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Maryland Chess Association
Sweet 16 Standings after Boonsboro Scholastic
Last Updated on Monday, 25 January 2010 00:58 Written by Chris Kim Thursday, 19 November 2009 00:43
With the smaller Boonsboro tournament completed on Sat 1/23, five Rally tournaments have been completed with a total of 39 Maryland players competing so far. There is just one more Rally tournament left to determine the qualifiers for the Sweet 16 tournament at UMBC. See the standings at the end of this article.
*** NOTICE: UMBC has moved up the date of their Sweet 16 tournament - It is now scheduled for Feb 27-28 (two weeks earlier than usual). This has the unfortunate effect of eliminating the Feb 27 MCA Liberty Christian tournament as a Rally tournament.
Therefore, there is only one more Rally tournament left:
Sat Feb 13 - Chestertown
Qualifying rules for the 2010 Sweet 16: Essentially unchanged from 2009.
1. All qualifiers have to had played in at least one MCA Rally tournament in Fall 2009-Winter 2010.
2. Top 6 qualifiers by USCF rating (March 2010 rating supplement) plus the next 10 highest Rally point players will comprise the 16 qualifiers. Alternates will be chosen by next highest Rally point totals. March 2010 rating supplement will be used for Ratings qualifier, as this reflects the games played through Fri Feb 5, 2010.
3. All Sweet 16 players are required to play all 4 rounds during Feb 27-28, 2010, unless there is a medical emergency or other extenuating circumstance. Failure to do so will result in barring in participating in future Sweet 16 tournaments. Failure to show affects place as well as tiebreaks for the other players. Therefore, it is much preferable to decline participating if a commitment to all 4 rounds cannot be made, so the MCA can select and notify an alternate in time.
4. The Sweet 16 tournament is a separate section of the UMBC Open with the same time controls and starting times for each round. The tournament is 4 rounds taking place during Rounds 1, 2, 4, and 5. [Round 3 - Sat evening is skipped for this section].
5. Formula for each Rally tournament - each player receives a number of Rally points = (# players) / place in tourney. If there are ties, then all players with same score receive the average of the corresponding places. Players from out of state count for determining Rally points, but do not count in the Rally Point standings.
Maryland Junior Grand Prix Standings
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:04 Written by Administrator Thursday, 21 May 2009 18:47
The Maryland Chess Assocition is awarding prizes to the Maryland Players with the five highest Junior Grand Prix points at the end of 2009.
Welcome to the New MCA Web Site
Written by Administrator Sunday, 10 May 2009 19:13
This new site should allow us to add information easier and thus to have more current information on the web site. We've moved to a new event calendar that allows us to seperate our major upcoming events from the more frequent local events. Event organizers can enter their events by registering and then adding the events on the calendar. If you have any questions about how to do this email Mike Regan at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
We'll soon have all the information from the old site moved over and then we'l be adding new information to this site. So keep checking back.
Also, sign up for the new email lists.
Thanks,
Mike Regan