Dear New York State Scholastic Chess Championship Chess Enthusiast,

Please note that entries for the sections at the Hilton Hotel and the Saratoga Springs City Center (see below) have now been closed due to space limitations.

If you wish to apply to be added to our wait list, if additional space should become available later, please note the following wait list applications procedure.

NOTE: Entries into the High School Sections who then request to transfer to the other sections will be treated instead as requests to be added to the Wait List.

For those wishing to apply to be added to the wait list, please send an email to director@chess.us with the Subject:  "Request To Be Added To The 2024 NY State Scholastics Wait List."

THE DEADLINE FOR SENDING EMAIL REQUESTS TO CONTINENTAL CHESS TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST

IS 6:00 PM EST MONDAY MARCH 4TH!

   There are no phone entries.

The email request must include the following information.

1.  Player's Name and USCF ID Number (new or expired members will need to (re-)join USCF before we process their entry:  https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess ).

2.  WHICH SECTION (as per below).

At the Hilton

      1.  K-1 Under 400

      2.  K-1 Championship

      3.  K-3 Under 800

At the City Center (or possibly at the Hilton), to be confirmed later per space availability

      4.  K-3 Championship

At the City Center

      5.  K-5 Under 600

      6.  K-5 Under 1000

      7.  K-5 Under 1400

      8.  K-5 Championship

      9.  K-8 Under 900

At the Saratoga Music Hall (1½ blocks south of the City Center, 474 Broadway, in the Saratoga City Hall)

    10.  K-8 Under 1600

    11.  K-8 Championship

3.  The player's grade, birthdate and school.

4.  The player's March 2024 Official Rating:  http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrLst.php

5.  The parent or coach's address, email and phone.

    We reserve the right to make corrections and possible section changes to player requests submitted with incorrect information (such as incorrect rating, grade, etc.).

   We will contact you by email if space becomes available.

    Later, if space becomes available, we will give instructions on how to pay and a time frame to do so.  After we confirm payment, we will process the registration.

AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL LINK FROM CONTINENTAL CHESS

TO PAY THE ENTRY FEE AND REGISTER FOR THE TOURNAMENT, THE DEADLINE FOR PAYING THE ENTRY FEE (AND ANY USCF MEMBERSHIP DUES) IN ORDER TO REGISTER FOR THE TOURNAMENT IS 11:59 PM EST MONDAY MARCH 4TH!

This special link is also capacity based

AND IT MAY CLOSE BEFORE MARCH 4^th

DUE TO SUCH LIMITATIONS—

we recommend you register as soon as possible before it fills up.

Wait list requests not following the above procedure are not processed.

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The High School sections at the Marriott Hotel currently have space for the High School sections.

Thank You Very Much for your assistance.

Continental Chess