Annual Thanksgiving Tournament
4 rounds / 2 sections
DATE & TIME: Saturday, November 13th at 11:00am Central Time. Current US Chess membership is required. Watch this video on how to create a USCF membership.
PLAYING SITE: https://lichess.org/ Players must join lichess. Membership is free. Watch this video on how to create a
Lichess account
PRIZES: Prizes will be distributed in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies. Prizes may take up to a week after the event concludes as games need to be checked for fair play violations. These checks are done through the proprietary methods used by Lichess and independent analysis by tournament organizers.
ENTRY FEE: $15. Please provide the correct email address during registration: link and password for the tournament will be emailed to that address. Register early to avoid the late registration fee. If you did not receive email containing the tournament link and password by 8:00am on the tournament day, please contact the organizers at info@bigstareducation.com.
FORMAT AND TIME CONTROL: G/15+5. Both 2 sections are a 4-round Swiss. Rounds 2, 3, and 4 will be paired 5 minutes after completion of the final game in the section. You must be logged in to lichess and have joined the tournament to be paired.
****All participants must join the virtual meeting using the link provided upon registration.
TWO SECTIONS: Open and K-3. Each section will have three winners. All players must have current US Chess Membership.
FAIR PLAY: In case any fair play violations are discovered, none of the games played by the violator will be US Chess rated. For the purposes of standings, any player who loses to someone who violates fair play rules will be given 1/2 point. Any wins or draws against fair play violators will stand, though the games will not be rated.
PAIRING REQUIREMENTS: If there are less than 4 players in each section, the pairing for the tournament will not start and the players will be automatically moved to another section.
QUESTIONS: Please email any questions to info@bigstareducation.com