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: 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 (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
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:20260419T175200 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210327T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210327T170000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR