Springfield Chess Tournaments in November
I don’t have all the details at this point but there will be two tournaments held in Springfield in November, ran by Michael Clark.
I will update this as soon as I have more details.
November 15, 2008 – Springfield Saturday Tournament
November 16, 2008 – Springfield Sunday Tournament
Location: Southside Senior Center
2215 South Fremont Ave
Springfield, MO 65804-3101
More Information found on another site, though not the main site he posts to. If you are interested you should probably contact Mike first to verify times and dates.
November 14, 2008 – Springfield Friday Tournament – Springfield-MO
Location: Southside Senior Center (2215 South Fremont Ave., Springfield, MO 65804-3101).
Entry fee: $1. Prizes: 50% of EF to first and 30% of EF to first within the lower rated half. Game 15 section (5 rounds). Game 30 section (3 rounds). Registration 7:00-7:20 PM. Round 1 at 7:20 PM.
USCF rated, USCF membership required.
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November 15, 2008 – Springfield Saturday Tournament – Springfield-MO
Location: Southside Senior Center (2215 South Fremont Ave., Springfield, MO 65804-3101).
Entry fee: $3 in advance, $5 on site, but free to the highest rated and the person who travel the farthest. Prizes awarded if 15 or more attend. Registration 11-11:25 AM. Round 1 at 11:30 PM.
Those that attend will decide the time controls. More than one section is possible.
$1 EF for Not-USCF, College/University, and Scholastic K-12 (separate sections for those categories if enough people).
Free chess coaching offered, extra chessboards, and handicapped accessible. Half point byes are possible.
(except for possible Not-USCF section) USCF rated, USCF membership required.
Ending about 7:30 PM
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November 16, 2008 – Springfield Sunday Tournament – Springfield-MO
Location: Southside Senior Center (2215 South Fremont Ave., Springfield, MO 65804-3101).
Entry fee: $3 in advance, $5 on site, but only $1 if you played Saturday, free to the highest rated, and the person who travel the farthest. Prizes awarded if 15 or more attend. Registration 11:00-11:15 AM. Round 1 at 11:15 AM.
Those that attend will decide the time controls. More than one section is possible.
$1 EF for Not-USCF, College/University, and Scholastic K-12 (separate sections for those categories if enough people).
Free chess coaching offered, extra chessboards, and handicapped accessible. Half point byes are possible.
(except for possible Not-USCF section) USCF rated, USCF membership required.
Ending about 6:00 PM
Just wanted to comment that my son and I attended a Saturday tournament in Springfield in September and have a few things that I should mention.
There is a pretty strong playing field, with the majority of players in the 1500-1600 range. However, the organization of the tournament was pretty haphazard and pairing didn’t seem to really follow any pattern that I could see.
That said, we had fun. I don’t know if all their tournaments are disorganized but if you decide to attend I want you to be aware. Hopefully, this will change and there will be more formalized things such as set/standardized time controls for all rounds, a set number of rounds, and standard round pairings.
Some people are curious when results will be posted, along with what turnout they had. How did joplin players do, place ?
I’m not sure if any Joplin players attended. One player had planned on going but didn’t end up making it and I don’t know about anyone else.
I probably won’t attend another of the tournaments unless there is a set format prior to going so that I will know if the trip will be worth it.
That said, it took around a week or so for the results to be posted to the USCF site on the event I attended. You can take a look at the USCF section for Mike Clark (MO) and keep checking back until it is formally posted.
Results are up and it doesn’t look like any of the Joplin club players were in the tournaments. Last time he combined both the days into one tournament and it looks like he may have done the same this time.
A couple of people that play in the local tournaments were there though.