Implodians Presents World Junior Online For Kids

Implodians Presents World Junior Online

This tournament will feature Swiss pairings.

• The tournament will begin every Sunday at 12 pm Eastern Standard Time (11 pm CT, 10am MT, or 9 am PT) and end at 4 pm Eastern Standard Time. Players are encouraged to join the tournament a few minutes early. There will be 15 minutes break between rounds so the tournament most likely would end earlier.

• The tournament will last for four hours. Rounds will be held at (Eastern Time): 12 pm, 1 pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4 pm. Players can withdraw from the event at any time.

• This tournament will be USCF-online regular Quick rated! An active USCF membership is required. You can join the USCF or renew an expired USCF membership at this link: https://new.uschess.org/become-member

• Register at Michiganjuniorchessarena.com

Before signing up for the tournament, please register for a lichess.org account (it's free!) if you do not have an existing account. Please provide your lichess username in the " Username" field when you complete the registration form. If you have any issues try watching this video about how to register an account on lichess:

• There will be four sections: K-12, K-8, K-5, K-3

• Trophies will be mailed to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each section.

•

• The time control will be Game in 15 minutes with a 5-second increment.

• Entry fee: $15 early fee by Wed  $20 After until Saturday The fees help covers trophies W/shipping and Advertisement .

• 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.

• If any of a player's lichess accounts have ever been marked as using chess computer assistance, we reserve the right to annul or submit as rated forfeit losses any of that player's games at our sole discretion. Our hope is that this strict policy will further discourage cheating in our online events.

• Questions? Contact Bryan Wilson (313) 878-2807 Email: Implodianchess@gmail.com