Name: 2025 Georgia Grade 2-12 Team State Championship  
Desc: 2025 Georgia 2-12 Team State Championship by Invitation Only for Metro Atlanta Teams. Open enrollment is available for other Georgia Teams! PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY or your player WILL NOT be admitted to the tournament. **************************************************************** 1. US CHESS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: Use the search by name or 8-digit member ID#. Expired memberships can be purchased during this registration process or directly from USChess.Org. Expired members and non-members will be barred from playing. Youth memberships are $25/year in addition to the entry fee. ******************************************************************* 2. PAYMENT COMPLETION: Chessregister will allow you to submit player information first and allows you to skip the payment process. It will send you a registration confirmation email without receiving payment. Many miss the small PAY NOW button after player data input OR in the confirmation email. Chessregister will flag every registration as INCOMPLETE. All incomplete registrations will be deleted within 24 hours of creation. Please check the Event Listing via the people icon for your player. If do not see them, payment is incomplete. Use the "confirmation" email to go back and make payment. Use PayPal or Credit Card without Paypal, but look carefully small buttons. Please read thoroughly This tournament is RATED, every player, including alternates, must have a current USCF membership to compete in this event. Please do not begin registration until you have the following information for each player: first & last name, grade, USCF ID & expiration date, board order of the players (strongest player based on USCF Rating = player 1). The annual GCA sponsored K-12 State Championship event is open to public, private or home-schooled teams in Metro Atlanta that have qualified through the State Qualifier. Teams outside of the metro-Atlanta area are eligible to compete! Please contact k8statechamp@georgiachess.org about competing. State Team Championship titles will be awarded in for these sections: K-3 (Primary) K-5 (Elementary) 6-8 (Middle School) 9-12 (High School) Format: Game/25 minutes with a five second delay (G/25; d5) for all sections. Five-player ordered board format with Swiss System pairings will be used in all rounds in all sections and in determining standings at the end of the tournament the primary factor will be the number of match wins. Entry fee: $225 per invited team. Fee must be paid online at registration. On March 20, fee increases to $275 for 2-12 teams. Registration and payment deadline is Friday, Midnight March 21, 2025. This deadline is firm. No on-site registration. Any team which has not registered by the deadline may be replaced by an alternate team. This allows us to contact alternate teams and players. Please contact __TBD____ by noon Saturday March 22 if your team is not going to show up. 5 Boards, 5 Rounds (All sections but K-1): 10, 12-noon, 1:30pm, 3pm, 4:30pm Awards ceremony ASAP after completion of the last round. Team Roster: For all sections of the 2-12, a school team consists of 5 full time students, although only 5 players in any one round. Players must be ranked on the registration form in order of playing strength. This ranking will remain constant throughout the entire tournament and will strictly govern which board position the player is assigned in each round. Coaches and team parents are required to read the Guidelines for Coaches and Team Rules Summary for updated information/rules pertaining to this state scholastic team tournament. These documents will be posted soon. Questions: k8statechamp@georgiachess.org Tournament Coordinators: Sets and boards supplied. Please bring clocks. This is a rated tournament requiring current USCF membership for all players and alternates. Alternate teams will be notified if a qualifying team does not register or cancels. Please note that other schools from Georgia will qualify to play and will even out sections. If you know your team can't make it, please be courteous and release your spot asap to the alternate.
Location: Berkmar High School 405 Pleasant Hill Road Lilburn. GA
Starts: Sunday 23 Mar 2025
Ends: Sunday 23 Mar 2025
Reg Ends: Friday 21 Mar 2025 11:00PM
Rounds: 5
Organizer Name: Georgia Chess Association
Organizer eMail: kingsgambit50@gmail.com