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Saturday June 4th at 1 pm Central Time (2 pm ET, 12/noon MT, or 11 am PT)

This tournament will use Swiss pairings.

The time control will be game in 30 minutes with a 5-second increment. There will be three rounds. Rounds will be held at (Central Time): The rounds will run concurrently (when all games for a round are finished, the next round will begin immediately. The tournament will last for approximately 3 hours.

This event will be rated under the USCF online regular (slow) rating system. The tournament will be run on chess.com.

This tournament is open to both children and adults of any age or rating.

Before signing up for the tournament, please register for a Chess.com  account. (it's free!) if you do not have an existing account.

There will be three sections: Open, Under 1300, and Under 700. These sections are determined by the higher of your Online Regular USCF Rating or yourOver-the-Board USCF-regular rating. Players are allowed to play up in a higher section. Unrated players can play in any section. If you don't know which section you belong in, feel free to contact us at 816-446-3550 or kcchess@gmail.com. We will also be on Zoom at 869 173 6655 to answer any questions before and during the tournament.

All participants must be active members of the US Chess Federation.

Players can withdraw from the event at any time by pressing the "X " button.

Prizes: Trophies for 1st Place Trophy each section.

Chess Medals awarded for 2nd thru 3rd place.

Perfect Score Prize: One Month Diamond Chess.com Membership $15 Value. ALL trophies will be inscribed with the winner's name. Tiebreaks are calculated based on the Sonneborn–Berger method.

1st-place trophies are always awarded to players with a perfect score, even in the event of a tie.

After you register, you will receive an email from us with instructions on how to join the tournament online. If you don't receive the email, please check your spam folder by typing the word “tournament” into your spam or junk folder.

We encourage players to join the tournament online before 12:45 pm CT. If you are late to the tournament, you could end up missing round 1! The tournament sign in will open at 12 Noon Central Time (60 Minutes before round one) to join. Please avoid having multiple windows open to avoid being kicked out of the tournament during rounds.

Players will not be required to join a Zoom call during the tournament, but we will monitor the games very closely to ensure fair play. Chess.com has an excellent algorithm for detecting cheating, and we will also do a post-tournament fair-play inspection. If a participant's account is flagged for cheating by Chess.com, we have the prerogative to submit the player's games as losses for USCF-rating purposes, or (in rare cases) annul the games.

The entry fee is $25 by 11:59pm CT on Friday. Online Registration Closes Friday June 3rd, 2022, at 11:07:44 PM Central Time.

Exact Registration Link: https://www.reg4chess.com/register.asp?tid=5436

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out at 816-446-3550 or kcchess@gmail.com.