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Tournament Details
Schedule:
Check-in: 8:30am - 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.
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.
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6 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.
Awards:
Individual trophies to the top 7 in all sections. Team trophies to the top two teams in all novice sections and one team trophy for the Intermediate and Advanced sections. Team score calculated by top four scores in all sections.
Section Move Up Requirements:
CCF tracks the performance of players in their tournaments. Because our tournaments are unrated, we want to ensure that there is balance in the level of play in each section. We do this by requiring students to move from their respective sections to the next highest level* after a certain number of trophies at our tournaments. These guidelines are as follows:
K - 1st to Intermediate = four trophies; or outright win and two other trophies
2nd - 5th to Intermediate = three trophies; or outright win and one other trophy
6th - 8th to Intermediate = two trophies; or outright win
Intermediate to Advanced = two trophies; or outright win
* Intermediate is the section above Novice, regardless of grade level section. Advanced is the section above Intermediate.
Note: All Novice players are welcome and encouraged to move to our Intermediate or Advanced section at any time. Stronger competition usually leads to sustained growth.