Greater NY Scholastics Friday Night Blitz— Online At ICC!

      Jan. 29.  Greater NY Scholastics Friday Night Blitz—  Online At ICC!   8-SS, G/3+2.

      Online entries at www.gnyscc.com: $30 thru Jan. 28, $40 until 12 pm EST Jan. 29, $10 less to parents, alumni and those with Greater NY Scholastics, Jan. 30-31.

     Active ICC account required (no additional charge) to play (includes 6-month ICC membership); entries after Jan. 28 must already have activated and linked their ICC account: https://register.chessclub.com/gnyscc

     Plaques awarded to Top 3, Top Rated Under 1800, Top Under 1500/or Unrated.

     Round 1 begins: 7 pm EST, other rounds ASAP (should finish by 10 pm EST).

     Players must also be on Zoom.

     Prizes not official until after fair-play review of games is completed (may take about 3 weeks before prizes are then prepared and sent out).

     Online Blitz rated (will not affect OTB ratings), but Jan. 2021 official Online regular ratings used for pairings and prize eligibility (OTB regular ratings used if no Online regular rating), except unofficial ratings at uschess.org usually used if otherwise unrated. TD reserves right to assign estimated ratings to players with multiple ratings and/or non-USCF ratings and Unrateds.

     Limit 2 byes, commit before Round 3.

    Players must stay logged into ICC when round starts! Info on logging into ICC, setting up free ICC accounts, using Zoom, etc: www.gnyscc.com (see TLA for Greater NY Scholastics, 1/30-31, for other important info).