9/5/07

Next Year's Web Site

3/11/07

Final Results From City

Division 1

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Tie Break(1)	Tie Break(2)
1st	MSL-A	W8	W2	W3	3	4	85
2nd	Shorewood	W4	L1	W6	2	6	60.5
3rd	Nicolet	W7	W5	L1	2	5	65
4th	Marquette	L2	W8	W5	2	3	76
5th	Wisconsin Lutheran	W6	L3	L4	1	5	53
6th	West Allis Central	L5	W7	L2	1	4	57
7th	Madison	L3	L6	W8	1	3	63.5
8th	Greendale	L1	L4	L7	0	6	20

Division 2

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Tie Break(1)	Tie Break(2)
1st	USM-A	W8	W5	W2	3	3	97
2nd	Riverside	W7	W3	L1	2	6	59.5
3rd	USM-B	W6	L2	W5	2	4	75.5
4th	King	L5	W8	W6	2	2	63.5
5th	MSL-B	W4	L1	L3	1	7	42
6th	Dominican	L3	W7	L4	1	5	54
7th	Hamilton	L2	L6	W8	1	3	71.5
8th	Whitnall	L1	L4	L7	0	6	17

Division 3

Place	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Tie Break(1)	Tie Break(2)
1st	Bay View	W3	W2	W4	3	N/A	N/A
2nd	Franklin	W4	L1	W3	2	N/A	N/A
3rd	South Milwaukee	L1	W4	L2	1	N/A	N/A
4th	Vincent	L2	L3	L1	0	N/A	N/A

Note: Tie Breaker(1) is opponents' games points, Tie Breaker(2) is total match points.
MTR

2/22/07

Coaches,
I have received results to all of the games; the regular season is completed.
Pairing for Division 2 and Division 3 will be announced at City.
Below are the pairings for the first round of Division 1.

White boards 1,3,5		White Boards 2,4
(1)Marquette (8-0)	vs.	(5)Shorewood (6-1-1)
(6)Greendale (6-2)	vs.	(2)MSL (6-2)
(3)West Allis Central (6-2)	vs.	(7)Wisconsin Lutheran (6-2)
(8)Madison (5-3)	vs.	(4)Nicolet (4-3-1)

MTR

2/16/07

Coaches,
Here is the information for the City Tournament:

• 9am-5pm Thursday, March 1st
• It is located in the Marquette University Student Union Building on the second floor, Ballrooms A,B&E.
• Parking is available at the Marquette Parking Structure at 12th and Wells
• Time Control will be G/60.
• I will be coordinating the Varsity level tournaments and Fred Lange(USM) will be coordinating the Junior Varsity Tournament.
• We will try start the first round at 9am, however we will wait for all of the schools to arrive before we start the first round.
• The following round times will be posted during the first round of the tournament.
• Every team will be required to bring at least 5 boards and as many clocks as they can.
• Below will be the board assignments for the equipment. All teams will put their 5 boards and 5 clocks on the boards assigned to them and they will be left at that spot for the duration of the afternoon.

• If your team is not named above, please bring equipment anyways to be used for the Junior Varsity competitors.
• The 4 divisional winners and the top 4 wild card teams as described in the rules will be competing in the Division 1 Varsity Section.
• The next 6 teams will be competing in the Division 2 Varsity Section
• The next 4 teams will be competing in the Division 3 Varsity Section
• Pairings for the first round will be uploaded to the website after the final game has been completed in Feb 22nd.
• The Tournament and Awards ceremony are expected to be completed by 5pm that night
• I will be using a 3 round swiss system to pair the Division 1 and 2 sections of the tournament and a round robin system to pair Division 3
• Please click on the playoffs form on the side bar to let me know if your team will be attending and how many players your team is planning on bringing
• There is no limit to the JV players attending, but if your team cannot show up just put 0 players on the varsity teams attending and we will not be waiting for your team to show

2/7/07

Coaches,
I have decided to hold off in changing the tiebreaker system this year because it would not be fair to the teams that have Malcolm X on their schedule, just like it wouldn't be fair if those same teams only played 7 games and everyone else played 8 games. Plus I do not feel it is fair to change the rules in the middle of a season. This is my fault for discussing this during the season. We will discuss rules changes at the coaches meeting at the City Tournament. PLEASE NOTICE, I have added a new stat onto the standing page. This stat will not be used this year, but I would like to vote on this stat to be used next year for a tiebreakers. It is TRPI. The formula is as followed: (.25 * winning percentage) + (.5 * opponents winning percentage) + (.25 * opponents opponents winning percentage). This formula is very similar to the one used in college basketball's RPI, however I have not taken into account home and away, because I feel it does not mean nearly as much for chess. This stat takes into account schedule strength.

MTR

1/22/07

Coaches,
The tiebreakers have been updated on the rules pages as per what the coaches voted on at 2005 City Tournament. Remember, this year at the City Tournament Varsity Sections, the tournament directors will be enforcing the taking of notation during the game. The rules on taking notation are in the rules page of this website and have been updated today. If you have any questions on these matters or anything else just email me and I will be happy to explain them. Taking of notation during city was ratified during last year's City coaches meeting and notation is considered part of the game. If a player not taking notation is brought to the tournament director's attention the 1st time, the player will be instructed to take notation. If the player refuses and this is brought to the tournament's director a 2nd time, the player will be instructed to take notation. If the player refuses to take notation and this is brought to the tournament director's attention a 3rd time that player game will be forfeited. This is per the USCF rule book and this rules has been enforce in matches in the past and will be used this year at the City Tournament.

Thank you
MTR

1/6/07

I want to thank all coaches for getting their results to me so quickly after their matches have been completed. This year has been the best year so far in that aspect, and it makes my job easier when I do not have to bug coaches for results. Remember the City Tournament is on Thursday March 1st at Marquette's Student Union, same place as last year, upstairs. Details are below on this page and if there are any questions let me know. There will not be any updates to the site from Wednesday Jan 10th to Monday Jan 15th because I will be on a much needed vacation. However, please keep submitting results to the games; I will update the site on Jan 16th when I return.
Happy New Year to all
MTR

11/30/06

Coaches,
It has come to my attention that Malcolm X's coach is not longer at that school. Therefore unless I am informed otherwise all of Malcolm X's game will be counted as forfeits. It is too late to reform the divisions and rearrange the schedule. If there are any questions about this please email me.

MTR

11/7/06

Coaches,
The date for the City tournament will be Thursday, March 1st at Marquette University Student Union, just like the last few years. The event will last from 9a to 5p that day with the varsity teams playing 3 matches on that day. If you team is unable to attend, please let me know so we will not be waiting for your team to show.

Please note: I have had a bit of trouble with my emails and some of you may be getting multiple copies of my last email. I am working on the problem and hope to have it fixed by the end of the week; my email still works though, so I can still receive emails.

MTR

11/3/06

The Schedule has been posted!!!
If there are any problems with the dates let me know. There are 19 teams this year, therefore there are 4 divisions with 4 divisional winners and 4 wild cards (teams with the next best records) being eligible for Division 1 at the City Tournament.
Good Luck to all teams and if there are any questions or concerns, please email me.
MTR
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