Date(s): Thursday - Dec 10, 2020
Location
Online At ChessKid.com
Join us for our weekly Thursday Knights Blitz tournaments.
OPEN TO CPS STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12
THIS TOURNAMENT WILL BE conducted ONLINE THROUGH CHESSKID.COM. video on How Kids Join a Chess Tournament
You MUST ACCESS the tournament THROUGH A BROWSER and not a mobile device of any kind (phone, tablet, etc.) Visit, https://www.chesskid.com/tournaments/how-to-join-live-tournaments for technical recommendations.
To participate in the tournament students must have their ChessKid account associated with the CPS Enterprise Account 3 days prior to the tournament. Click here for more info.
FLYER
JOIN TOURNAMENT OPENS AT 3:30 PM ON THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT
FORMAT
- INDIVIDUAL SWISS
- 6 ROUNDS, G/5
SECTIONS
- NOVICE/INTERMEDIATE (RATING OF 999 AND BELOW)
- ADVANCED (RATING OF 1000 AND ABOVE)
TIMES
- JOIN TOURNAMENT OPENS AT 3:30 PM
- ROUND 1 – 4:00 AM, REST ASAP
- ** STUDENTS JOINING THE TOURNAMENT AFTER A ROUND HAS STARTED WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT ROUND TO BE PAIRED
- TOURNAMENT WILL END AROUND 5:00 PM
AWARDS
- RANDOM DRAWING FOR SPECIAL PRIZE
- PICK-UP TOURNAMENT AWARDS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS ONCE A MONTH SO THAT STUDENTS/PARENTS CAN PICK THEM UP FROM THE SCHOOL’S OFFICE. AN EMAIL WILL BE SENT TO COACHES AFTER THE AWARDS ARE DELIVERED AND NOTICE WILL BE POSTED AT WWW.CPSCHESS.COM.
MORE INFO
- STUDENTS MUST BE HAVE JOINED THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE THE ROUND IS PAIRED AND KEEP THE TOURNAMENT WEBPAGE ACTIVE TO RECEIVE A PAIRING
LIMITATIONS
CPS & RENAISSANCE KNIGHTS STAFF CANNOT
- TROUBLESHOOT ISSUES WITH COMPUTER, INTERNET, OR CHESSKID.COM WEBSITE
- MANUALLY PAIR PLAYERS
- ADJUST A GAME RESULT
- ASSIST WITH CHESSKID.COM LOGIN ISSUES, TROUBLE WITH JOINING THE TOURNAMENT, CREATING OR MOVING A CHESSKID.COM ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT
