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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20210223T215833
SUMMARY:$1,000 Spring Festival - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME: Saturday, March 20th at 10:00am Central Time. This event i
 s open to K-12 students. Current US Chess membership is required (you may j
 oin or renew your membership here (https://new.uschess.org/become-member)).
 \nREGISTER HERE: <a href="https://www.kingregistration.com/event/SpringFest
 ival">$1,000 Spring Festival - US Chess Online Rated Event (kingregistratio
 n.com)</a>\nFREE GAME ANALYSIS: All participants will be invited to an anal
 ysis session via Zoom with titled players upon conclusion of their section!
 \nPLAYING SITE: https://lichess.org/ (https://eur06.safelinks.protection.ou
 tlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02
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 503216089450&amp;sdata=IhqurSi3qek6q8cttY7ZR7VjPMqIEkqYDxk%2BXoOi6ZE%3D&amp
 ;reserved=0) Players must join lichess. Membership is free.\nPRIZES: $1,000
  in Amazon Gift Cards (b/100 total). In case of ties, the prize will be spl
 it equally between tied players. One prize per person. Prizes may take up t
 o a week after the event concludes as games need to be checked for fair pla
 y violations. These checks are done through the proprietary methods used by
  lichess and independent analysis by tournament organizers.\nENTRY FEE: $30
 . Please provide correct email address during registration: link and passwo
 rd for the tournament will be emailed to that address. If the link is not r
 eceived by 8:00am the next morning, please contact the organizers at This e
 mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled 
 to view it.
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		 if you wish to register after registration i
 s closed. Players may request a 1/2 bye in round one (players who "late joi
 n" after 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes can be req
 uested. \nFORMAT 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 after completion 
 of the final game in the section, so each section will run as an independen
 t 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 U
 S Chess Online Quick ratings are affected.\nK-12 Section (all students can 
 enter, but grade 6/below are eligible 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 - t
 op grade 10 $40\n - top grade 9   $40\n - top grade 8 $40\n - top grade 7 $
 40K-6 Section (students in grades K-6 can enter, but grade 3/below are elig
 ible only for top three prizes)\n\n - 1st $70\n - 2nd $50\n - 3rd $40\n - t
 op grade 6 $40\n - top grade 5 $40\n - top grade 4 $40K-3 Section (students
  in grade 3 and younger can enter)\n\n - 1st $70\n - 2nd $50\n - 3rd $40\n 
 - top grade 3 $40\n - top grade 2 $40\n - top grade 1 $40\n - top K/below $
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 andings, 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 stan
 d, though the games will not be rated.\nAny participant may be invited to a
  subsequent Zoom interview to confirm their identity and/or chess-playing a
 bility.\nBy registering for this tournament, you agree that your child's li
 chess username might be revealed on player registration and prize winner li
 sts.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>DATE &amp; TIME:</strong> Saturday, March 20th at 10:00am Centra
 l Time. This event is open to K-12 students. 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 h
 ref="https://www.kingregistration.com/event/SpringFestival">$1,000 Spring F
 estival - US Chess Online Rated Event (kingregistration.com)</a></p><p><str
 ong>FREE GAME ANALYSIS:</strong> All participants will be invited to an ana
 lysis session via Zoom with titled players upon conclusion of their section
 !</p><p><strong>PLAYING SITE:</strong> <a href="https://eur06.safelinks.pro
 tection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7
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 Membership is free.</p><p><strong>PRIZES:</strong> $1,000 in Amazon Gift Ca
 rds (b/100 total). 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 concludes as games need to be checked for fair play violations. Thes
 e checks are done through the proprietary methods used by lichess and indep
 endent analysis by tournament organizers.</p><p><strong>ENTRY FEE:</strong>
  $30. Please provide correct email address during registration: link and pa
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 n and have joined the tournament to be paired.</strong></p><p><strong>THREE
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 les 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>Any participant may b
 e invited to a subsequent Zoom interview to confirm their identity and/or c
 hess-playing ability.</p><p>By registering for this tournament, you agree t
 hat your child's lichess username might be revealed on player registration 
 and prize winner lists.</p>
CONTACT:Chris Wainscott
DTSTAMP:20260419T175113
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210320T100000
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