League Registration Form

Chicago Catholic Schools Chess League

1.    Participants of the Catholic Chess League

Any Catholic school team can participate in the Chess League. The team consists of 5 (five) players with any combination of boys and girls. Each Catholic school may have more than one team in any of the league categories: K-3 (for students in grades K to 3rd) and K-8 (for students in grades 4 through 8).

Catholic schools who decide to participate in the Chess League should send an e-mail to intecsus@yahoo.com with the following information:

  1. Name of the school
  2. Designated person from the school to be a team coach (can be a school staff or a parent)
  3. Category in which the team(s) will participate: K-3 and/or K-8
  4. Names of 5 students according to board numbers

2.    Schedule of the events for the Catholic Schools Chess League

Each team should play at least 4 matches in their division (K-3 and K-8)to qualify for the final Catholic Schools Chess Championship to be held during the Catholic Schools Week in January 2010.

All matches will take places at the Chicago Chess Academy facility ( 6044 W 63rd St , Chicago ).

Each pair of teams will play 2 matches with alternating of the color of the peaces for participants. The results will be in team points (win – 2 points; draw – 1 point; lost – 0 points) and also accumulate each player points (maximum team points for a match is 10). Each board will have equal number of points.

The matches will be played on Fridays from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Time control – 30 min for each player to finish the game (maximum 1 hour for a game). Only one team match (2 games for each participant) will be played on each Friday.

Each team must be pre-registered by e-mail confirmation no later than a day before the match on their participation in a match. The league staff will make all pairings for the teams. When teams complete 4 matches they will be notified of the results and participation in the Catholic Schools Chess Championship.

The match schedule is:

November 13               5:00 – 7:00 pm

November 20               5:00 – 7:00 pm

December 4                 5:00 – 7:00 pm

December 11               5:00 – 7:00 pm

December 18               5:00 – 7:00 pm

January 15                    5:00 – 7:00 pm

January 22                    5:00 – 7:00 pm

3.      Entrιe fee

Entree fee to participate in the Catholic Schools Chess League is $50 per team. All players will receive a participation medal. Team and individual trophies will be awarded during the Catholic Schools Chess Championship.  

League Registration Form