2025 WI State Scholastic (K-12 Team sections: Varsity I and Varsity II)

2025 WISCONSIN STATE SCHOLASTIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

March 22, 2025

Round one begins at 9:00am in room 202

Pairings and Standings:

(this page is for K-12 Varsity I and Varsity II sections; for Individual K-12, K-8, and K-5 sections please go to: 2025 WI State Scholastic (Individual sections: K-12 Junior Varsity, K-8, K-5))

K-12 TEAM VARSITY FORMAT:  4-Round team Swiss tournament with 4 players per team. Varsity I section is Open to teams with any average rating. Varsity II section is open to teams with an average team rating of less than 1100. Schools may enter multiple teams in either section. No club teams are allowed. A match is won by the team scoring the most game points (2.5 points or more out of 4 games). No out-of-state entries are allowed in this event. Players of all abilities are encouraged to participate. This is not a US Chess rated event.

ELIGIBILITY and TEAM COMPOSITION:  Only Wisconsin students are eligible. All K-12 Varsity teams must be composed entirely of 9th through 12th graders or 8th graders and below. All players must be from the same school unless that school does not have students covering all the grades. If a high school does not have a 9th grade, then they may tap 9th graders from eligible feeder schools. Students in grades K-8 may play as a team in K-12 Team Varsity sections if from the same school.

A home school or virtual school student may play on either a public or private school team. To play on a public school team, the student must live within the attendance boundary (not district) from which that public school draws. Any private school seeking to have these students on their team must use the same public school attendance boundary in which their school building is located. Players from outside their boundaries are not allowed to play on that school’s team. Home-schooled students are considered to be in 9th grade when they are 14 as of September 1st of the school year. Players must be under the age of 19 as of September 1st of the school year.

SCHEDULE:

Round 1       9:00am

Round 2      11:30am

Round 3      2:00pm

Round 4      4:00pm

Awards        6:00pm  

The time control for K-12 Team Varsity sections is Game in 45 minutes with a 5-second delay. Accelerated pairings may be used for the first two rounds. Boards, sets, and clocks are provided.

US CHESS TEAM RULES:  Please refer to section 31 of the US Chess’ Official Rules of Chess for a full explanation of team rules. In particular, players must play in rating order (Rule 31B). Unrated players may play on any board (Rule 31B2). Players within 50 rating points of each other may permanently switch positions prior to the tournament. Teams will be seeded based on a team rating derived from the rating average of the four players. Rule 31C1 will be used to calculate team ratings when unrated players are involved. The March rating supplement will be used. March ratings should be available at www.uschess.org/msa in late February.

RATINGS: Tournament Directors can choose the highest of the published US Chess ratings (regular, online regular, quick, online quick)  for pairing purposes only. Ratings are not affected by this event.

PRIZES:  K-12 Team Championship will played in two separate sections. Division I Varsity section is open to teams with any average ratings. Division II Varsity section is open only to teams with an average team rating below 1100. Trophies will be awarded to the top eight Division I teams and top eight Division II teams, first place team members, their coach, and each board champion. If a tie for 1st place in Division I exists, a blitz playoff will determine the champion. Every participant is eligible for an additional award (medal, chocolate or fruit leather), especially if they castle.

TIEBREAKS: US Amateur Team tiebreaks will be used as a primary tiebreak for team standings (followed by Solkoff and Modified Median if needed). For board prizes, every person involved in a tie will receive a trophy.

ENTRY FEE:  The early bird entry fee is $140 per team if received by March 13th. The regular entry fee is $190 per team if received by March 20th. The late entry fee is $250 per team and is accepted until 7:00 am on March 22nd. All rosters must be finalized by 7:00 am on March 22nd. Teams entering late may be assigned a 1/2-point bye in round one. Online payments are preferred. If you need to make an alternative arrangement, please email Chris Wainscott at Click here to show mail address  Please make checks payable to Chris Wainscott.

Register online:  Register for 2025 WI State Scholastic (K-12 Team sections: Varsity I and Varsity II)

PLAYING SITE: K-12 Team sections will play in room 202 of the Reeve Memorial Student Union, UW Oshkosh: 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI. The skittles room will be Reeve Union cafeteria. Room 208D will be the Tournament Director’s room. Day parking can be found in lot 15 across the street from Reeve Union and is free on the weekend.

FOOD OPTIONS AT THE PLAYING SITE: We were able to negotiate better hours for this year. All places are located at the playing site:

Reeve Marketplace:             11:00am - 6:00pm

Pizza Hut:                             11:00am - 6:00pm

Sub Stand:                            11:00am - 6:00pm

Reeve Coffee House:             8:00am - 2:00pm

Convenience Store:              10:00am - 5:00pm

Bookstore:                             11:00am - 4:00pm

ACCOMMODATIONS:

There are multiple hotels in the area. Unfortunately, dorm rooms are no longer available due to a new policy at UW Oshkosh.

SIDE EVENT: Waupaca High School will sponsor the Wisconsin State Bughouse Championship. It will be held in room 202, start around 7:00pm, and will conclude no later than 9:00pm: For more details or to register, go here: 2025 WI State Bughouse Championship

QUESTIONS:  please email Chris Wainscott Click here to show mail address You may also reach me at my cell phone at 414-839-5232. Text is strongly preferred as I often can not answer my phone during the day.