player will play at least four games (lasting a maximum of twenty minutes per game) according to the following flexible schedule. If all four rounds end early and there is sufficient time, a fifth round will be played.
2:30 – Put on your name tag and set up your chess board at the table assigned to you
2:40 – Play your first game against your assigned opponent
3:10 – Play your second game against your assigned opponent
3:40 – Play your third game against your assigned opponent
4:10 – Play your fourth game against your assigned opponent
4:30 – Enjoy the pizza party (no charge)
4:50 – Attend the awards ceremony
Each player should do the following:
· Bring to the tournament an inexpensive chess set identified with the student’s name.
· Maintain silence during the chess matches, except to announce check or checkmate.
· Remember that once you touch a piece, you must move that piece, if you can legally do so.
· Be courteous to other players at all times.
· When each game is finished, set up the chess board for the next game, inform the tournament director who won the game, and leave the media center until everyone has finished playing the round. If a game is not finished in twenty minutes, the winner is the player with remaining pieces having the most value, as follows: Queen – 9 points, Rook – 5 points, Bishop – 3 points, Knight – 3 points, and Pawn – 1 point.
Parents are welcome to attend the awards ceremony. However only players and adults administering the chess tournament will be allowed in the media center during the tournament itself. Parents having an interest in helping with the tournament should phone me no later than Tuesday, December 10.
The chess club will begin meeting again in January. If you have an interest in attending, please indicate below on what day(s) of the week you cannot participate for an hour immediately after school.
Depending upon student interest and the availability of parent drivers, I hope to provide opportunities for chess club members to compete with students from other schools. The annual tournament for junior high students at Deveaux Junior High School in Toledo will be early next year. I recently received an invitation from St. Joseph School in Sylvania for a meeting between the schools’ chess teams to be held at Bedford Junior High School.
Please complete and return the bottom part of this notice to Marcia Krisher, Counselor at the Junior High, as soon as possible but no later than the beginning of the winter break. Thank you.
To: Marcia Krisher
Student Parent Phone
___ The student is interested in participating in the chess club but cannot participate on the following day(s):
___ The student is interested in competing in tournaments held at Bedford Junior High. School.
___ The student is interested in competing in tournaments held at other schools.
___ The parent may be available to drive a group of students to chess tournaments at other schools.