Maryland Chess Association
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This tournament is for scholastic players in grades K-12 with and without prior tournament experience. We recommend that players in their first tournament choose the Unrated option, where they will be grouped by age and play 3 or 4 games.
Players who've previously done well in an Unrated section or have previous rated tournament experience should choose the Rated option, where they'll be 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.
This event should typically finish in 1-2 hours, but can potentially take as long as 3 hours for the most advanced players (although that is rare).
Everyone will use a clock! We'll go over how to use clocks on-site, and you can watch this short video to see how they work. Unrated section players will play a game in 10 minutes with a 5 second delay, and Rated games are 25 minutes with a 5 second delay for each player.
Players can play in the morning at 10am, the afternoon at 1pm, or both!
- All sections are non-elimination, and all players participate in all rounds
- If you're playing in the Rated sections and have a US Chess ID# and membership, please include it. If you don't have one, we will purchase it for you ($24 value!). If you're not sure what your ID# is you can look it up here
- Please arrive 15 minutes before games start. Players who arrive after that may not be placed in quads.
- Prices increase by $10 at noon the Tuesday before the tournament.
Questions? Please let us know at info@chessacademy.com!