# Help Needed Location State Champions **URL:** \ **Category:** Running Chess Tournaments\ **Created:** [December 24, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699 "2006-12-24T23:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea666f/32.png) [@ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/ICC-TD_Duncan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699/1 "2006-12-24T23:24:36Z")
Dear State Affiliates: I am organizing the 3rd annual “Champion of Champions” event on the ICC (Internet Chess Club). This tournament is to seed the winner into the US Championships and the tournament will consist of all 52 State Champions. Hence the name “Champion of Champions”. There is also a large cash prize fund! The tentative play date for the Qualifying event is late February 2007 with the proctored finals tentatively scheduled for the beginning of March 2007. I’ll have a full set of rules and the official dates for the qualifying events and finals within 2 weeks. Right now I need from each of you: Name of the current State Champ His/her email address & phone number Please feel free to give them my contact information if you do not feel comfortable passing me their info. I’ll also need to find a USCF TD in the Champs locality should he/she advance into the finals as those games will be proctored. The winner of the event will go to Las Vegas to play in the US Championships. Each and every player will also receive a free 1-year ICC membership ($60 value). Past experience tells me it takes a lot of time and work to track down each State’s Champ so please, please, please reply to me ASAP. Thank you, Duncan Oxley [dro@chessclub.com](mailto:dro@chessclub.com) (831) 384-4506 PS If you have any questions at all feel free to call me. Bear in mind I live in California and therefore am on Pacific Standard Time. ---
**Author:** ![ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea666f/32.png) [@ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/ICC-TD_Duncan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699/2 "2006-12-24T23:34:15Z")
> [@ICC-TD Duncan](#): > > Dear State Affiliates: > > I am organizing the 3rd annual “Champion of Champions” > event on the ICC (Internet Chess Club). Here is a list of the States I DO NOT have the name/email of the Champions: Western Conference Zone 1 Alaska - \* North California - \* Idaho - \* Wyoming - \* N Dakota - \* Minnesota - \* Iowa - \* Zone 2 Utah - \* Arizona - \* Louisiana \* Texas - \* Eastern Conference Zone 1 Vermont - \* Maine - \* Rhode Island - \* Connecticut - \* Zone 2 Delaware - \* Maryland - \* Virginia - \* Indiana - \* Kentucky - \* Alabama - \* Mississippi \* District of Columbia \* * * * If your are a State Official and have the information for you State, please contact me. You don’t need to directly give me the info, rather, you can contact the champ and have him/her contact me. Thanks! See also: [http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/announcement\_127\_31.php](http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/announcement_127_31.php) ---
**Author:** ![Terry\_Winchester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@Terry\_Winchester](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Terry_Winchester)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699/3 "2006-12-25T07:58:53Z")
Duncan, will alternates be able to play if the state champs are unavailable? It appears that our top two finishers this year may not be available. ---
**Author:** ![ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea666f/32.png) [@ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/ICC-TD_Duncan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699/4 "2006-12-25T17:28:44Z")
> [@Terry Winchester](#): > > Duncan, will alternates be able to play if the state champs are unavailable? > It appears that our top two finishers this year may not be available. Yes, the State Affilate can nomnate a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea666f/32.png) [@ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/ICC-TD_Duncan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699/5 "2006-12-25T20:27:55Z")
> [@ICC-TD Duncan](#): > > The winner of the event will go to Las Vegas to play > in the US Championships. Update: Bill Goichberg called me this morning and pointed out this is not quite correct. In past years this was true but this year the winner will be seeded into FURTHER qualifying events with the finals in Vegas apparently consisting of the final TWO players. I apologize for any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea666f/32.png) [@ICC-TD\_Duncan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/ICC-TD_Duncan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699/6 "2007-01-04T22:49:58Z")
> [@ICC-TD Duncan](#): > > The winner of the event will go to Las Vegas to play > in the US Championships. Here is the wording in the revised rules: The winner will be seeded into the 32-player field for the $100,000 “US Championship Satellite Tournament(s)”, the top two of which will go forward to Las Vegas in November to contest the US Championship title and top prize of $25,000. Again, sorry for any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uschess.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/help-needed-location-state-champions/1699/7 "2024-04-22T08:39:26Z")