Friendly Chess Tournament

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Nacogdoches Texas 75961 | Nacogdoches

Lufkin & Nacogdoches Chess Club
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Friendly Chess Tournament
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Good afternoon friends and chess players πŸ˜ƒ the next Friendly Chess tournament will be Saturday November 8th. Please read the information below if you want to sign up for the tournament.
Place: Regents Academy. 200 NE Stallings Dr. Nacogdoches
Date: Saturday November 8th.
Time: 11:00am to 4:00pm
Number of Players: 8 minimum, 30 maximum.
Fees: 10 dollars per player. 100% of fees will be used on trophies & prizes.
Please bring the cash on the day of the tournament.
Requirements: To know how to play chess.
Please if you have any flu like symptoms wait till next event.
Chess clocks will be used with 10 mins per player. On semifinals and finals each player will have 15 mins.
If you touch a piece you need to move that piece, and after you let go the piece it should stay there, unless is an illegal move then you can move it somewhere else. So don’t touch the piece until you are sure.
If there are not at least 8 juniors, they will play with the adults.
After around 8 games, the 4 adult players and the 4 junior players with more points and who reached those points the fastest will go to the semifinals.
Juniors 14,15 & 16 years old have the option of joining adults or juniors section.
Every won game will be 1 point, a draw half point and 0 points if you loose.
First & second places adult and junior will get a trophy, everyone else will get medals. Also a gift will be given randomly.
To sign up just let us know in a comment below this post if you want to participate OR text to 936 899 4325 the name and age of the player. I will add the names of the players here. Thanks everyone for your attention and any questions feel free to ask on the comments or the phone number just mentioned. Two days before the event a reminder will be sent to all participants, please let us know in case you have to cancel. Also thanks to Regents Academy for hosting the event πŸ˜ƒ
Also there will be another chess tournament Saturday November 1st, organized by Rita Paxton in Lufkin. Details on the tournament and how to sign up coming soon. This tournament will have a sanctioned section too!
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