May Flowers Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Rated
ENTER: May Flowers Trophy Swiss - US Chess Online Rated (kingregistration.com)
DATE & TIME: Sunday, May 9th at 10:00am Central Time. This event is open to K-12 students. Current US Chess membership is required (you may join or renew your membership here). Only US Chess Online Quick ratings are affected.
PLAYING SITE: https://lichess.org/ Players must join lichess. Membersh ip is free. Lichess Rapid Ratings are used for pairings.
ENTRY FEE: $30. Please provide a correct email address during reg istration: the link and password for the tournament will be emailed to that address. If the link is not received by 8:00am the next morning, p lease contact the organizers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScr ipt enabled to view it.. For this event the earliest the links and passwo rds will be sent is May 3rd (Monday prior).
PRIZES: A t least 20 trophies will be awarded. In case of ties for grade pri zes, each player tied will be awarded a trophy. One trophy per person. The final list of prize winners may take up to a week after the event concludes as games need to be checked for fair play violations. These checks are don e through the proprietary methods used by lichess and independent analysis by the tournament organizers.
K-12 SECTION ( all students can enter)
1st
2nd
3rd
top grade 12
top grade 11
top grade 10
top grade 9
top grade 8 p>
top grade 7
top grade 6/below
K-6 SECTION< /strong> (students grade 6 and younger may enter)
1st
2nd
3rd
top grade 6
top grade 5
top grade 4
top grade 3
top grade 2
top grade 1
top grade K/below
FREE GAME ANALYSIS: All participants will be invited to a n analysis session via Zoom with titled players upon conclusion of their se ction.
BYES AND LATE REGISTRATION: Online re gistration closes on May 9th at 9:45am Central Time. Contact This email address is being protected fr om spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you wish to register after registration is closed. Players may request a 1/2 bye in round one (player s who "late join" after 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes can be requested.
QUESTIONS: Please em ail any questions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.