Here's more details:
What: A US Chess (United States Chess Federation) online-rated chess tournament
When: Saturday, August 19th at 10am PST
Here are the updated entries:
1) Sumukh Subramanyam rated 318
2) Surya Raghav rated 876
3) Chris Beckerson unrated
4) Rose Xia unrated
5) Miyuki Sakaki rated 818
Tournament Format Type: Swiss-system. That means nobody gets eliminated from the tournament, even if she/he looses.
# of Rounds: 5 rounds
Time control is G/10 + 2 (affecting US Chess online quick rating).
Sections: one open section with no rating restriction (open to all ratings!)
Pairing: based on chess.com rapid rating.
Entry Fee: $15
Prizes: First place wins $20. Second place wins $15. Third place wins $5.
Rating of the event: The tournament will be submitted to US Chess for rating after the fair play screening has been completed. Any adjustment due to fair play violation will follow the standard US Chess Online Play guidelines.
Other things to know:
My monthly USCF rated online chess tournaments will always be the third Saturday of every month at 10am PST. The platform for the chess tournament is chess.com. Cheating is never tolerated in my tournaments.
It's not too late to sign up for tomorrow's tournament:
Fill out this form
here.
Here is my official United States Chess Federation tournament listing.
If you aren't a USCF (United States Chess Federation) member, you must be a USCF member to play in my my tournament. You can join the USCF here.
I have been a USCF member since 1999!
Here is my USCF rating page. You will get a USCF rating page once you are a USCF member too.
Only players with a chess.com account in good standing are qualified to play in the tournament. At any point a player has an account that's been closed, they loose the right to play in the tournament. No exceptions.
I hope you can play in the tournament! I want people to have fun while they play in my tournaments!
I'll analyze at least one of your chess games on my Twitch livestream!
