If you are driving up Saturday morning to Saratoga, please drive carefully and allow extra time to reach Saratoga, as road conditions will be hazardous!
IMPORTANT ROOM CHANGE:
The Primary Championship has moved to
the City Center, Main Hall D!
Outdoor p
arking is free at the Hilton and Marriott for tournament participants,
March 12-13, 2022: 54th Annual New York State Scholastic Championships at Saratoga Springs. High School sections at Courtyard by Marriott, Primary and K-1 Sections at Hilton Hotel, other sections at Saratoga City Center, adjacent to Saratoga Hilton. Hotels that were filled may have some availability this week due to late cancellations.
324 Trophies in 14 separate sections! Additional prizes include free and reduced price entry to months of specified Continental Chess non-scholastic tournaments to top-scoring eligible finishers!
Special Chess Sets to the Top 5 High School Mixed Doubles Teams!
LETTER FROM THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
The top-scoring New York player, born
after 9/1/02, in grades 9-12 of the High School Championship qualifies for the
Arnold Denker National Tournament of State High School Champions at the 2022 U.S. Open
in Rancho Mirage, California;
the top-scoring
New York player born after 9/1/06 in grades 6-8 of the Middle School Championship qualifies for the Dewain
Barber National Tournament of State K-8 Champions, and the top-scoring New York player
born after 9/1/09 in the Elementary Championship qualifies for the John Rockefeller
National Tournament of State Grade K-5 Champions, also at the 2022 U.S. Open!
TOURNAMENT WEBSITE:
www.nyscholastics.com
March official rating list used (except unofficial ratings are usually used if otherwise unrated). Tournament Director reserves the right to assign estimated ratings to players with non-USCF ratings.
Covid Policy (Masks And Full Vaccination Required)
Tournament Game And Awards Times
Bughouse
Tournament Saturday Night March 12th!
(Enter Bughouse at site Saturday night)
Parents And Friends Tournament:
Sunday March 13th!!
(Enter Parents And Friends Tournament at Chess Control in the Hilton by 10:15 am Sunday)
NY State Chess Association
Meeting And Open House: Sunday March 13th!!!
(9:30 am - 10:30 am in or near the City Center Wedge Room)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (AND ANSWERS)!
High School Championship, K-12 Under 1800 and K-12 Under 1200
Middle School Championship Tournament Games Location
Elementary Championship
And All K-5 Sections Games Location
IMPORTANT ROOM CHANGE:
The Primary Championship has moved to
the City Center, Main Hall D!
K-3 Under 800 Section Tournament Games Location
K-1
Championship Section Tournament Games
Locations
K-1 Under 400 Section Tournament Games
Locations
Kindergarten/First Grade Rules
PARENTS' AND COACHES' GUIDE TO SCHOLASTIC CHESS
CONTINENTAL CHESS CODE OF CONDUCT
High school (K-12) sections: Bring clock
if possible,
sets & boards supplied.
Middle School
, K-8 and below sections: Bring clock if possible, sets & boards supplied.