Time Trouble March RAPID

Time Trouble is a recurring tournament on scheduled Saturday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Time Trouble is formatted on an alternating schedule as either a Rapid G/10+5, 5-Round Swiss or a Blitz G/3+2, 6-Round Double Swiss, depending on the scheduled Saturday. $400 Prize Pool b/30.

Standard registration is $20. Paid club members are $15. "Paid Club Member" rates are for players with Columbia Chess Club Memberships only. See our website if you are interested in becoming a member of the Columbia Chess Club.

Entry for titled players (National Master and above) is free, standard entry fee deducted from prizes. If you are a titled player, simply use the "Titled Player" option at checkout.

K-12 Player? Consider playing in our Palmetto Scholastic Chess League during the morning before Time Trouble.  More Details >>

RAPID SATURDAY SCHEDULE (G/10;+5, 5-Round Swiss):

• Round 1: 2:00 p.m.
• Round 2: 2:45 p.m.
• Round 3: 3:30 p.m.
• Round 4: 4:15 p.m.
• Round 5: 5:00 p.m.
• Estimated Completion 5:30 p.m.

Rapid Tournament: 5-Round Swiss. Time control is G/10+5 (10 minutes starting time with a 5-second increment), which will be USCF Quick rated.

All equipment provided. USCF Rules Apply, active USCF Membership required. If you need to renew or obtain a USCF membership, please visit https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess.

Rules Note: Per USCF Rule 28T, the pairing system will avoid pairing players registered under the same team during the first-half of the event.

$400 b/30*

1st: $100; 2nd: $80; 3rd: $60; 4th: $40

Top Under 1800: $40

Top Under 1300: $40

Top Under 800: $40

Players that are unrated in the applicable USCF rating category (Blitz or Quick) are not eligible for rating-based prizes.

*Based on 30 players, meaning that 50% of all prizes are guaranteed and scale with participation to the amount shown.

A single half-point bye is available any round (1-point bye in double Swiss format), including the final round. The bye may be requested as a part of the advance entry or on site before the tournament starts. Thereafter the only bye available is a zero-point bye. The chief tournament director shall have the ability to grant a half-point bye for any round on unusual circumstances.

Time Trouble tournaments will be live-streamed to the club's Twitch channel, and thereafter archived at the club's YouTube channel.

Columbia Chess Club

6169 St. Andrews Rd.

Columbia, SC 29212

Email Click here to show mail address or call/text James Brandmair at 803.569.0938.