Back-to-School Bash

Format:

• Open to students enrolled in elementary, middle or high school in Fall 2018

• 4 rounds | G/30 |

• Five sections: K-12 Open, K-12 U1000, K-6 Open, K-6 U500, K-3 Open

Registration:

• Reg: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Players arriving after 10:45 might have to miss round 1.

• One ½ point bye available if declared before round 1.

• EF: $5 for existing USCF members if pre-registered 48 hours in advance, $10 at the door

• Free for new USCF members

• FREE 1-year USCF membership to all new elementary and middle school students

• Free entry if you/your child attends a school (not charter or independent unless listed in the 2nd group) in one of the following districts*:

  • Saint Louis Public

  • Ferguson/Florissant Public

  • Jennings Public

• Or one of the following schools:

  • Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls,

  • Sister Thea Bowman Catholic School

  • St. Vincent Home

• Please contact Scholastics@SaintLouisChessClub.org to find out your discount code and enter the code at checkout.

Rounds:

• 4 rounds at 11 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 3 p.m.

• Award ceremony to follow final round

Prizes:

• Individual trophies will be available for all sections. Team awards will be available for Open sections only

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*Free entry for these schools and school districts generously provided by Emerson, Ascension, Horncrest Foundation, Lesley A. Waldheim Charitable Foundation, and Graybar Foundation.