35th Annual CalChess State Scholastic Championships
State Championship: April 16-18, 2010 - Santa Clara Convention Center
Denker Qualifier & Regional Championship: March 19-21, 2010 - Santa Clara Hyatt Regency
Yummy Pizza $5... A night at a 4-star hotel $99... Free parking while getting chessed out with friends at the States... Priceless!
Sponsors needed!
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alarm clock
Blitz
(Friday evening)
Onsite registration & Check-in:
5:45-6:00pm
Rounds for K-6: 6:30-8:30pm
Rounds for 7-12: 6:30-9:00pm
bughouse
Bughouse (Saturday evening)
Onsite registration & Check-in:
5:30-6:00p
Rounds for K-6: 6:30-8:30pm
Rounds for 7-12: 6:30-9:00pm
Denker Qualifier & Regional Champ Main Event
alarm clock 1 day: 3/20
2 day: 3/20-21
3 day: 3/19-21

Denker Qualifier is not the High School State Championship.
Round Times
Time
Control 		K-3 Booster
(new & rated<600)
K-8 Premier
(new & rated<900)
K-12 Premier
(new & rated<1200)
All G/30 		K-3 Champ
(rated 800+)
4-6 Champ
(rated 900+)
All G/60
 K-6 Elite
(rated 900+)
All G/75
 7-8 Elite (rated 900+)
9-12 Elite & Denker Qualifier* (rated 1200+)
Last 3 games G/120
1st 3 games G/90 (3-day) or G/60 (2-day)
Schedules merge in round 4
Day
Sat 3/20 Sun 3/21 Sat 3/20 &
Sun 3/21 		3-Day Schedule
Fri 3/19, Sat 3/20 &
Sun 3/21		 2-Day Schedule
Sat 3/20 &
Sun 3/21
Arrive by Sat 8:30am Sun 8:30am Sat 8:30am
Sun 8:45am		 Fri 5:30pm,
Sat 8:45am,
& Sun 8:45am		 Sat 8:30am &
Sun 8:45am
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d		 1 Sat 9:00am Sun 9:00am Sat 9am Fri 5:45pm Sat 9:00am
2 10:30am 11:30am noon Sat 9:30am 11:30am
3 12noon 1:45pm 3pm 1:00pm 2:00pm
4 1:30pm 4:00pm Sun 9am 4:45pm 4:45pm
5 3:00pm   noon Sun 9:30am Sun 9:30am
6 N/A   3 pm 2:00pm 2:00pm
Awards 4:00 pm 6:00 pm 5:30 pm 6:15pm 6:15pm
*9-12 Varsity players must be in Grades 9-12 or rated over 1200)
These are the projected round times. Please be seated 5 minutes before the start of the round time.
Green indicates Friday - Blue indicates Saturday times - Red indicates Sunday times.