Players earn a score each night for the results of the rounds they played (wins/draws/losses/byes). If a player plays the Open Section on a given night, the amount added to their cumulative score is twice the score they earned on that night. If the player plays the Reserve Section, the amount added to their cumulative score is 1.75 times the score earned on that night as the Reserve Section has lower rated players. The total score is the way ranks are determined, with ties broken by post-event ratings.
Players earn up to three points each week for participating in quads, which are round robin style events featuring four players per section. Sections will be seeded based on cumulative score and byes requested.
The top-scoring player(s) overall and the top-scoring U1200 player(s) will receive a trophy.
Instead of a seven-week long tournament, the Southeast WI College Chess League champion will be decided in a single four-round Swiss tournament. The U1200 class prize is now the U1401 class prize.
In the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters, this tournament circuit decided the Chess Club at UWM club champion. With these events now being hosted both on and off UW-Milwaukee's campus, the highest-scoring college player at the end of the tournament series will be awarded the honor of Southeast Wisconsin College Chess Champion. The top U1200 prize may be given to any player participating, regardless of affiliation with a university. The Chess Club at UWM club championship is now a four-round G/25d5 swiss tournament held the Friday after the SE WI College Chess Championship.
Fall 2025 Southeast WI College Chess Championship:
SE WI College Chess Champion: Nate Van Beek (UW-Milwaukee)
Top U1401: Ryan Thundercloud (Unattached)
Spring 2025 Southeast WI College Chess Championship:
SE WI College Chess Champion: Reid Pezewski (UW-Milwaukee) and Nate Van Beek (UW-Milwaukee)
Top U1200: Htoo Deih (Unattached)
Fall 2024 Southeast WI College Chess Championship:
SE WI College Chess Champion: Reid Pezewski (UW-Milwaukee)
Top U1200: Jonathan Holz (UW-Madison)
Teams will earn points according to the placement of their players. The sum of all of a team's Open players' points is the score a team earns in the Open. The sum of all of a team's Reserve players' points is the score a team earns in the Reserve.
Players for a university club team are current students, faculty, staff, or alumni of a university. Players unaffiliated to any university or university chess club will compete as unattached players and will be ineligible for team prizes.
Fall 2025 Southest WI College Chess Championship:
1st Place Team: UW-Milwaukee
Top U1401 Teams: UW-Milwaukee and Milwaukee School of Engineering
Spring 2025 Southeast WI College Chess Championship:
1st Place Team: UW-Milwaukee
Top U1200 Team: UW-Milwaukee
Fall 2024 Southeast WI College Chess Championship:
1st Place Team: UW-Milwaukee
Top U1200 Team: UW-Milwaukee