BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Chicago CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200312T110000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/Chicago CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1a9d3d3fc5ff1162b64fe139a861ff30 CATEGORIES:Tournaments CREATED:20210223T215718 SUMMARY:Trophy Battle Swiss - US Chess Online Rated Event LOCATION:Online DESCRIPTION:
MORE THAN TWENTY TROPHIES AS PRIZES!
DATE & TIME: Saturday, March 13th at 10:00am Central Time. This ev ent is open to K-12 students. Current US Chess membership is required (you may join or renew your memb ership here).
REGISTER HERE: Trophy Battle Swiss - US Chess O nline Rated Event (kingregistration.com)
FREE GAME ANALYS IS: All participants will be invited to an analysis session via Zo om with titled players upon conclusion of their section!
PLAY ING SITE: https://lichess.org/ Players must join lichess. Membership is free.< /p>
PRIZES: 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. Free entry 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 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.
ENTRY FEE: $30. Please provide c orrect email address during registration: link and password for the tournam ent will be emailed to that address. If the link is not received by 8:00am the next morning, please contact the organizers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You ne ed JavaScript enabled to view it. For this event the earli est the links and passwords will be sent is March 8th (Monday prior).
BYES and LATE REGISTRATION: Online registration closes on March 13th at 9:45am Central Time. Contact This ema il address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
FAIR PLAY: In case any 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.
Any participant may be invited to a subsequent Zoom inte rview to confirm their identity and/or chess-playing ability.
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.
CONTACT:Chris Wainscott DTSTAMP:20240329T112402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210313T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR