1 year ago

Play in my November USCF rapid online tournament

All skill levels are welcome!

Here is more info about this tournament:

When: Saturday, November 18th at 10am PST
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.

Click here to sign up for the tournament.

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, 11/17 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

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!

1 year ago

Play in my non USCF November online blitz tournament

First place wins $10

The tournament is on Saturday, November 25th at 10am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated. Anyone who is rated 100- 2200 on chess.com is welcome to play in this tournament. Also, partcipants must have played a minimum of ten chess.com games to participate.

More info: The tournament is 7 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time.

First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card!

If you are others are planning to play in my tournament, I encourage you to sign up for my email list where I'll send the latest updates and more. Please sign up here and you'll also get my FREE eBook for beginners.


In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers!


I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

1 year ago

Play in my next USCF rapid online tournament

The tournament is on Saturday, October 21 2023

Here is more info about this tournament:

When: Saturday, October 21 at 10am PST
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.

Click here to sign up for the tournament.

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 Wednesday, 10/18 at 5pm PST, in case anybody has questions about my tournament.

Zoom details: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89545352089?pwd=eMjiMPuXMXEw8Stc4Opo7xoE81vsfN.1
Password: 689326

I hope you and others will play in the tournament! I want people to have fun while they play in my tournaments! If your rating is under 1000 or unrated, I'll analyze your chess games on my Twitch livestream!

1 year ago

Play in my monthly FREE blitz tournament on Saturday, Sept. 30th

First place wins a $10 Amazon gift card!

The tournament is on Saturday, September 30th at 10am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated, so anyone can play. The only requirement is that the partcipant must have played a minimum of ten chess.com games.

More info: The tournament is 7 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time. All skill levels are welcome to play!

First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card!

If you are others are planning to play in my tournament, I encourage you to sign up for my email list where I'll send the latest updates and more. Please sign up here and you'll also get my FREE eBook for beginners.


In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers!

If you play in my tournament, then I might analyze at least one of your chess games on my Twitch chess channel. Click here to get to my Twitch chess channel. This is a great way to get better in chess.

I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

1 year ago

Play in tomorrow's USCF online rapid chess tournament

The tournament will be on Saturday, August 19th at 10am PST.

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!

1 year ago

Play in my FREE chess.com blitz tournament

First place wins $10 Amazon gift card

Play in my next FREE monthly online chess tournament on Saturday, July 29th at 10am PST. Please note that this is not USCF rated, so anyone can play.
To ensure fairplay, here is the requirement to play in this tournament:
1) You must have played a minimum of 10 chess games on chess.com.

The tournament is 9 rounds and the time control is 3 | 2, which is a blitz time control. That means a player starts out with 3 minutes. Every time that player makes a move, then 2 seconds is added to his or her time.

First place wins a $10 Amazon.com gift card!

In order to play in the chess tournament, then you must be a member of my chess.com club. Join my club here.
After you join, then you will see the link to join my chess tournament on my club's homepage. If you don't see the link, here is the tournament link.

I host these monthly chess tournaments for my students and followers to have fun! This is a great opportunity to play against my other students and followers!

If you play in my tournament, then I might analyze at least one of your chess games on my Twitch chess channel. Click here to get to my Twitch chess channel. This is a great way to get better in chess.

I DO NOT TOLERATE cheating in my tournaments. If you want to cheat, then DON'T play in my tournament. You WILL get CAUGHT cheating if you do cheat in my online chess tournaments! In other words, cheating is a very bad idea!

1 year ago

Entry list for my inaugural USCF online chess tournament on Saturday, July 15th

Updated on July 15th at 9:18am PST.

If you registered for this tournament, I sent you an email. As a friendly reminder, to join today's tournament, go to my club, "Chess By Lauren" on chess.com. Click here.to join the club. Then you have to click on the tournament link.
The tournament link is here.

Here is the entry list for my inaugural online USCF rated chess tournament on Saturday, July 15th at 10am PST. So far, 13 players have signed up, including a master!!

1) Hridayesh Mohan Kumar, 31329631 USCF ID, Unrated
2) Neil Bhatkhande, 16031303 USCF ID, 640
3) Hamilton Zhang, 16414260 USCF ID, 718
4) Christopher Snell, 12659622 USCF ID, 1811
5) Hugo Pu, 31093860 USCF ID, 926
6) Sam Beckerson, 31337648 USCF ID, Unrated
7) Ryan Khoury, 31332330 USCF ID, Unrated
8) Ishan Bhat, 31282823 USCF ID, Unrated
9) Yashasree Sabui, 30559287 USCF ID, 128
10) Gabriel Joseph Araujo, 31316019 USCF ID, Unrated
11) Brandon Wu, 15742987 USCF ID, 135
12) Dipro Chakraborty, 12935003 USCF ID, 2238
13) Russell Kula, 30700877 USCF ID, Unrated

Here is my official United States Chess Federation tournament listing.

It's not too late to join the tournament! If you want to join, join as soon as possible! I will end registration about two hours before the tournament starts. That's about 8am PST. Click here to join the tournament.

I also offered a LIVE Q&A session on Zoom on Thursday, 7/13 at 5:40pm PST, in case anybody had questions about my tournament. This session already happened.

Zoom details: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89144038751?pwd=WG5qKzFtWG1OR2JyK2tIcExrTWpIQT09
Password: 302674

Here is more info about this tournament:

When: Saturday, July 15th at 10am PST
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.

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! If your rating is under 1000 or unrated, I'll analyze your chess games on my Twitch livestream!