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.
If you aren't a USCF (United States Chess Federation) member, you must be a USCF member to play in my tournament. You can join the USCF here.
For your info, foreigners are welcome to join the USCF.
If you want me to sign you up to be an USCF member, you'll get a discount! Please email me about this.
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.
Here is my official United States Chess Federation tournament listing.
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 also am offering a LIVE Q&A session on Zoom on Friday, 2/16 at 6:30pm PST, in case anybody has questions about my tournament.
Zoom details:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89923682338?pwd=wa6QacikJCzh16Ug0b4pyxFFHVqeVc.1
Password: 044383
Alternatively, you can click here to join the Zoom meeting.
I hope you and others will play in the tournament! I want people to have fun while they play in my tournaments!
If requested, I will analyze your chess games for free on my Twitch livestream!
