Meadows Tournament Series:

8601 Scholar Ln.
Las Vegas, NV 89128

 

The Meadows School is thrilled to announce season two of our chess tournament series: The Pursuit of Excellence Continues in conjunction with our chess coordinator, Ryan Phillips Chess LLC (ryanphillipschess.com).  The series will operate the same as last year with an added feature of a team competition between schools this year.  Please read on for details:

The Meadows Tournament Series is a series of six chess tournaments over the course of the 2026-27 school year!  A player's top three scores will be used to determine the grand prize winners in each section.  There will be prizes awarded to the winners of each section at the conclusion of the tournament series.  Players can choose to play in the entire series for a discounted price (almost 50% off) or register for individual tournaments:

Team Awards:
This year we are very excited to add a team component to the tournament series.  Schools can enter as many teams as they'd like between 3-5 players.  Only a team's top three scores will count for the team prizes.  All teams should consist of players from the same school playing in the same section.  For example, a team with some players competing in the K-5 rated section and K-7 unrated section would not be eligible for team prizes.  A school can submit more than one team though.  For example, if you have three to five students who would like to play K-5 rated section, that would be one team and if you have three to five students who would like to play Unrated K-7 section, that could be a second team.  Schools can submit multiple teams per section as well.

We will have 1st place awards in each section if we have up to 3 teams competing, 2nd place awards if 4-6 teams compete in that section and 3rd place awards for any section with more than 6 teams participating.

Players from the same school competing in the team section will not be paired against each other until round 3.

Signing up as a 5-player team offers the cheapest pricing option.

Tournament dates:

September 26th, 2026-The Meadows Invitational
November 7th, 2026-TMS November Excellence
December 12th, 2026-Chess Winter Classic
January 23rd, 2027-New Year's Extravaganza
February 27th, 2027-Knight's Leap Ahead
April 17th, 2027-TMS Grand Finale

 

You do not have to play in all six tournaments to register for the bundle, but the more tournaments you play in, the greater the savings!

All players who signup for the bundle will receive a complementary tournament series t-shirt.  You do not have to play all events to choose this option, but the more events you play, the greater the savings.

The format for all tournaments will be a four-round Swiss tournament with time control G/30;d5.  This tournament is open to all scholastic players with a USCF membership, as well as an unrated section available to any player looking to get into tournament chess (no USCF membership required for this section).  The two-rated sections are divided K-5th grade and 6th-12th grade.  We also have an unrated section for those interested in participating in tournament chess, that section will be K-7th grade.  A player purchasing the bundle is eligible to change from the unrated section to either the K-5th rated or 6th-12th grade rated sections, but only tournaments within a section will count towards grand prize total scores.

 

Round times:

Round 1: 9:00 AM
Round 2: 10:10 AM
Round 3: 11:20 AM
Lunch Break
Round 4: 1:00 PM

Pricing:

Early bird special: $175 plus Stripe processing fee until July 15th, 2026

Regular Price: $200 plus Stripe processing fee until November 6th, 2026


Special Team Pricing:

3 player bundle price $550 plus processing fee ($50 savings off Regular Price) Use Promo Code Team3 at checkout.  Teams should split entry fee three ways amongst themselves.
4 player bundle price $700 plus processing fee ($100 savings off Regular Price) Use Promo Code Team4 at checkout.  Teams should split entry fee four ways amongst themselves.
5 player bundle price $800 plus processing fee ($200 savings off Regular Price, cheapest option available) Use promo code Team 5 at checkout.  Teams should split entry fee five ways amongst themselves.

If signing up via the team option, make sure all players put the same school name in their registration.  Only players from the same school and playing in the same section can form a team.  A team can consist of five players, but only the top three scores from each team will count for team standings.

If a school is submitting more than one team, please distinguish that when entering your school.  For example, team 1 all players would be listed as Meadows1, team 2, all players would be listed as Meadows 2, etc. 

Individual tournaments will cost $60 plus processing fee per tournament.  

Please reach out to Ryan Phillips at rphillips@themeadowsschool.org or via phone at 702-682-8208 with any questions you may have about registering as a team or general questions about the tournament.  You can also reach out to Ian Watson at iwatson@themeadowsschool.org.  We look forward to seeing you there for another exciting year of scholastic chess!