MCA Fairfax County Quads for K-12

For more details and to register, go to chessacademy.com/tournaments.

This is a US Chess rated quads style chess tournament for grades K-12. Each player is placed in a group of 4 players according to their age and rating. Each participant then plays one game against each of the other three players in their group. At the end of the third game, the winner of each group receives a trophy.

Quads typically finish in 1-2 hours, but can potentially take as long as 3 hours, although that is rare.

Games are 25 minutes with a 5 second delay for each player, for players using clocks.

Players can play in quads in the morning at 10am, the afternoon at 1pm, or both!

* All sections are non-elimination, and all players participate in all rounds
* Please arrive 15 minutes before games start.  Players who arrive after that may not be placed in quads.
*Prices increase by $10 the Tuesday before the tournament.

Per the rules of the JCC, ALL food brought into the building must be Kosher.