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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20201215T195555
SUMMARY:$1,000 Frosty Festival
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>DATE &amp; TIME:</strong> Saturday, January 23rd 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>REGISTER HERE: </strong><a id="LPlnk" href="
 https://www.kingregistration.com/event/FrostyFestival">$1,000 Frosty Festiv
 al - US Chess Online Rated Event (kingregistration.com)</a></p><p><strong>F
 REE GAME ANALYSIS:</strong> All participants will be invited to an analysis
  session via Zoom with titled players upon conclusion of their section!</p>
 <p><strong>US CHESS MEMBERSHIP: <a href="https://new.uschess.org/become-mem
 ber">You may join or renew your membership here.</a></strong> </p><p><stron
 g>PLAYING SITE:</strong> <a title="Protected by Outlook: https://lichess.or
 g/. Click or tap to follow the link." href="https://eur06.safelinks.protect
 ion.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725
 308d02afa4a30aff708d86e30d0a9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C
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 ified">https://lichess.org/</a> Players must join lichess. Membership is fr
 ee. </p><p><strong>PRIZES:</strong> $1,000 in Amazon Gift Cards (b/100 or e
 lse proportional). No tie-breaks: everyone who ties for a prize is consider
 ed a co-winner and the prize is split equally. One prize per person. Prizes
  may take up to a week after the event concludes as games need to be checke
 d for fair play violations. These checks are done through the proprietary m
 ethods used by lichess. All potential fair play violations will be reviewed
  by the tournament organizers.</p><p><strong>ENTRY FEE:</strong> $30. Playe
 rs will receive an email with a link and password to join the appropriate s
 ection of the tournament. If the link is not received within 12 hours of en
 tering, please contact the organizers at <span id="cloak3ed167fb1c1f879b677
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 ion closes on January 23rd at 9:15am Central Time, contact <span id="cloakd
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 ed. Players may request a 1/2 bye in round one (players who "late join" aft
 er 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes can be requested
 . </p><p><strong>FORMAT AND TIME CONTROL:</strong> G/10+5. All four section
 s are a <strong>5-round Swiss</strong>. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be paire
 d five minutes after completion of the final game in the section, so <stron
 g>each section will run as an independent event</strong>.<strong> </strong>
 Only US Chess Online Quick ratings are affected. Lichess Rapid Ratings are 
 used for pairings. <strong>You have to be logged in and have joined the tou
 rnament in order to be paired.</strong></p><p><strong>FOUR SECTIONS: All pl
 ayers must have current US Chess Membership</strong></p><p><strong>K-12 Sec
 tion</strong> (all students can enter, but grade 8/below are eligible only 
 for top two prizes)</p><p>1st $70<br />2nd $50<br />top grade 12 $40<br />t
 op grade 11 $40<br />top grade 10 $40<br />top grade 9   $40</p><p><strong>
 K-8 Section</strong> (students in grades K-8 can enter, but grade 5/below a
 re eligible only for top two prizes)</p><p>1st $70<br />2nd $50<br />top gr
 ade 8 $40<br />top grade 7 $40<br />top grade 6 $40</p><p><strong>K-5 Secti
 on</strong> (students in grades K-5 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligib
 le only for top two prizes)</p><p>1st $70<br />2nd $50<br />top grade 5 $40
 <br />top grade 4 $40</p><p><strong>K-3 Section</strong> (students in grade
 s K-3 can enter)</p><p>1st $70<br />2nd $50<br />top grade 3 $40<br />top g
 rade 2 $40<br />top grade 1 $40<br />top K/below $40</p><p> </p><p><strong>
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 lay violations are discovered, none of the games played by the violator wil
 l be US Chess rated. For the purposes of standings, any players who lose to
  someone who violates 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>Winners may be invited to a quick Zoom interview with the orga
 nizers after the event.</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
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