Atlanta national HS has (currently) 1254 players. 8 days left to register. 2015 set a new non-supernationals record (1492) which can be broken by averaging 30 more entries per day. TX currently outnumber NY and I don’t know whether or not that means there are still a lot of NY entries coming.
See uschess.org/tournaments/2016 … ge=ADVANCE for the latest number.
1263 as of 1 PM CDT on 3/25 (32 entries per day needed to break record)
Indy national JH has (currently) 759 players. 22 days left to register. I’m not sure of the record but 2014 had 1296, which can be broken by averaging 24.5 entries per day (it went up by 26 since last night). TX currently outnumber NY and I don’t know whether or not that means there are still a lot of NY entries coming.
See uschess.org/tournaments/2016 … ge=ADVANCE for the latest number.
824 as of 1 PM CDT on 3/25 (22.5 per day needed to exceed 2014)
Chigago All Girls national has (currently) 234 players. 29 days left to register. Last year set a new attendance record for the sixth year in a row (359) that can be broken by averaging 4.5 more entries per day (it went up by 6 since last night). Monday is the deadline for the lowest entry fee.
See rknights.org/registration/tourna … e-entries/ for the latest number.
Nashville national Elementary has (currently) 563 players. 43 days left to register (first early registration deadline has not yet been reached).
See uschess.org/tournaments/2016 … ge=ADVANCE for the latest number.
HS: 1307 as of 1 PM CDT on 3/28. 46.25 entries per day needed to tie record, but breaking 1300 is very good.
1341 as of 12:30 PM CDT on 3/29. 52 per day needed to break record.
1358 as of 12:30 PM CDT on 3/30.
Next price change is after 3/30
JH: 846 as of 1 PM CDT on 3/28. 25 entries per day needed to tie 2014. 8.6 per day will break 1000 and be very good. About 3 per day will reach 900 and be good.
851 as of 12:30 PM CDT on 3/29.
858 as of 12:30 PM CDT on 3/30. On track to break 900.
Next price change is after 4/4
All-Girls: 295 as of 3/27. 2.5 entries per day needed to break record. About 4 per day to reach 400.
353 as of 12:30 CDT on 3/29. 1 entry per three days needed to break record. 2 per day to break 400.
367 as of 12:30 CDT on 3/30. Seven straight years of setting a new record! 1.5 more per day to reach 400.
Next price change is after 4/11
Elem: 639 as of 1 PM CDT on 3/28 with the early registration rate good through 4/4.
671 as of 12:30 PM CDT on 3/29 as we wait for the massive crush of people trying to get in under the wire for the early entry fee.
701 as of 12:30 PM CDT on 3/30
Next price change is after 4/4
HS: 1432 at 1:00 PM CDT on 3/31. 60 more will match the record. 74 entries came in during the past 24 hours. The numbers have moved from very good to extremely good.
1449 at 12:30 PM CDT on 4/1. 1452 show up with either a pairing or a bye for round one. Later today we’ll see how many forfeits there were. Two more have neither a pairing nor a round one bye.
1434 played at least one game. 9 more have not yet played but are still active. 17 forfeited and are out. 2 were never paired. Could be as high as 1443 if the nine do play and there were no players that switched sections after playing in one.
Final price change on site on 4/1.
JH: 867 at 1 PM CDT on 3/31. At that rate 900 will be reached before the price change after 4/4.
881 at 12:30 PM CDT on 4/1.
882 at 8 AM CDT on 4/2.
AGN: 371 at 9 AM CDT on 3/31. The numbers are not just good, they’re grea-ea-ea-eat. Four players every three remaining days will make it to 400.
Elem: 773 at 1 PM CDT on 3/31. 72 in the past 24 hours.
868 at 12:30 PM CDT on 4/1.
906 at 8 AM CDT on 4/2.
Next price change is after 4/4.
306 for HS blitz side event. Due to forfeits actual players being rated will be a bit less. There were 310 in the blitz rating report from the 2015 National HS.
2014 in San Diego only had 198 for the blitz.
1492 for HS last year in Columbus was the record. 2nd place is 1452 in Louisville and third is 1447(?)ish
I see that this year has a new U1900 section to go along with the previous years’ championship, U1600, U1200, U800 and unrated sections. Last year the championship section of 472 (clear first being the sole 6.5-0.5) was also the largest so a split alleviates things a bit (sections of 282 and 147 instead of a single section of 429 versus the the next three at 298, 362 and 256).
PS between 4 PM and 5 PM CDT the national elementary entries outnumbered the national JH entries (883 to 882). They generally run in the rough vicinity of double.
HS:
Going into round 6 there are two 5-0s in championship, one in U1900, two in U1600, five in U1200, four in U800 and one in Unrated. 1443 have already played and three more are scheduled to play their first game today. Four that never actually played are still on the cross-tables.
Only U1200 is at risk of having multiple 7-0 players (no section has two players from the same team at 5-0 so there is no risk of team-avoidance causing multiple 7-0 results, just the risk in U1200 of going from five at 5-0 to three at 6-0 to two at 7-0).
Finishing up, there was one 7-0 and seven 6.5-0.5 results for the 1446 players. uschess.org/results/16/hs/?p … ection=K12
JH: 888 at 10 AM CDT on 4/3. 1 additional entry per day will reach a good 900. 9 1/3 additional entries per day will reach a very good 1000.
894 at 7 AM CDT on 4/4 (last day of current entry fee rate).
902 at 1:30 PM CDT on 4/4 and 916 at 5 PM. It rarely breaks 1000, so we’ll see if this is a year where that happens.
Elem: 1002 at 8 AM CDT on 4/3. 4/4 is the last day of the early entry fee.
1149 at 7 AM CDT on 4/4 (last day of current entry fee rate).
1246 at 1:30 PM CDT on 4/4 and 1304 at 5 PM.
All-Girls: 385 as of 4/2. 3/4 of an additional entry per day will reach 400.
391 on 4/4. an additional entry every other day will reach 400.
current entry fee rate goes through 4/11.
There is no risk of team avoidance causing multiple perfects at all as the Scholastic regulations were changed to emphasize that these are first individual events. The do not pair teammates setting was changed to pair teammates only if necessary.
JH: 959 at 12:30 PM CDT on 4/5. Roughly four more entries per day needed to reach 1000.
963 at 1 PM CDT on 4/6. I’d anticipate a rush as 4/13 approaches.
971 at 1 PM CDT on 4/7. Four more per day would exceed 1000.
Next price change after 4/13.
AGN: 396 at 12:30 PM CDT on 4/5. One more entry every four days to reach 400.
Next price change after 4/11.
Elementary: 1495 at 12:30 PM CDT on 4/5. As usual, it is the largest of the spring nationals. 16 more entries per day will break 2000.
1502 at 5 PM CDT on 4/5.
1512 at 1 PM CDT on 4/6. I’d anticipate a big rush as 4/25 approaches.
1524 at 1 PM CDT on 4/7. 16.5 per day will break 2000. The past 14 days saw 961 entries (598 of those in the three days going from 4/2 to 4/5 peaking at 249 in one 24-hour period).
Next price change after 4/25.
The HS was the third or fourth largest ever (excluding supernational years). The AGN is already the largest ever (previous record 359).
JH: 974 at 1 PM CDT on 4/8
987 at 10 PM CDT on 4/8
1088 at 5:30 PM CDT on 4/9. 1000 is very good, but we can set our sites on 1100 (2 per day) or possibly 1200
Next price change after 4/13
AGN: 402 at 10:30 AM on 4/10.
Elem: 1547 at 1 PM CDT on 4/8
1557 at 5:30 PM CDT on 4/9
Next price change after 4/25
The JH just reached 1100. That is a very good number.
In the same time frame (lunchtime Monday to the start of the tournament) the HS added 142 entries going from 1307 to 1449 (1446 was the final count after very late entries and forfeits).
If the JH proportionately mirrors the HS then it would pass 1200.
If Elementary proportionately mirrors HS then it would add more than 200 in the final week.
Do we have a spreadsheet that tracks event, year, location and number of entries for these tournaments? I suspect it would make for some interesting analysis and discussion?
A surprising question. Wouldn’t the ED and the tournament program director have that on file for planning purposes? The MSA records should allow tournament tracking back to 1991.
JH: 1139 players at 10 PM CDT on 4/15
18 players at 5-0. The six in K-8 U750 makes that the only section that still has a chance for two 7-0 players.
1131 different players after taking into account all forfeits and section changes.
Final total 1138 players uschess.org/assets/msa_jooml … 1604176042
Elementary: 1635 at 10 PM CDT on 4/15
1677 at 6:30 PM CDT on 4/16
1788 at 3:15 AM CDT on 4/17
1858 at 1:30 PM CDT on 4/17
1871 at 9:30 PM CDT on 4/17
That is a strong number for the JH. Add it to strong attendance at the HS and the two combined are going to exceed the two combined for any of the last 10 years at least (non SN years).
JH: 1139 players at 10 PM CDT on 4/15
18 players at 5-0. The six in K-8 U750 makes that the only section that still has a chance for two 7-0 players.
1131 different players after taking into account all forfeits and section changes.
Final total 1138 players uschess.org/assets/msa_jooml … 1604176042
Five 7-0 scores (over four sections, 281-player U750 had two while the other three were clear first in U1250, U1000 and unrated)
Six 6.5-0.5 scores (one was K-9 champion and two were K-8 co-champions).
Elementary: uschess.org/tournaments/2016 … ge=ADVANCE
1635 at 10 PM CDT on 4/15
1677 at 6:30 PM CDT on 4/16
1788 at 3:15 AM CDT on 4/17
1858 at 1:30 PM CDT on 4/17
1871 at 9:30 PM CDT on 4/17
1913 at 9:15 PM CDT on 4/18
1930 at 1:20 PM CDT on 4/19
1943 at 6:30 AM CDT on 4/20
AGN: rknights.org/registration/tourna … e-entries/
423 at 6:30 PM CDT on 4/16
427 as if 4/17 (2010 through 2016 set new record attendance each year and 2016 has more than doubled 2010’s record setting 210 and is one player away from doubling 2011’s record setting 214 - achieved when the AGN first returned to Chicagoland)
435 as of 4/18.
443 as of 4/19
Elementary: uschess.org/tournaments/2016 … ge=ADVANCE
1952 at 5:30 AM CDT on 4/21
1994 as of 7 AM CDT on 4/23. At this point the question isn’t whether or not it will go over 2000 but rather how much over it will get. Last year was over 2200.
AGN: rknights.org/registration/tourna … e-entries/
2010 had 210, 2011 had 224, 2012 had 237, 2013 had 283, 2014 had 323, 2015 had 358.
447 as of 4/20
446 after eliminating round one forfeits (26 players had round one half-point byes).
64 players in the blitz
14 teams in the bug