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Show Juniors to make moves For more than 15 years the Utah Junior Scholastic Chess Tournament Tour-nament has offered essentially the only format inter-school competition com-petition in chess during the academic year. Some 218 youngsters, representing 34 schools from throughout the state, competed com-peted in the 1983 event. This year's tournament will be heldat Orem Junior High School, 765 N. 600 West. Only Utah students in grades 7 - 9 are eligible to compete in the junior high division; only Utah students in grades K - 6 are eligible to compete in the elementary division. Registration information is available at all junior high schools and a few middle schools. The dales for the tournament tour-nament are Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20. Play will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until about 6 p.m. both days; four rounds will be played Thursday and three Friday, followed by the awarding of prizes to the top individual players and teams entered in the various categories. Approximately half of (lie entrants en-trants will receive an award of some sort: trophies, chess sets, books and magazines. There is no limit to the number of players that can represent a school, but team awards will be determined by using the scores of the top five players from the larger junior high schools, the lop three piayers from the smaller ones, and the best three players from the elementary schools."" . The tournament is a Swiss affair -- everyone plays a game eac h round against an opponent who has the same number of wins and losses; there is no elimination. The winners in 1983 were J.F. Kennedy Junior High, host Orem Junior High and Western Hills Klementary (Salt Lake). Bill Clark (Central Junior High) and Mark Voorhies (Western Hills) were the best players in the state. All participants should plan on bringing their chess sets, if possible', since none will be provided. |