MCCL is arranging bus transportation for the middle and high schools because Grade Nationals occurs at a time that is better for our older students' schedules.  The National High School tournament in late April 2018 will be in Columbus, Ohio and occurs while students are preparing for AP exams.  National Junior High is earlier in April in Atlanta, and could offer an opportunity for both elementary and middle school students to compete, but we do not know how many Madison students will be able to work that into their busy spring schedules.  MCCL will wait closer to that event to determine whether it can provide resources to support that tournament.

MCCL plans to conduct some fundraisers to help pay for the cost of transportation and lodging for our coaches and sponsors as well as our students.  Even with the assistance of fundraisers, each person traveling in the team bus will likely need to pay a fee of $100 to reserve their seat.  More information will be provided to middle and high school chess team members after they conduct tryouts in August.

Other elementary schools also may want to compete at Grade Nationals in December and are encouraged to do so. If enough elementary students also want to compete, then MCCL will look for additional coaches who can attend.

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National K-12 Chess Championship - Disney's Coronado Resort - Orlando.

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13 Sections: Play only in your Grade. 
December 2017 rating supplement will be used.

Time Control: Game/90 d5 (each player has 90 minutes to complete the game with a 5 second grace period each move)

Entry Fee:   $50 if registered or postmarked by Nov. 20, $70 if registered or postmarked by Nov. 27, $85 by Dec. 7, $90 on site. Do not mail anything after Dec. 1. 
$5.00 extra for all phone registrations. 
$20 change fee for roster or section changes after Dec. 1 or on site changes.

Schedule: 
Opening ceremony Fri. 12:45 pm. 
Rounds: Fri. 1 pm-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-2 pm-6 pm, Sun. 9 am-1 pm. 
Awards Ceremony: Sunday 5 pm (approximately) 
Special round times for K-1 sections: 
    Fri. 1:30 pm-5:30 pm, Sat. 9:30 am-1:30 pm-5:30 pm, Sun. 9:30 am-1:30 pm. 
    K-1 Awards Ceremony 4:30 pm (approximately)