Scholastic Chess of Indiana | SCI Girls Championship

Welcome to the Scholastic Chess of Indiana 2025 Girls Championship!

Please read the following carefully. It will tell you almost all you need to know about the 2025 Girls Championship. Please recall that tournament organization is dependent on many factors, including the number of entrants, weather events, etc. We reserve the right to make changes as necessary to insure a good experience for students.

Any K-12th grade female student who is a resident of Indiana may participate in this tournament. Public, private, and home-schooled students are eligible. This tournament is rated by the United States Chess Federation (USCF). Players must have an active USCF membership to participate, and the USCF membership must indicate the player is female. Eligibility for the Championship section will be determined by the student’s Regular USCF rating on the April, 2025 rating list.

There will be three sections: Championship, for students rated 800 or higher; Reserve, for students rated under 800 or unrated; and Primary, for students in third grade and under. Students in third grade and under also have the option of playing in the Championship or Reserve section, depending on their rating. The winner of the Championship section will receive a $1000 scholarship and will be Indiana's representative to the WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions (held in Madison, WI, July 28-31, 2025).

The Girls Chammpionship will be at Marian University, 3200 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46222 on April 26, 2025. Doors will open at 8:30AM local (Eastern) time. Players should be in the building ready for the players' meeting by 9:00. Please allow time to find your way around an unfamiliar campus. Specific parking and location information will be shared with registrants at least one week prior to the event. Players who are not present at the start of the first round may be forfeited.

Parents, coaches, and spectators are welcome, but they will not be allowed in the playing area during play.

Marian University has many food options available on campus, ranging from their cafeteria to fast food shops. Tournament schedules are notoriously unpredictable, and we ask that players stay close to the playing site for meals.

It is very difficult to give an accurate ending time for a tournament. All sections will not necessarily end at the same time, but we should be done between 3:00-5:00PM. I suggest you try to keep the entire day open for chess, if possible.

Number of rounds and time controls will depend on the number of entants. We expect the Championship section will be 4-SS, G/45;d5; Reserve will be 5-SS, G/35;d5;and Primary will be 5-SS, G/30;d5, but tht is subject to change.

Sets and boards will be supplied. Players may bring their own equipment for skittles play between rounds.

We will furnish clocks for the Championship section and for games going long in other sections. Students may use their own clocks. Games without clocks will get clocks 20 minutes from the projected end time of their game, with each player given 10 minutes with no delay.

Notation will be required in the Championship section.

Entry is $25, and all entries must be in by April 19, 2025.

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Feel free to ask questions if there is anything you don't understand. Email scichessin@gmail.com