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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20210223T220009
SUMMARY:Trophy Madness Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES AS PRIZES!\nDATE & TIME: Saturday, March 27h
at 10:00am Central Time. This event is open to K-12 students. Current US Ch
ess membership is required (you may join or renew your membership here (htt
ps://new.uschess.org/become-member)).\nREGISTER HERE: Trophy Madness - US Chess Online
Rated Event (kingregistration.com)\nFREE GAME ANALYSIS: All participant
s will be invited to an analysis session via Zoom with titled players upon
conclusion of their section!\nPLAYING SITE: https://lichess.org/ (https://e
ur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&
;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4a30aff708d86e30d0a9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435a
aaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637380503216089450&sdata=IhqurSi3qek6q8cttY7ZR7Vj
PMqIEkqYDxk%2BXoOi6ZE%3D&reserved=0) Players must join lichess. Members
hip is free.\nPRIZES: Trophies for top three in each section, plus top grad
e in each section. We do not use tiebreaks, so everyone who ties for a grad
e prize is considered a winner. One prize per person. Free entry into a fut
ure event may be chosen instead of a trophy for those who wish. Prizes may
take up to a week after the event concludes as games need to be checked for
fair play violations. These checks are done through the proprietary method
s used by lichess and independent analysis by tournament organizers.\nENTRY
FEE: $30. Please provide correct email address during registration: link a
nd password for the tournament will be emailed to that address. If the link
is not received by 8:00am the next morning, please contact the organizers
at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript
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and passwords will be sent is March 22nd (Monday prior).\nBYES and LATE REG
ISTRATION: Online registration closes on March 27th at 9:45am Central Time.
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if you wish to register after re
gistration is closed. Players may request a 1/2 bye in round one (players w
ho "late join" after 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 bye
s can be requested. \nFORMAT AND TIME CONTROL: G/10+5. All three sections a
re a 5-round Swiss. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be paired five minutes after
completion of the final game in the section, so each section will run as a
n independent event. You must be logged in and have joined the tournament t
o be paired.\nTHREE SECTIONS: All players must have current US Chess Member
ship. Only US Chess Online Quick ratings are affected.\nK-12 Section (all s
tudents can enter, but grade 6/below are eligible only for top three prizes
). Trophies for\n\n - 1st \n - 2nd \n - 3rd \n - top grade 12 \n - top grad
e 11 \n - top grade 10 \n - top grade 9 \n - top grade 8\n - top grade 7K
-6 Section (students in grades K-6 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligibl
e only for top three prizes). Trophies for\n\n - 1st \n - 2nd \n - 3rd \n -
top grade 6\n - top grade 5 \n - top grade 4 K-3 Section (students in grad
e 3 and younger can enter). Trophies for\n\n - 1st \n - 2nd \n - 3rd\n - t
op grade 3\n - top grade 2\n - top grade 1\n - top K/belowQUESTIONS: Please
email any questions to This email address is being protected from spambots
. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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\nFAIR PLAY: In ca
se any fair play violations are discovered, none of the games played by the
violator will be US Chess rated. For the purposes of standings, any player
s 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.\nAny participant may be invited to a subsequent Zoom in
terview to confirm their identity and/or chess-playing ability.\nBy registe
ring for this tournament, you agree that your child's lichess username migh
t be revealed on player registration and prize winner lists.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES AS PRIZES! DATE
& TIME: Saturday, March 27h at 10:00am Central Time. This eve
nt is open to K-12 students. Current US Chess membership is required (you may join or renew your membe
rship here). REGISTER HERE: Trophy Madness - US Chess Online
Rated Event (kingregistration.com) FREE GAME ANALYSIS:
strong> All participants will be invited to an analysis session via Zoom wi
th titled players upon conclusion of their section! PLAYING S
ITE: ht
tps://lichess.org/ Players must join lichess. Membership is free. PRIZES: Trophies for top three in each section, plus top
grade in each section. We do not use tiebreaks, so everyone who ties for a
grade prize is considered a winner. One prize per person. Free entr
y into a future event may be chosen instead of a trophy for those who wish.
Prizes may take up to a week after the event concludes as games n
eed to be checked for fair play violations. These checks are done through t
he proprietary methods used by lichess and independent analysis by tourname
nt organizers. ENTRY FEE: $30. Please provide correc
t email address during registration: link and password for the tournament w
ill be emailed to that address. If the link is not received by 8:00
am the next morning, please contact the organizers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need Ja
vaScript enabled to view it. For this event the earliest t
he links and passwords will be sent is March 22nd (Monday prior). FO
RMAT AND TIME CONTROL: G/10+5. All three sections are a 5-
round Swiss. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be paired five minutes aft
er completion of the final game in the section, so each section wil
l run as an independent event. You must be logged in and h
ave joined the tournament to be paired. THREE SECTIO
NS: All players must have current US Chess Membership. Only US Chess Online
Quick ratings are affected. K-12 Section (
all students can enter, but grade 6/below are eligible only for top three p
rizes). Trophies for K-6 Section
strong> (students in grades K-6 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligible o
nly for top three prizes). Trophies for K-3 Section (students in grade 3 and younger can en
ter). Trophies for
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cript enabled to view it.
FAIR PLAY: In case any fai r play violations are discovered, none of the games played by the violator will 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.
Any participant may be invited to a subsequent Zoom intervi ew to confirm their identity and/or chess-playing ability.
By registe ring for this tournament, you agree that your child's lichess username migh t be revealed on player registration and prize winner lists.
CONTACT:Chris Wainscott DTSTAMP:20240328T190100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210327T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210327T170000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR