Thanks for a great 2009-2010 Scholastic Chess Season!  

     We will be spending our summmer improving how we run

our tournaments, our website, and working on a new teaching 

program for schools to use in starting their own chess programs.  

Suggestions should be sent to me at:

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Gregory Reese, Sr.

President

Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Association

     WSCA stands for the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Association.  We are a new organization founded in the Spring of 2008 by a group of avid chess players who want to see more young chess players take the Next Step in their development as serious chess players.   We want to help put Wisconsin Scholastic Chess at the forefront of States with players at the Class "B" and above level.

     We are an official affiliate of both the United States Chess Federation (the USCF), and the USCF State affiliate, the Wisconsin Chess Association (WCA).  Our main mission is the development of Scholastic Chess in four Sections (K-3, K-6, K-9, and K-12).  It is our intent to provide guidance for those who want to start Chess Clubs, School Chess Programs (at both the individual school and district-wide levels), and to help bring USCF rated tournaments to public and private schools as a way to improve the players skills and raise the funds so that each chess program can become a fully equipped, self-funded entity.

     The WSCA has a graduated system that schools can use to build their Chess Programs, Tournaments and USCF Affiliation.  If you presently aren't a USCF affiliated school, you can hold a first tournament which will be an Unrated Open Tournament.  What this means is that players will be playing for fun, trophies and medals, but that the results will NOT impact their USCF ratings.  Out of the proceeds of such events, the schools or clubs will be expected to pay the $40 USCF affiliate fee and become an official USCF club.

     The second year Tournament is a Combined Tournament.  This means, as a transition to a full USCF rated event, the tournament will offer both Rated and Unrated Sections in as many, or few, sections as the organizers deem necessary.  This allows more beginning players to experience the thrill of a chess tournament, and develop into a full USCF player, while those who are USCF rated can continue to build their ratings and skills against the more experienced USCF players.  Remember though, the more sections, the more prizes required.  Ideally, each section will draw enough players to support the prize package for that section.  Guidance on buying prize packages is provided by the WSCA.

     In the third year, a school is expected, but not required, to become a USCF event, offering only USCF Sections.
     For more details on hosting a WSCA tournament, email:  "Gregory Reese, Sr." This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .