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CATEGORIES:Tournaments
CREATED:20210404T102156
SUMMARY:April Showers Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:April Showers Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event ENTER: April Showe
 rs Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event (kingregistration.com) (https
 ://www.kingregistration.com/event/AprilShowers) MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES A
 S PRIZES! DATE & TIME: Saturday, April, 24th at 10:00am Central Time. T
 his 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 you
 r membership here</a>). FREE GAME ANALYSIS: All participants will be invite
 d to an analysis session via Zoom with titled players upon conclusion of th
 eir section!\nPLAYING SITE: https://lichess.org/ (https://eur06.safelinks.p
 rotection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flichess.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C
 %7C725308d02afa4a30aff708d86e30d0a9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%
 7C0%7C637380503216089450&amp;sdata=IhqurSi3qek6q8cttY7ZR7VjPMqIEkqYDxk%2BXo
 Oi6ZE%3D&amp;reserved=0) Players must join lichess. Membership is free.\n P
 RIZES: Trophies for top three in each section, plus top grade in each secti
 on. We do not use tiebreaks, so everyone who ties for a grade prize is cons
 idered a winner. One prize per person. FREE ENTRY into a future event may b
 e chosen instead of a trophy for those who wish. Prizes may take up to a we
 ek after the event concludes as games need to be checked for fair play viol
 ations. These checks are done through the proprietary methods used by liche
 ss and independent analysis by the tournament organizers. ENTRY FEE: $30. P
 lease provide a correct email address during registration: the link and pas
 sword for the tournament will be emailed to that address. If the link is no
 t received by 8:00am the next morning, please contact the organizers at Thi
 s email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabl
 ed to view it.
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 ation is closed. Players may request a 1/2 bye in round one (players who "l
 ate join" after 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes can
  be requested. \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 comp
 letion of the final game in the section, so each section will run as an ind
 ependent 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 are affected.\n K-12 Section (all stude
 nts can enter, but grade 6/below are eligible only for top three prizes) Tr
 ophies for1st 2nd 3rd top grade 12 top grade 11 top grade 10 top grade 9   
 top grade 8top grade 7 K-6 Section (students in grades K-6 can enter, but g
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 d top grade 6top grade 5 top grade 4  K-3 Section (students in grade 3  and
  younger can enter) Trophies for1st 2nd 3rdtop grade 3top grade 2top grade 
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		\nFAIR PLAY: In case any fair play violations are discovered, n
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 rules will be given 1/2 point. Any wins or draws against fair play violator
 s will stand, though the games will not be rated.\nAny participant may be i
 nvited to a subsequent Zoom interview to confirm their identity and/or ches
 s-playing ability.\nBy registering for this tournament, you agree that your
  child's lichess username might be revealed on player registration and priz
 e winner lists.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<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
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 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
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 , 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
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 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
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  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:20260419T115352
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210424T100000
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