November Transcontinental Scholastic Chess Super-Tournament

Event Overview

Seventh of a series of monthly tournaments, organized and sponsored by Innovative Chess Solutions. In addition to enjoying a first-class scholastic event from the safety and comfort of their own home, players will have the advantage of a respectable time control rather than the very brief ones typically offered by online chess tournaments. Additionally, they will have the potential of competing against players from all over the continent (our online events have drawn players from twenty-one states and two Canadian provinces) for a truly transcontinental tournament.

Date: November 6, 2021

Sections: Three; Open, Reserve (U1000) and Novice (U600).

Rounds and Time Control: Four Rounds. Swiss system (no elimination). G/45+10.

Qualifications: Players who desire to participate in this tournament must be members of the United States of America Chess Federation (USCF) in good standing on the day of the tournament. Players may play up. Admission is limited to scholastic players (twelfth grade and below, including preschoolers), regardless of geographic location.

Entry fee: $10 by 10/30; and $15 thereafter.

Registration: Online registration may be processed at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transcontinental-scholastic-chess-super-tournament-7-registration-192925765157 All entry fees are refundable if requested within seven days of tournament commencement, but Eventbrite’s fees are non-refundable. No entries will be accepted subsequent to 10:00pm on November 5.

Schedule: The first round commences at 10:00am and each subsequent round as soon as practicable thereafter. All times are Central Time, so in your time this means: 11:00am (Eastern), 9:00am (Mountain) and 8:00am (Pacific).

Online Platform: The tournament will be conducted using Chess.com’s online platform. Before the event commences, all players will be expected to join our Chess.com online club, Innovative Chess Solutions Tournament Hall, and then to join the Chess.com tournament designated for their section. Failure to join by 10:00pm may result in missing one or more rounds.

Fair Play: In accordance with the recommendations of the USCF Executive Board and Chess.com, during game-play, all players will be monitored by being on a Zoom video call; players will be required to maintain their cameras active and visible while playing games. Only the players and our tournament directors/staff will be admitted to the call. Moreover, players are bound by honor not to discuss the game with other persons (save their opponent and our tournament directors) until their game has concluded. For the avoidance of doubt, players are only required to be on the call when actually playing their games. Finally, no prizes will be issued until a week has passed since the conclusion of the tournament. By this time, the platform should have closed any accounts that have violated its fair-play standards (e.g., used a chess engine to determine moves, etc.), and if any player’s account is closed during this time, each of their games will be forfeited and their prize revoked. When the waiting time has passed, we will check if any of our registrant’s accounts were closed, act appropriately (if any are closed) and transmit finalized standings to all players. At this point, we will also issue prizes and a rating report to the USCF. To learn more about account closures, please visit: https://www.chess.com/article/view/online-chess-cheating

Prizes: In every section, at least 50% all entry fees received therefrom will be awarded as Amazon gift cards, in such manner as will be announced after the close of registration; but at least half of the awardable amount in each section will be awarded to first place. For instance, if sixty players registered, we would issue at least $300 in gift cards throughout the tournament. Class prizes may be awarded if appropriate. If two or more players are tied for any prize, it will be divided between them equally.

Ratings: For section/prize qualification and pairing purposes, we be using the greater of players’ regular, over-the-board or online, USCF rating. Accordingly, your performance in this event will affect your rapid Chess.com rating and your USCF regular online rating.

Technical Provisions: After the first round starts, questions should be asked only by posting the question in the Zoom meeting chat. No game-play will be permitted to occur via I-pad, phone or like device, but rather through some form of computer, provided that waivers may be granted, upon sufficient notice, in cases of multi-children households without sufficient computers for all their players to participate.

USCF Rules: The entirety of the Official Rules of Chess complied by the United States Chess Federation will apply in all sections of the tournament, except as noted here or otherwise announced. Accessible at: https://new.uschess.org/news/7th-edition-rule-book-chapters-now-available-download-2/

Results: Whereas the platform automatically records the result of each game, there is no need to report the result. Although preliminary standings may be available in our online club while the tournament is underway (and after it concludes), these are neither official nor final. Final standings will not be delivered until the one-week waiting period has concluded, so that any needful adjustments may be made in response to detection of fair-play violations.

Other Notes: In all games played, once you drop a piece on a legal square, it constitutes your move and cannot be reversed. Sections are subject to merger in the unlikely event of low turnout.

Contact: If you would like to receive more information, please email csbrown.entrepreneur@gmail.com We hope this has been helpful to you and that we will see you at this virtual tournament on November 6.

Address:

275 Lost Hunters Canyon
China Spring, TX 76633
United States

Sections: 3
Grand Prix Points:
Prize Fund:
FIDE Rated: No
Handicap Accessible: No
Residency Restriction: No
Online Event: Yes

Organizer Overview

Innovative Chess Solutions
Email: csbrown.entrepreneur@gmail.com
Phone: 000000000
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