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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20210223T215538
SUMMARY:$1,000 Sunday Snowman Bonanza - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:This event takes place on a Sunday\nDATE & TIME: Sunday, March 7 at 10:
 00am Central Time. This event is open to K-12 students. Current US Chess me
 mbership is required (you may join or renew your membership here (https://n
 ew.uschess.org/become-member)).\nREGISTER HERE: <a href="https://www.kingre
 gistration.com/event/SundaySnowmanBonanza">$1,000 Sunday Snowman Bonanza - 
 US Chess Online Rated Event (kingregistration.com)</a>\nFREE GAME ANALYSIS:
  All participants will be invited to an analysis session via Zoom with titl
 ed players upon conclusion of their section!\nPLAYING SITE: https://lichess
 .org/ (https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fli
 chess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4a30aff708d86e30d0a9%7C84df9
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 qek6q8cttY7ZR7VjPMqIEkqYDxk%2BXoOi6ZE%3D&amp;reserved=0) Players must join 
 lichess. Membership is free.\nPRIZES: $1,000 in Amazon Gift Cards (b/100 to
 tal). In case of ties, the prize will be split equally between tied players
 . One prize per person. Prizes may take up to a week after the event conclu
 des as games need to be checked for fair play violations. These checks are 
 done through the proprietary methods used by lichess and independent analys
 is by tournament organizers.\nENTRY FEE: $30. Please provide correct email 
 address during registration: link and password for the tournament will be e
 mailed to that address. If the link is not received by 8:00am the next morn
 ing, please contact the organizers at This email address is being protected
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 (Monday prior).\nBYES and LATE REGISTRATION: Online registration closes on 
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  if you wish to register after registration is closed. Players may request 
 a 1/2 bye in round one (players who "late join" after 10:00am will also rec
 eive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes can be requested. \nFORMAT AND TIME CONT
 ROL: G/10+5. All three sections are a 5-round Swiss. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 
 will be paired five minutes after completion of the final game in the secti
 on, so each section will run as an independent event. You must be logged in
  and have joined the tournament to be paired.\nTHREE SECTIONS: All players 
 must have current US Chess Membership. Only US Chess Online Quick ratings a
 re affected.\nK-12 Section (all students can enter, but grade 6/below are e
 ligible only for top three prizes)\n\n - 1st $70\n - 2nd $50\n - 3rd $40\n 
 - top grade 12 $40\n - top grade 11 $40\n - top grade 10 $40\n - top grade 
 9   $40\n - top grade 8 $40\n - top grade 7 $40K-6 Section (students in gra
 des K-6 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligible only for top three prizes
 )\n\n - 1st $70\n - 2nd $50\n - 3rd $40\n - top grade 6 $40\n - top grade 5
  $40\n - top grade 4 $40K-3 Section (students in grade 3 and younger can en
 ter)\n\n - 1st $70\n - 2nd $50\n - 3rd $40\n - top grade 3 $40\n - top grad
 e 2 $40\n - top grade 1 $40\n - top K/below $40QUESTIONS: 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 case any fair
  play violations are discovered, none of the games played by the violator w
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 to someone who violates fair play rules will be given 1/2 point. Any wins o
 r draws against fair play violators will stand, though the games will not b
 e rated.\nAny participant may be invited to a subsequent Zoom interview to 
 confirm their identity and/or chess-playing ability.\nBy registering for th
 is tournament, you agree that your child's lichess username might be reveal
 ed on player registration and prize winner lists.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This event takes place on a Sunday</p><p><strong>DATE &amp; TIME:</stron
 g> Sunday, March 7 at 10:00am Central Time. This event is open to K-12 stud
 ents. Current US Chess membership is required (<a href="https://new.uschess
 .org/become-member">you may join or renew your membership here</a>).</p><p>
 <strong>REGISTER HERE:</strong> <a href="https://www.kingregistration.com/e
 vent/SundaySnowmanBonanza">$1,000 Sunday Snowman Bonanza - US Chess Online 
 Rated Event (kingregistration.com)</a></p><p><strong>FREE GAME ANALYSIS:</s
 trong> All participants will be invited to an analysis session via Zoom wit
 h titled players upon conclusion of their section!</p><p><strong>PLAYING SI
 TE:</strong> <a href="https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=h
 ttps%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4a30aff708d86
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 ps://lichess.org/</a> Players must join lichess. Membership is free.</p><p>
 <strong>PRIZES:</strong> $1,000 in Amazon Gift Cards (b/100 total). In case
  of ties, the prize will be split equally between tied players. One prize p
 er person. 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 methods used by lichess and independent analysis by tournam
 ent organizers.</p><p><strong>ENTRY FEE:</strong> $30. Please provide corre
 ct email address during registration: link and password for the tournament 
 will be emailed to that address. <strong>If the link is not received by 8:0
 0am the next morning, please contact the organizers at </strong><span id="c
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 ROL:</strong> G/10+5. All three sections are a <strong>5-round Swiss</stron
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 he final game in the section, so <strong>each section will run as an indepe
 ndent event</strong>. <strong>You must be logged in and have joined the tou
 rnament to be paired.</strong></p><p><strong>THREE SECTIONS: </strong>All p
 layers must have current US Chess Membership. Only US Chess Online Quick ra
 tings are affected.</p><p><strong>K-12 Section</strong> (all students can e
 nter, but grade 6/below are eligible only for top three prizes)</p><ul><li>
 1st $70</li><li>2nd $50</li><li>3rd $40</li><li>top grade 12 $40</li><li>to
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  Zoom interview to confirm their identity and/or chess-playing ability.</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:20260902T143351
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210307T100000
SEQUENCE:0
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