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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20210223T215718
SUMMARY:Trophy Battle Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES AS PRIZES!</strong></p><p><strong>DATE
  &amp; TIME:</strong> Saturday, March 13th at 10:00am Central Time. This ev
 ent is open to K-12 students. Current US Chess membership is required (<a h
 ref="https://new.uschess.org/become-member">you may join or renew your memb
 ership here</a>).</p><p><strong>REGISTER HERE:</strong> <a href="https://ww
 w.kingregistration.com/event/TrophyBattle">Trophy Battle Swiss - US Chess O
 nline Rated Event (kingregistration.com)</a></p><p><strong>FREE GAME ANALYS
 IS:</strong> All participants will be invited to an analysis session via Zo
 om with titled players upon conclusion of their section!</p><p><strong>PLAY
 ING SITE:</strong> <a href="https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/
 ?url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4a30aff
 708d86e30d0a9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C6373805032160894
 50&amp;sdata=IhqurSi3qek6q8cttY7ZR7VjPMqIEkqYDxk%2BXoOi6ZE%3D&amp;reserved=
 0">https://lichess.org/</a> Players must join lichess. Membership is free.<
 /p><p><strong>PRIZES:</strong> Trophies for top three in each section, plus
  top grade in each section. We do not use tiebreaks, so everyone who ties f
 or a grade prize is considered a winner. One prize per person. <strong>Free
  entry into a future event may be chosen instead of a trophy for those who 
 wish. </strong>Prizes may take up to a week after the event concludes as ga
 mes need to be checked for fair play violations. These checks are done thro
 ugh the proprietary methods used by lichess and independent analysis by tou
 rnament organizers.</p><p><strong>ENTRY FEE:</strong> $30. Please provide c
 orrect email address during registration: link and password for the tournam
 ent will be emailed to that address. <strong>If the link is not received by
  8:00am the next morning, please contact the organizers at </strong><span i
 d="cloakafb64bf5d23de92a96c64c4d8cec87bc"><span id="cloak7b43827da1361e5e7a
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 est the links and passwords will be sent is March 8th (Monday prior).</p><p
 ><strong>BYES and LATE REGISTRATION:</strong> Online registration closes on
  March 13th at 9:45am Central Time. Contact <span id="cloaka8649167f9a61654
 16043cfb95833536"><span id="cloak6c318cfdb86d5ec1dcf2eb190baa0404">This ema
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 t></span> 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 receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes can be requested. </p><p><stron
 g>FORMAT AND TIME CONTROL:</strong> G/10+5. All three sections are a <stron
 g>5-round Swiss</strong>. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be paired five minutes
  after completion of the final game in the section, so <strong>each section
  will run as an independent event</strong>. <strong>You must be logged in a
 nd have joined the tournament to be paired.</strong></p><p><strong>THREE SE
 CTIONS: All players must have current US Chess Membership. Only US Chess On
 line Quick ratings are affected.</strong></p><p><strong>K-12 Section</stron
 g> (all students can enter, but grade 6/below are eligible only for top thr
 ee prizes). Trophies for</p><ul><li>1st </li><li>2nd </li><li>3rd </li><li>
 top grade 12 </li><li>top grade 11 </li><li>top grade 10 </li><li>top grade
  9   </li><li>top grade 8</li><li>top grade 7</li></ul><p><strong>K-6 Secti
 on</strong> (students in grades K-6 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligib
 le only for top three prizes). Trophies for</p><ul><li>1st </li><li>2nd </l
 i><li>3rd </li><li>top grade 6</li><li>top grade 5 </li><li>top grade 4</li
 ></ul><p><strong>K-3 Section</strong> (students in grade 3  and younger can
  enter). Trophies for</p><ul><li>1st </li><li>2nd </li><li>3rd</li><li>top 
 grade 3</li><li>top grade 2</li><li>top grade 1</li><li>top K/below</li></u
 l><p><strong>QUESTIONS:</strong> Please email any questions to <span id="cl
 oaka4497e536ca67179cdcb416a46751c89"><span id="cloak797c17f7c1f58a5a101c120
 77fd91d6f">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need Ja
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 fair play violations are discovered, none of the games played by the violat
 or will be US Chess rated. For the purposes of standings, any players who l
 ose to someone who violates fair play rules will be given 1/2 point. Any wi
 ns or draws against fair play violators will stand, though the games will n
 ot be rated.</p><p>Any participant may be invited to a subsequent Zoom inte
 rview to confirm their identity and/or chess-playing ability.</p><p>By regi
 stering for this tournament, you agree that your child's lichess username m
 ight be revealed on player registration and prize winner lists.</p>
CONTACT:Chris Wainscott
DTSTAMP:20260419T175154
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210313T100000
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