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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20201121T113350
SUMMARY:$1,000 Scholastic Chess Celebration - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>DATE &amp; TIME:</strong> Saturday, December 5th at 10:00am Cent
 ral Time. This event is open to all K-12 students. Current US Chess members
 hip is required.</p><p><strong>REGISTRATION: </strong><a id="LPlnk298550" h
 ref="https://www.kingregistration.com/event/ChessCelebration">https://www.k
 ingregistration.com/event/ChessCelebration</a></p><p><strong>FREE GAME ANAL
 YSIS:</strong> All participants will be invited to an analysis session via 
 Zoom with IM Erik Santarius upon conclusion of their section!</p><p><strong
 >US CHESS MEMBERSHIP: <a href="https://new.uschess.org/become-member">You m
 ay join or renew your membership here.</a></strong> </p><p><strong>PLAYING 
 SITE:</strong> <a title="Protected by Outlook: https://lichess.org/. Click 
 or tap to follow the link." href="https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outloo
 k.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4
 a30aff708d86e30d0a9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C6373805032
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 erved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified">htt
 ps://lichess.org/</a> Players must join lichess. Membership is free. </p><p
 ><strong>PRIZES:</strong> $1,000 in Amazon Gift Cards (b/100 or else propor
 tional). Prizes may take up to a week after the event concludes as games ne
 ed to be checked for fair play violations. These checks are done through th
 e proprietary methods used by lichess. All potential fair play violations w
 ill be reviewed by the tournament organizers.</p><p><strong>ENTRY FEE:</str
 ong> $30. Players will receive an email with a link and password to join th
 e appropriate section of the tournament. If the link is not received within
  12 hours of entering, please contact the organizers at <span id="cloak88c4
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 tration is closed. Players may request a 1/2 bye in round one (players who 
 "late join" after 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes c
 an be requested. </p><p><strong>FORMAT AND TIME CONTROL:</strong> G/10+5. A
 ll four sections are a <strong>5-round Swiss</strong>. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 
 5 will be paired five minutes after completion of the final game in the sec
 tion, so <strong>each section will run as an independent event</strong>.<st
 rong> </strong>Only US Chess Online Quick ratings are affected. Lichess Rap
 id Ratings are used for pairings. <strong>You have to be logged in and have
  joined the tournament in order to be paired.</strong></p><p><strong>FOUR S
 ECTIONS: All players must have current US Chess Membership</strong></p><p><
 strong>K-12 US CHESS ONLINE RATED RAPID SWISS</strong> (all students can en
 ter, but grade 8/below are eligible only for top two prizes)</p><ul><li>1st
  $70</li><li>2nd $50</li><li>top grade 12 $40</li><li>top grade 11 $40</li>
 <li>top grade 10 $40</li><li>top grade 9   $40</li></ul><p><strong>K-8 US C
 HESS ONLINE RATED RAPID SWISS</strong> (students in grades K-8 can enter, b
 ut grade 5/below are eligible only for top two prizes)</p><ul><li>1st $70</
 li><li>2nd $50</li><li>top grade 8 $40</li><li>top grade 7 $40</li><li>top 
 grade 6 $40</li></ul><p><strong>K-5 US CHESS ONLINE RATED RAPID SWISS</stro
 ng> (students in grades K-5 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligible only 
 for top two prizes)</p><ul><li>1st $70</li><li>2nd $50</li><li>top grade 5 
 $40</li><li>top grade 4 $40</li></ul><p><strong>K-3 US CHESS ONLINE RATED R
 APID SWISS</strong> (students in grades K-3 can enter)</p><ul><li>1st $70</
 li><li>2nd $50</li><li>top grade 3 $40</li><li>top grade 2 $40</li><li>top 
 grade 1 $40</li><li>top K/below $40</li></ul><p> <strong>QUESTIONS:</strong
 > Please email any questions to <span id="cloak55a5f15d2bef183e85b229b24e9b
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 p><p><strong>FAIR PLAY:</strong></p><p>In case any fair play violations are
  discovered, none of the games played by the violator will be US Chess rate
 d. For the purposes of standings, any players who lose to someone who viola
 tes fair play rules will be given 1/2 point. Any wins or draws against fair
  play violators will stand, though the games will not be rated.</p><p>Winne
 rs may be invited to a quick Zoom interview with the organizers after the e
 vent.</p><p>By registering for this tournament you agree that your child's 
 lichess username might be revealed on player registration  and prize winner
  lists.</p>
CONTACT:Chris Wainscott
DTSTAMP:20260406T181602
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