The April 2023 edition of the Colorado Informant is now available!

In This Issue:

NM Lior Lapid's Message to Colorado State Scholastic Championships DCC Clone Wars Colorado Closed Championships Tata Steel 2023 Wijk Aan Zee USCF Top 100 Colorado Players Chess and the "Hawthorne Effect" and more!

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Old Business:
Post State Scholastic Championship; Results, Stipens, Lesson learned, and plans for next year.
Closed Championships: March 17-19; Prizes, Streaming, Expences, and provide Lunch or awards dinner.
Senior and under 50 tournament: June 3-4
Class Championship: June 10-11
Quick Championship: June 3, or June 10
Blitz Championship: Sept 1
Colorado Open: Sept 2-3

New business:
Memberships
Girls State Scholastic Championship: ?
Taxes
USCF Afiliate membership
Denver Open Stipen for GMs
Any other new business

Link Below

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87453589062?pwd=WEVDUlFuTDZ4V1k5QnhROHlPWFJQUT09

Here is the link for the live DGT boards at the Scholastic Championships.

https://view.livechesscloud.com/#c2d22646-b45a-4b5a-92aa-ead6c7ad0945

Thank you to everyone for making this event a success.

Agenda:

Old business:
State Scholastics Championship: Feb. 10-12
Insurance
Tiebreakers
Closed championships:  March 24-26
Scholastic closed tournaments:  March 17-19
Quick Championship: April 21, or June 3
Class Championship: April 21-22
Senior and under 50 tournament: June 3-4
Blitz Championship: Sept 1
Colorado Open: Sept 2-3
Maybe add a team championship: Sept. 30 - Oct. 1

New business:
Scholastic T-Shirt Sales
Fundraiser

Agenda:

Old business:
Tiebreakers
Insurance
State Scholastics Championship: Feb. 10-12
Closed championships:  March 24-26
Scholastic closed tournaments:  March 24-26
Quick Championship: April 21, or June 3
Class Championship: April 21-22, or April 28-29
Blitz Championship: Sept 1
Senior and under 50 tournament: June 3-4
Colorado Open: Sept 2-3
Maybe add a team championship: Sept. 30 - Oct. 1

New business:
Scholastic T-Shirt Sales
Fundraiser 

The January 2023 edition of the Colorado Informant is now available!

In This Issue:

DCC Fall Classic USCF Top 100 Colorado Players Colorado Springs Chess Dissecting a Chess.com Puzzle Sealer-Sweeper! NM Lior Lapid Lecture World Fischer Random Championship and more!

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CSCA Board Meeting

Sunday, October 30, 2022, at 4:30pm

Agenda:

Old business:

Andy has made progress, but is still working to get access to the bank account. Need past officers to help transition.

Tiebreakers

Mass Texting

Planning tournament dates (I plan to have the tournament dates closer to actual dates by meeting time):

State Scholastics Championship: Feb. 10-12, or Feb. 17-19  (Super bowl is Feb. 12)

Closed championships:  March 17-19, or March 24-26

Scholastic closed tournaments:  March 24-26, March 31-April 2, April 13-16

Senior and under 50 tournament: April 1-2, April 15-16

Quick Championship: April 22, May 6

Class Championship: April 22-23, May 6-7

Blitz Championship: Sept 1

Colorado Open: Sept 2-3

Maybe add a team championship: Sept. 30 - Oct. 1

New business:

Standards for tournaments: time controls, round times, payments, prizes, and locations.

Classical Championship games all round time controls: G/90;+30, or G/120;d10

Quick Chess Championship games: G/12;+3, or G/12;+5, or G/15;d3

Blitz Chess Championship games: G/5;d0, or G/5;d3, or G/3;+2

Round times: 9am-2pm-7pm

Scholastic T-Shirt Sales

Fundraiser 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817864007?pwd=Q2dKYzd1QjFVcWlFNUIrbjVlZEdjUT09

Meeting ID: 858 1786 4007

Passcode: 480955