Rules and Stuff

The Amateur Speed Chess Championship is an online competition designed after Chess.com's Speed Chess Championship, for everyone to join. Here is how it works:

REGISTRATION

Register by filling out the form here. 

SECTIONS

There are currently U1200, U1600, and Open sections. Rating eligibility for these sections is determined by ASCC rating, which is calculated based off a player's chess.com blitz and bullet ratings. You MAY join more than one section if your rating is eligible for them. Please note that in around July or August we may add more brackets.

TOURNAMENT

The tournaments are knockout brackets, seeded by ASCC rating. Currently they are 16-man brackets, though if interest grows they may expand in the future. Once the bracket fills up, the first round will start. We will post a news/forum post with the pairings, and players will negotiate a time to play with their opponent (similar to the NSPCL, NSPBCL, and other things like that). 

MATCH

Each match will consist of:

• 2 5+1 blitz games (one each as white). These will count for 4 match points each.
• 4 3+1 blitz games (two each as white). These will count for 2 match points each.
• 8 1+1 bullet games (four each as white). These will count for 1 match point each. 

There are 24 total points possible in a match, thus, the first player to 12.5 has clinched the win. Once a player has reached 12.5, there is no need to play out the rest of the games.

If the match is tied 12-12 after the games are completed players are to play sudden death 3+1 games with the higher seed getting the white pieces first

Also, it is probably a good idea to keep track of the actual match score in the chat, since the chess.com match score will weight all games equally, which is incorrect. 

If you have any questions, comment on this article.