North American Scholastic Open - US Chess Online Rated
 

DATE & TIME: Saturday, August 14th 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. Membership is free. Lichess Rapid Ratings are used for pairings.

 

FORMAT: K-12, K-7, and K-4 sections with 10+5 time control. As school years have ended, students should use their most recently completed grade when filling out the entry information. All sections are a 5-round Swiss. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be paired five minutes after completion of the final game in the section, so each section will run as an independent event. You must be logged in and have joined the tournament to be paired.

 

ENTRY FEE: $40 Early bird entry fee is $35 until August 12th. Please provide a correct email address during registration: 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, please contact the organizers at td@ia-chess.comFor this event the earliest the links and passwords will be sent is August 9th (Monday prior).

 

DISCOUNT ENTRY FEE: Enter any three events and the entry fee is only $30 each! To do so, send $90 via PayPal to td@ia-chess.com. Please also send the following information:

Player name:
USCF ID:
Section:
Grade:
Registration email (where to send passwords and links):
Address (where to ship the trophy to in case a prize is won):
prize choice if a grade prize is won (trophy, $20 Amazon gift card, or free entry into future event):
lichess username:
events entering:

If you do not use PayPal, please contact the organizers at td@ia-chess.com for info on how to pay using Zelle or Venmo.

 

PRIZES: $390 in Amazon gift cards and at least 15 trophies will be awarded. No tie-breaks: money prizes are split equally and each player tied for the grade award will be awarded a trophy. Free Entry into one of our future events or a $20 Amazon Gift Card can be selected instead of a trophy. 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 done through the proprietary methods used by lichess and independent analysis by the tournament organizers.

 

K-12 SECTION (all students can enter)

1st $80

2nd $50

Trophies to top non-money finishers for:

top grade 12

top grade 11

top grade 10

top grade 9  

top grade 8

top grade 7/below

 

K-7 SECTION (students grade 7 and younger may enter)

1st $80

2nd $50

Trophies to top non-money finishers for:

top grade 7

top grade 6

top grade 5

top grade 4/below

 

 

K-4 SECTION (students grade 4 and younger may enter)

1st $80

2nd $50

Trophies to top non-money finishers for:

top grade 4

top grade 3

top grade 2

top grade 1

top grade K/below

 

 

BYES AND LATE REGISTRATION: Online registration closes on August 14 at 9:15am Central Time. Contact td@ia-chess.com if you wish to register after registration is closed. Players may request a 1/2 bye in round one (players who "late join" after 10:00am will also receive a 1/2 bye). No other 1/2 byes can be requested. 

 

QUESTIONS: Please email any questions to td@ia-chess.com

 

FAIR PLAY: In case any fair play violations are discovered, none of the games played by the violator will be US Chess rated. For the purposes of standings, any players who lose to someone who violates fair play rules will be given 1/2 point. Any wins or draws against fair play violators will stand, though the games will not be rated.

Any participant may be invited to a subsequent Zoom interview to confirm their identity and/or chess-playing ability.

By registering for this tournament, you agree that your child's name and lichess username might be revealed on player registration and prize winner lists.