National high school chess championships
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2024 2025 HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPS
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Good day Principals and all Stakeholders,
Please find attached a PDF outlining the details of the Jamaica Chess Federation’s premier island wide tournament—the National High School Chess Championships.
The Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) cordially invites all secondary schools across Jamaica to participate in the 2024/2025 edition of the National High School Chess Championships.
The preliminary rounds will be structured as a two-day zonal round robin or Swiss system event. A one-day playoff will be held on Friday, January 31st, 2025, for teams that place second and third in the Preliminaries. The top twenty (20) teams in the nation will then advance to the finals, which will take place on Thursday, February 27th, and Friday, February 28th, 2025, in a two-day, six-round tournament to determine the national champions.
We look forward to your school's participation in this esteemed event.
Best regards,
NA AFM Cliffon Pryce
Chairman
Junior and Intercollegiate Chess Committee
Cell: 876-540-1182
Email: jamchessfed.junior.chess@gmail.com
2023 2024 HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPS
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20232024 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS START NOVEMBER 2019
To: The Principals of All Secondary Level Educational Institutions in Jamaica. The Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) invites all secondary level schools in Jamaica, to participate in the National High Schools Chess Championships - 2023/2024.
The Preliminaries will take the form of a two-day zonal round robin or Swiss event. Friday, January 26th, 2024 will see the staging of a one-day playoff for teams that finished second and third in the Preliminaries.
The twenty (20) best teams in the country will come together on Thursday, March 7th and Friday, March 8th, 2024 for a two-day six-round final. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS In order to enter one or more teams (maximum four teams per school), each school must submit the following to the Jamaica Chess Federation:
1. Name of School Team, (e.g. School A, B etc), names of players, board order of players, Date of Birth (required) and contact number to jamchessfed.junior.chess@gmail.com . You Must Use Entry form attached.
2. Entry fee of J$5,000 for each team being entered; and
3. JCF membership fee of J$15,000 per annum. Schools that have already paid the membership fee, or whose team members are currently members of the JCF, will only be required to pay the entry fee at two (2) above.
All team details should be e-mailed by 1 st November 2023 to jamchessfed.junior.chess@gmail.com and Entry fees, membership fees and payments made at any BNS Branch or directly transferred to the Jamaica Chess Federation, BNS New Kingston, Current Account# 010315516, Branch code # 50575, by 3rd November, 2023.
Please note that teams are not required to bring sets. The JCF will provide adequate numbers of sets and clocks for the Preliminaries, Playoffs and the Finals.
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The Championship is scheduled to begin with the Western and Kingston Zone & St Andrew Zone Preliminaries on November 9th & 10th, 2023. All teams from the Middlesex Zones will have their Preliminaries on November 16th & 17th, 2023 starting at 9:00 am each day. The North Eastern Zone will play on November 23rd & 24th.The playoffs and finals will be FIDE rated and the Time Control will be G30 with a 30 second increment in the Preliminaries and playoffs while G60 with a 30 second increment in the Finals.
Board order once established cannot be changed in any round or section.
Substitutes will play on board 4.
The winner of each Zone will move automatically to the finals, while the second and third place teams will advance to a playoff tournament, where they will compete to qualify for the finals. NB In the event that a zone does not contain enough teams/too many teams then zones may be merged/split or the number of teams qualifying for the playoffs may increase or decrease.
PRIZES Prizes, trophies and medals will be awarded to the top five teams. Medals and trophies will be awarded to the top players on boards one to four, the top reserve player, the top rural & urban team, and the top female team. Best regards, NA Cliffon Pryce Chairman, Junior & Intercollegiate Chess Committee Jamaica Chess Federation Cell – 876- 540-1182
E-mail: - JamChessFed.Junior.Chess@gmail.com