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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20210404T102156
SUMMARY:April Showers Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:<div><strong>April Showers Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event</stro
 ng></div><div> </div><div><strong>ENTER: <a href="https://www.kingregistrat
 ion.com/event/AprilShowers">April Showers Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Ra
 ted Event (kingregistration.com)</a></strong></div><div> </div><div><strong
 >MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES AS PRIZES!</strong></div><div> </div><div><stron
 g>DATE &amp; TIME:</strong> Saturday, April, 24th at 10:00am Central Time. 
 This event is open to K-12 students. Current US Chess membership is require
 d (<a href="https://new.uschess.org/become-member">you may join or renew yo
 ur membership here</a>).</div><div> </div><div><p><strong>FREE GAME ANALYSI
 S:</strong> All participants will be invited to an analysis session via Zoo
 m with titled players upon conclusion of their section!</p><p><strong>PLAYI
 NG SITE:</strong> <a href="https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
 url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C725308d02afa4a30aff7
 08d86e30d0a9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C63738050321608945
 0&amp;sdata=IhqurSi3qek6q8cttY7ZR7VjPMqIEkqYDxk%2BXoOi6ZE%3D&amp;reserved=0
 ">https://lichess.org/</a> Players must join lichess. Membership is free.</
 p></div><div><div><div> </div><div><strong>PRIZES:</strong> Trophies for to
 p three in each section, plus top grade in each section. We do not use tieb
 reaks, so everyone who ties for a grade prize is considered a winner. One p
 rize per person. <strong>FREE ENTRY into a future event may be chosen inste
 ad of a trophy for those who wish. </strong>Prizes may take up to a week af
 ter the event concludes as games need to be checked for fair play violation
 s. These checks are done through the proprietary methods used by lichess an
 d independent analysis by the tournament organizers.</div><div> </div></div
 ></div><div><p><strong>ENTRY FEE:</strong> $30. Please provide a correct em
 ail address during registration: the link and password for the tournament w
 ill be emailed to that address. <strong>If the link is not received by 8:00
 am the next morning, please contact the organizers at </strong><span id="cl
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 event the earliest the links and passwords will be sent is April 19th (Mond
 ay prior).</p><p><strong>BYES AND LATE REGISTRATION:</strong> Online regist
 ration closes on April 24th at 9:45am Central Time. Contact <span id="cloak
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 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 b
 yes can be requested. </p><p><strong>FORMAT AND TIME CONTROL:</strong> G/10
 +5. All three sections are a <strong>5-round Swiss</strong>. Rounds 2, 3, 4
 , and 5 will be paired five minutes after completion of the final game in t
 he section, so <strong>each section will run as an independent event</stron
 g>. <strong>You must be logged in and have joined the tournament to be pair
 ed.</strong></p><p><strong>THREE SECTIONS: All players must have current US
  Chess Membership.</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Only US Chess Online Q
 uick ratings are affected.</strong></p> </div><div><strong>K-12 Section</st
 rong> (all students can enter, but grade 6/below are eligible only for top 
 three prizes)</div><div> </div><div>Trophies for</div><div>1st </div><div>2
 nd </div><div>3rd </div><div>top grade 12 </div><div>top grade 11 </div><di
 v>top grade 10 </div><div>top grade 9   </div><div>top grade 8</div><div>to
 p grade 7</div><div> </div><div><strong>K-6 Section</strong> (students in g
 rades K-6 can enter, but grade 3/below are eligible only for top three priz
 es)</div><div> </div><div><div>Trophies for</div><div>1st </div><div>2nd </
 div><div>3rd </div></div><div>top grade 6</div><div>top grade 5 </div><div>
 top grade 4 </div><div> </div><div><strong>K-3 Section</strong> (students i
 n grade 3  and younger can enter)</div><div><div> </div><div><div>Trophies 
 for</div><div>1st </div><div>2nd </div><div>3rd</div><div>top grade 3</div>
 </div></div><div>top grade 2</div><div>top grade 1</div><div>top K/below</d
 iv><div> </div><p><strong>QUESTIONS:</strong> Please email any questions to
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 FAIR PLAY: </strong>In case any fair play violations are discovered, none o
 f 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 wil
 l stand, though the games will not be rated.</p><p>Any participant may be i
 nvited to a subsequent Zoom interview to confirm their identity and/or ches
 s-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:20260419T115228
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210424T100000
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