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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20210203T210955
SUMMARY:Holiday Happiness - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES AS PRIZES!\nDATE & TIME: Saturday, February 2
 7th at 10:00am Central Time. This event is open to all K-12 students. Curre
 nt US Chess membership is required.\nREGISTER HERE: Holiday Happiness - US 
 Chess Online Rated Event (kingregistration.com) (https://www.kingregistrati
 on.com/event/HolidayHappiness)\nFREE GAME ANALYSIS: All participants will b
 e invited to an analysis session via Zoom with titled players upon conclusi
 on of their section!\nUS CHESS MEMBERSHIP: <a href="https://new.uschess.org
 /become-member">You may join or renew your membership here.</a> \nPLAYING S
 ITE: https://lichess.org/ (https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
 url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4a30aff7
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 0&amp;sdata=IhqurSi3qek6q8cttY7ZR7VjPMqIEkqYDxk%2BXoOi6ZE%3D&amp;reserved=0
 ) Players must join lichess. Membership is free. \nPRIZES: Trophies for top
  three in each section, plus top grade in each section. No tie-breaks: ever
 yone who ties for a prize is considered a co-winner. One prize per person. 
 Free entry into an upcoming event may be chosen instead of a trophy for tho
 se who wish. Prizes may take up to a week after the event concludes as game
 s need to be checked for fair play violations. These checks are done throug
 h the proprietary methods used by lichess. All potential fair play violatio
 ns will be reviewed by the tournament organizers.\nENTRY FEE: $30. Players 
 will receive an email with a link and password to join the appropriate sect
 ion of the tournament. If the link is not received by 8:00am the next morni
 ng, please contact the organizers at This email address is being protected 
 from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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 one (players who "late join" after 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No
  other 1/2 byes can be requested. \nFORMAT AND TIME CONTROL: G/10+5. All th
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  minutes after completion of the final game in the section, so each section
  will run as an independent event. Only US Chess Online Quick ratings are a
 ffected. Lichess Rapid Ratings are used for pairings. You have to be logged
  in and have joined the tournament in order to be paired.\nTHREE SECTIONS: 
 Current US Chess Membership is required\nK-12 Section (all students can ent
 er, but grade 6/below are eligible only for top three prizes)\nTrophies for
 \n\n - 1st \n - 2nd \n - 3rd \n - top grade 12 \n - top grade 11 \n - top g
 rade 10 \n - top grade 9   \n - top grade 8\n - top grade 7K-6 Section (stu
 dents in grades K-6 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligible only for top 
 three prizes)\nTrophies 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 grades K-3 can ente
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		 \nFAIR PLAY:\nIn case any fair play violat
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 nst fair play violators will stand, though the games will not be rated.\nWi
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 chess username might be revealed on player registration and prize winner li
 sts.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES AS PRIZES!</strong></p><p><strong>DATE
  &amp; TIME:</strong> Saturday, February 27th at 10:00am Central Time. This
  event is open to all K-12 students. Current US Chess membership is require
 d.</p><p><strong>REGISTER HERE</strong>: <a id="LPlnk" href="https://www.ki
 ngregistration.com/event/HolidayHappiness">Holiday Happiness - US Chess Onl
 ine Rated Event (kingregistration.com)</a></p><p><strong>FREE 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 CHE
 SS MEMBERSHIP: <a href="https://new.uschess.org/become-member">You may 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.outlook.com/?
 url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4a30aff7
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 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified">https://li
 chess.org/</a> Players must join lichess. Membership is free. </p><p><stron
 g>PRIZES:</strong> Trophies for top three in each section, plus top grade i
 n each section. No tie-breaks: everyone who ties for a prize is considered 
 a co-winner. One prize per person. <strong>Free entry into an upcoming even
 t may be chosen instead of a trophy for those who wish. </strong>Prizes may
  take up to a week after the event concludes as games need to be checked fo
 r fair play violations. These checks are done through the proprietary metho
 ds used by lichess. All potential fair play violations will be reviewed by 
 the tournament organizers.</p><p><strong>ENTRY FEE:</strong> $30. Players w
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 on of the tournament. If the link is not received by 8:00am the next mornin
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 section will run as an independent event. </strong>Only US Chess Online Qui
 ck ratings are affected. Lichess Rapid Ratings are used for pairings. <stro
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  after the event.</p><p>By registering for this tournament you agree that y
 our child's lichess username might be revealed on player registration and p
 rize winner lists.</p>
CONTACT:Chris Wainscott
DTSTAMP:20261012T185922
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210227T100000
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