Agreed! Let's take advantage, those of us going, to talk to people at Nationals about how other state tournaments are run. I will try to do this and report...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 1, 1999 5:04 pm
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Hi All, We (St. Mikes parents) had our meeting last week, checked on our reservations for the site and just did an all around confirmation that we still wanted...
YUKLAASSEN@...
May 9, 1999 1:19 am
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Linda Anne Ernst
ldylinda@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 9, 1999 8:35 am
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Linda, I think it would be consistent with eligibility since she is registered with a WSRS rating, and would be playing some tournaments in WA. By the way,...
YUKLAASSEN@...
May 9, 1999 5:02 pm
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Sounds GREAT! Just out of curiosity, how did you decide on teams of 4? Good idea I think....
Eric Muller
egdmuller@xxxxxxxxxx....
May 10, 1999 5:29 am
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Hi All again, Got a lot of questions about the "half of field should be over 900". This one is open to lots of comments. Not a rule yet. "Half of field...
YUKLAASSEN@...
May 10, 1999 1:42 pm
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I found the new qualifications for State '00 to be quite, um, interesting. I have no problem with the 3/5 (2/5 for K), and the 32 players in a section, but...
Geoff Findlay
geoff721@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 10, 1999 11:10 pm
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Geoff, Hi All, Please read earlier response. In the past, Thurston County only tournaments and girls only tournaments were not considered qualifiers. If we...
YUKLAASSEN@xxx.xxx
May 10, 1999 11:47 pm
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Linda Anne Ernst
ldylinda@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 11, 1999 5:18 am
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Muriel, Have you been getting the e-mail from Colin? Please read my 5/10/99 entry to chesswa@onelist.com. The final version of how things will happen is...
YUKLAASSEN@xxx.xxx
May 11, 1999 9:47 pm
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Linda Anne Ernst
ldylinda@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 12, 1999 2:57 pm
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Good luck to all the Washington players going to Nationals. I hope that not too many Washington players will have to play each other; but since only Arizona...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 12, 1999 7:29 pm
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FYI: If Eastern Washington events were held to a 32 player standard, only the following sections would have served as qualifiers this past year: Mattawa Winter...
Loren Schmidt
gaijin@xxxxxx.xxxx
May 13, 1999 7:26 pm
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As Colin notes, WA sends one of the largest contingents to the National events. That's why we must think carefully in comparing how other states do things....
Loren Schmidt
gaijin@xxxxxx.xxxx
May 13, 1999 7:41 pm
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FYI: I posted another 30 or so pictures from the State Elementary on the Eastern WA website yesterday: www.nwinfo.net/~chess Enjoy! Loren...
Loren Schmidt
gaijin@xxxxxx.xxxx
May 14, 1999 3:23 pm
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Dear Loren, We got home from nationals tonight to find Mike's wonderful surprise waiting for him. After a bit of a disapointment in Phoenix (really, he did...
Kathleen Webb
kswebbmd@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
May 18, 1999 5:54 am
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Did I already send this idea? Arizona uses a two-day State, and a qualification standard. How about five rounds g/30 on Saturday, and two rounds g/45 on Sunday...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 18, 1999 10:09 pm
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two days=too much. ... From: AlbionAct@... Did I already send this idea? Arizona uses a two-day State, and a qualification standard. How about five rounds...
John Palm
jpalm@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
May 18, 1999 11:10 pm
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Please excuse this online discussion between spouses! Obviously, I presume, we are not talking about State 2000, but about the longer term future of the State...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 18, 1999 11:40 pm
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Diana, this is a follow up to my earlier e-mail, which I should have put on chesswa, about the size of teams at state. Another approach would be to have each...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 19, 1999 12:14 am
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Disclaimer!! The ideas expressed in this e-mail are ideas and only ideas!! Lora, Colin, Your household conversations must be like running through a train...
YUKLAASSEN@xxx.xxx
May 19, 1999 1:59 am
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To date I have not given much input to the discussion of state tournament options. I think I will take a stab at it now. For those of you not acquainted with...
John Palm
jpalm@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
May 19, 1999 4:30 pm
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(I attempted to respond to an e-mail regarding state, so as to give these thoughts to all of you on the chesswa list, but am not sure if I did successfully....
John Palm
jpalm@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
May 19, 1999 4:37 pm
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John: Thanks. We really need this kind of input, where we can see what the alternative structures are for State tournaments. Washington State has been very...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 19, 1999 8:30 pm
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Maurice Ashley will be doing a coaches clinic and discussion at Zion Prep in Seattle in the school library on Tuesday, 5/25/99 at 8:30 a.m. If you would like...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 19, 1999 9:08 pm
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A section change to K-2, K-4, and K-6, or an increase in qualification standard to 4 of 5, are both preferable to offering a JV section to reduce the numbers...
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 19, 1999 9:19 pm
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If you hold a Saturday and Sunday tournament, you will be surprised at how this negatively affects attendence of church going kids. The numbers involved are...
John Palm
jpalm@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx...
May 19, 1999 10:00 pm
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I don't understand the mentality of changing the State format to "reduce the number of winners." I think that it is wonderful to have two tiers in which kids...
Elizabeth Grover Guffey
bguffey@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 20, 1999 4:58 am
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Elizabeth: JV sections (U900, U800 etc.) result in some really bad experiences for those players who are rated near the bottom of the remaining top section....
AlbionAct@xxx.xxx
May 20, 1999 5:14 pm
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Elizabeth- I'm not at all opposed to multiple winners at State, but I would prefer they be among the better players. Our 1999 individual state champion in the...
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