Dear Players and Parents,

Happy Mother's day to all the amazing Chess Moms out there! Without you, and your love, support and dedication towards the children and chess, this organization would not exist!
Thank you for everything you do!!
 
Would like to relay my special thank you for all of you who have been supportive of the recent changes at BAC.
Your feedback, and opinion is greatly appreciated, and always welcome and what makes BAC the best and help us constantly improving, bringing new ideas not only to life, but to perfection :)
 
On January 1^st we have implemented a new rule regarding the play-up qualification to encourage players to play in their natural section, encourage players who stayed at home because of the many play-ups to come and attend tournaments more often,. While the original reason has not changed, many of you have expressed that the 100 points was a bit too tight, and hence based on your feedback we are now modifying it:
From May 1^st, anyone within 200 rating points to the next section will be able to play up.
This will practically mean that anyone can play up one Class, but only one class.
This is a modification to the existing one hundred point rule, and hopefully will be well received, and will satisfy most players, coaches and parents.

Also, reminder that as a courtesy to your fellow chess players, PLEASE NOTIFY us if you can't make it to a tournament you are registered for. It is not only not nice to your fellow player to have them waiting, it also affecting their overall tournament rating, since one less played round affects the total number of round played in a tournament, and hence the rating changes are different.
We always send orientation emails to our players the day before the tournament. If you don't get these, please update your email preferences online: http://bayareachess.com/account/update/
How to notify us? Email to ask@bayareachess.com, call or more preferably text to 408-409-6596 or 919-265-7560.

Also, a few other announcements regarding our events:

1. Wednesday Marathon: the inaugural "The Force Awakens" tournament is coming to the last round this coming Wednesday, 5/11.
I'm offering a special $5 drop-in fee for anyone who would like to participate.
The next Wednesday Marathon starts May 25^th. Register NOW so others get encouraged to do so too:
http://bayareachess.com/my/wednesday
More information: www.bayareachess.com/wednesday

2. Open Club - Fridays
Open Club has been moved to Fridays based on your feedback and preferences. We hope that we can include a few special events, such as blitz or bughouse side events. We will update the webpage with the relevant and special information, and will list any Friday that the Club is not meeting (such as Fridays of the Championship weekend, etc).
So bookmark the following page: www.bayareachess.com/openclub

3. BAC Teams
Both the Beginner and the Intermediate team has a few open spot, so feel free to schedule a tryout class if you are interested. Meetings are on Saturdays in the NEW BAC office in San Jose.
More information: www.bayareachess.com/teams

Any other question, feedback, suggestion, Email us and we'll get back to you very soon!

Many thanks,

Judit and the BAC Team



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Judit Sztaray, PhD
Executive Director
judit@bayareachess.com
main: 408-409-6596
cell: 919-265-7560
www.bayareachess.com
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