Dear College Chess Players of the Americas,
It is time for the Second Annual Duncan Oxley Memorial Tournament. Based on your feedback, we have streamlined the registration process this year. Since you are playing on ICC and using your ICC handles, we will use only your ICC ratings for pairings. That eliminates you having to make an additional USCF rating entry. The tournament is free with no entry fee.
To register, go to www.chessclub.com/activities/CCLinfo.html. You will find:
Individual Online Championship is to be held in October. Games are played online on Sunday afternoons at 3 PM EST. The dates for 2008 are:
Round 1 — October 19
Round 2 — October 26
Round 3 — November 2
Round 4 — November 9
Round 5 — November 16
Time Control is 90 minutes per side with 30-second increment.
To sign up, please fill out the form below:
First name:
Last name:
College name:
As you can see, it is very simple and quick with only three lines to fill in.
If you are not an ICC member, then you can join ICC at the above link. Then, you can return and register. You need to do that fairly soon. The College Chess Committee believes that playing chess online will keep you sharp for when you do play at USCF OTB tournaments.
We are fortunate to have Jon Haskel (jon@bocachess.com) back as our TD for the third consecutive year. He has directed me to tell you that:
1. Registration cut-off is midnight PST on Friday, October 17.
2. Maximum of two 1/2 point byes allowed. Last round byes must be requested prior to the start of the round 4 games.
3. The pairings will be available sometime late on Saturday, October 18 at the College Chess League website www.collegechess.org.
4. Go to the College Chess League website each week to see results posted and the new pairings.
Please forward this email on to others that you know in the college chess community. It is very difficult for us to maintain a comprehensive database. The number one complaint that we receive about participation in college chess tournaments is “I didn’t know anything about the tournament.” The annual online college team tournament will begin in at the end of January.
We look forward to seeing you online and having fun this year!
Best regards,
Jim Stallings
Chair, College Chess Committee
RIP Duncan.