2023 NC K-12 Girls State Championship
General Information
Date: Saturday, March 18, 2023
Location: Ravenscroft School, Raleigh (Cox Court Gym)
Eligibility: Open to all Scholastic (PK-12) girls currently residing or attending school in NC
REGISTRATION FEES
- Before Feb 28: Entry fee $25
- Feb 28 – March 15: $30
- March 16 or 17: $35
- Register Onsite 8:00am to 8:30am: $40; (likely half point bye Round 1)
FORMAT
- 4 Sections: OPEN; U1300; U800; U300
- Prizes: Trophies to top 3 girls in each section and Team trophies to top 3 school teams in U800, U300, and overall. Travel stipend for Open winner attending 2023 USCF Haring tournament. Other prizes may be awarded
- 4 round Swiss System; Time control: G/45; d5
- Playing schedule: Sat, March 18: Round start times 9am; 11:30am; 2pm; 4pm
- Up to 1 bye allowed for any round declared before Round 3
SIDE EVENTS
- Master Simul and 2023 Women’s Tournament of Champion
1. USCF Regular rating used for section eligibility, pairings, and prizes (March rating list). Accelerated pairings may be used at TD discretion if more than 16 players in any section.
2. Bring your own chess sets, boards, and chess clocks.
3. You need to know how to set your own chess clock for the tournament time control.
USCF membership required; DKC will use vouchers to create new scholastic memberships, or to replace expired scholastic memberships.
Sponsors: North Carolina Chess Association and Indermaur Chess Foundation
Organizer: Dragon Knight Chess
Additional Information
Haring playoff format (only to determine NC representative at US National Haring Girls Championship:
All Haring tiebreaking games G/5; +2, except for Armageddon Game (see below). Unrated; scorekeeping/notation not required.
If illegal move plus clock press:
1st infraction: 1 minute added to time of Illegal Movant’s opponent;
2nd and all succeeding infractions: 1 minute deducted from Illegal Movant’s time. If 1 minute deduction results in negative time, Illegal Movant’s opponent may claim immediate time win.Games not required to determine Haring winner are optional at TD sole discretion, and do not affect tiebreak trophy winners.
Different numbers of tying players:
2 players:
A. 2 game playoff; if tied 1-1:
B. 2 game playoff; if tied 1-1:
C. Armageddon Game: Color toss (players are allowed to agree upon color, after toss, to disregard toss) and then: Black gets draw odds; White gets 8-5 time odds; 2 second increment.
Victorious player (including drawing with Black) is Haring representative.More than 2 players:
Single round robin. Winner is Haring representative. If Round Robin tied, then players tied for 1st advance to next Playoff Level, or repeat Playoff Level if all tie with a 50% score.Lots drawn to determine playing order.
Exactly 3 players:
First 2 players “A” and “B” draw for colors in 1st game. The winner of the first game changes color and plays the other player “C” in game 2. Should there be a draw in 1st game, then the person that had white will play black against the person with the bye from the first round.More than 3 players:
Single round robin. Winner is Haring representative. If Round Robin tied, then players tied for 1st advance to next Playoff Level, or repeat Playoff Level if all tie with a 50% score.