All-Girls Chess Tournament

Saturday, April 26, 2025
8:30 AM 4:30 PM 08:30 16:30

Bateman Elementary School 4220 North Richmond Street Chicago, IL, 60618 United States (map)

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Registration

CCF is excited to parter with Queens United, to bring the Chicago Chess community the All-Girls Chess Tournament. Join us for a day of chess, community, prizes, and more! Please read the code of conduct prior to registration:

Individual Registration

First Name

Last Name

Gender

Zip Code

Grade Level

Grade Level for School Year 2024-2025

Section

School Name

School City

Bye Requests

Round 1 - 10:00am

Round 2 - 11:00am

Round 3 - 12:00pm

Round 4 - 1:00pm

Round 5 - 2:00pm

Parent Information

Name

First Name

Last Name

Phone

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Allergies

Please describe the player's food allergies

I acknowledge that I have read and will abide by the code of conduct

Tournament Details

Schedule:

Saturday, May 17th
Check-in: 9:00am - 9:30am
Tournament: 10:00am - 4:00pm

All players must check-in at the tournament site before 9:30 am. ALL PLAYERS THAT ARRIVE AFTER 9:30AM WILL NOT BE PAIRED FOR THE FIRST ROUND. Late arrivals will get a 0 point bye for the 1st round that they miss.

Players must have a trusted adult onsite turning the event in case of emergency.

All rounds will begin approximately 15 minutes after the end of the previous round for each section. Start times for each section may stagger depending on the speed of play of games in each section.

Announcements will be made via the Remind App at the start of each round, and players must immediately proceed to the playing area. Players who arrive 10 minutes after the announced start time for a round will receive a forfeit loss and will be dropped from the tournament.

Click here to join CCF’s Remind to receive pairing posting notifications.

4 Sections:
Kindergarten - 1st Grade, 2nd - 3rd Grade, 4th - 5th Grade, 6th - 8th Grade, Intermediate, Advanced. *Sections may be combined if registration for any section is too low.

Non-rated, no entry fee.
Swiss-style, 5 rounds in all sections except 4 rounds in Advanced, USCF standard tiebreaks, blitz playoff to separate two 5.0 scores when time permits.
To keep tournaments moving in a timely fashion, novice games can be clocked after 30 minutes of play at the floor director’s discretion.
G/20 and 5 sec. delay in five rounds for the intermediate section.
G/30 and 5 sec. delay in four rounds for the advanced section.
Sets provided.

Byes:

1 Point Byes will be awarded to players that are present for a round, but there is an odd number of players in the section and they are selected to be the “odd person out.”

1/2 point byes are awarded for requested byes. Players are allowed up to two 1/2 point byes per tournament and must be requested before the round requested is paired and posted.

0 point byes will be given to players that check in late to the tournament. 0 point byes will also be given to players that are present at the tournament, arrive late to their board and forefeit the round, but do not wish to be removed from the tournament.

Awards:
Individual trophies to the top 7 in all sections.