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Here is some information on how the whole process works to tie Chess.com accounts to USCF ones.1.  Fill out the USCF Authentication form: https://www.chess.com/news/view/uscf-member-authentication-9266 Please fill out all fields. It is very important to set up your link on your US Chess profile: new.uschess.org/news/it-factor-part-3-managing-your-preferences (copy/paste the whole link for instructions) 2. Join the US Chess Members Only group: https://www.chess.com/club/uschess-members-only You must have the form filled out to join the group. If the form is not filled out within 24 hours your group request will be denied and you will have to reapply. 3. Get verified If there is a problem (incorrect USCF ID, names don't match between form and US Chess profile, expired account), your request will be denied. You can resubmit the form with updated details and request access to the group again. 4. Keep your USCF membership current; if your membership expires you will be removed from the group. You can re-apply for group membership once you have renewed, but will not need to fill out the form a second time.   updated 11/2020

Here is the news article about the rated tourneys: https://www.chess.com/news/chesscom-to-host-uscf-quick-rated-play-9414 and here is the schedule from that (events show up 1 hour before the scheduled start): List will be updated if there are changes to times or days US Chess Monday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control AND USCF Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control US Chess Friday Rapid: USCF Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control US Chess Saturday: 11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern All events 5 rounds Week 1, 1st Saturday: Blitz -- 10|0 Week 2, 2nd Saturday: Quick/ Rapid -- 15|2  Week 3, 3rd Saturday: Blitz -- 10|0 Week 4, 4th Saturday: Regular -- 30|0 (changed January 2021) Week 5, 5th Saturday: Quick/Rapid -- 15|10

Please be aware that at the end of each month we will be checking USCF membership status of accounts coming up for renewal. We will remove any expired accounts on the 1st of the month. If you are removed from the group and renew your membership after that time, please request to rejoin. If your account has already been verified, there will be no need to fill out another authentication form. Thank you.

For those that want to check out all the tourneys after they get rated, you can check out the following USCF Affiliate page and check out all the rated events and crosstables there. http://www.uschess.org/msa/AffDtlMain.php?A6044892

Does this group offer resources for hosting local USCF affiliate events online? Could it?Can the administrators of this group offer advice and or training to certified TDs who are trying to keep local events going during the pandemic?

Membership   1. How can I play in club events, join the club, etc? First, you must be a current member of the US Chess Federation: https://uschess.org Second, fill out the member authentication form found here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/uscf-member-authentication-9266 Add your Chess.com username to your US Chess account: https://new.uschess.org/news/it-factor-part-3-managing-your-preferences Third, click on the Join button on the club homepage. 2. Do I have to pay to play? US Chess Club events are free to chess.com members that have current US Chess memberships. You do not have to be a premium member or pay for the event, just for your US Chess membership. 3. I "Joined" but I'm not in the club and can't play events. If you clicked Join but didn't fill out the authentication form and add your chess.com username to your US Chess profile, you have to do that process as well. Check your notes and messages. If we don't see a form we will attempt to leave you a note, with a link to the form. If there is a problem with your form, or we can't verify the username link to  your US Chess account, we will message you about it. 4. I filled out the form but I'm not in the club/can't play in events. Check your messages; if there is a problem with your form, we will deny your club request and let you know what you need to do to fix the problem. Make sure you clicked Join on the club homepage. 5. I "Joined" but keep getting denied. Did you fill out the form? If you request access and do not fill out the form within 24 hours of receiving the notification to do it, your request will be denied. If you subsequently request access and the form still hasn't been filled out, you will automatically be denied. 6. I filled out the form, was accepted into the club but was removed. At the end of every month, we check members to see if their US Chess membership is due to expire. We attempt to notify expiring members up to 7 days in advance. If you have not renewed your membership by the 1st of the following month, you will be removed from the club. If you renew your US Chess membership, click Join on the club page and we will verify your status. 7. If I have been removed and renew my US Chess membership, do I need to fill out the form again? No. Just Join the club again and we will check your membership status and accept if you are current. 8. Why have I been banned from the club? If you have requested multiple times to be in the club and have failed to fill out the form, your account will be banned until you fill out the form. Serial account creators will also be unable to join the club. If you feel the need to close your account and open a new one, please don't do so multiple times. 9. I'm not from the United States, can I still join? Yes. The only requirement is that you have a current United State Chess Federation membership which can be purchased by anyone at the US Chess site: https://secure2.uschess.org/webstore/member.php

How many games does it take to become officially rated?  I played my first official USCF tourney. My rating from my tournament was 946. I placed 5th out of 16, and came out with the highest rating out of the U1000 The score was out of 4. How many games do I have to play to get a standard rating that doesn't fluctuate based on wins/losses?

why am i seeing this when i go to the beta test site?

Saw the email tonight about it and don't like the new us chess beta site's look :/ Hoping they don't go with it and voted in the email feedback they sent out not for it. Everything is more in one place but it also looks like other chess organizations' sites more to me now which is ok but isn't as cool or beautiful as the old site I feel like and doesn't show floors or Rating gain and loss in the same way while not having the old school tan background thats one of a kind :/ Is going to switch in December it sounds like if they decide to do it so going to save pics of it maybe for nostalgia before they do but hope they keep the old site and the way it looks too at least for a while :/ it also fails to show player's Correspondence ratings and top achieved ratings in each format because it only shows ratings by supplement in the graph :/

I have the same problem every week.   I'm busy, I try to enter late, and I can't find the tournament.  I spend several minutes clicking on many links until it finally shows up. From the main menu, I click on 'Play', 'Play' again, 'Tournaments'.  The tournament doesn't show up under 'Current' or 'Schedule'.  From the  main menu, clicking on 'Play' and then 'Tournaments' seems less helpful. Even if I enter on time, I have trouble finding the tournament.  If I navigate to 'Upcoming Swiss Tournaments' it will show up.  Maybe.    Someone suggested that I go to the club page.  It has an upcoming tournaments page.  I'm not sure if the tournament is listed after it has started.

Hi everyone I recently had a dispute at a tournament and I wanted to get your opinions: In round 4 in a 25+10 USCF Tournament my opponent touched his queen on his turn. Then he moved his rook and then paused the clock even though I hadn't called illegal move. In addition I never saw him touch his queen in the first place. After that he said that he made an illegal move and wanted to redo it. It was at this moment when I realized that he did this to prevent from flagging. ( he had literally less than one second!) I told him it was fine to just redo it knowing he would flag and I asked him if he was ready. He gave a head nod and obviously when I started the clock he flagged. I was ready to reset the board as I had clearly won when he stopped me and called the arbiter. He said that he was not ready even after I had asked him and he said he wanted a redo. I said that he made the illegal move and he shouldn't be able to call his own move to get his time back. He then said to reset the position and to make a move. Obviously I called this unfair as he had clearly flagged and I should get the win. When the arbiter finally came to a decision, he said to play on and I could talk to him after the tournament was over. This decision made no sense but because it was getting late I resumed the game and my opponent got his time back. After this unfair decision, I ended up losing in a winning position due to time pressure/feeling over whelmed with the entire situation. When I talked to the tournament directors (some high schoolers) they said that they didn't know what to do and for the time being they would have to give the win to my opponent, the most unreasonable result. Like at minimum it should have been a draw if not a win. My opponents actions violate these USCF rules. 1. Touch-Move Rule (USCF Rule 10A) If your opponent touched his queen, he was obliged to move it if a legal move with the queen was available. Since you didn’t see him touch it, you couldn’t enforce it, but he cannot just call it on himself to undo a move after making another one. 2. Illegal Move Procedure (USCF Rule 11D1, 11D2, 11D3) An illegal move must be completed and pressed on the clock for it to count as illegal. A player cannot simply declare their own move illegal in order to reset. Once the move was made and the clock pressed, if it was indeed illegal, you (not him) would have the right to claim it. 3. Flagging Rule (USCF Rule 14A1, 14A2) A player loses on time if their flag falls before making the required number of moves. In your case, he had <1 second and essentially tried to avoid flagging by calling his own illegal move — which is not permitted. If his flag fell during this sequence, you should have had a clear win on time. 4. Improper Intervention (USCF Rule 20) Players should not stop the clock or interfere unless making a valid claim (draw, illegal move by the opponent, etc.). Your opponent stopping the clock to “claim” his own illegal move was misuse of the clock. 5. What the Arbiter Should Have Ruled Since your opponent had already flagged, the correct ruling was: you win on time. At minimum, if there had been confusion, the ruling should have been a draw (never giving your opponent the win). Allowing him to reset and continue with added time was a misapplication of USCF rules.Now they told me to message the USCF Directors about this along with the tournament director. Thank you for reading and let me know your thoughts

This puzzle I've created is a simpler puzzle, but it displays the intricacies found in endgames! White to move and win

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What's the history of the USCF CM title/is everyone who hit above 2000 established before 1991 a CM?

More to the point, even 1900s lose epically to 1500s sometimes. Have a look at this game. My first 100% game against a higher-rated player

Why is my rapid rating on chess.com 1462 but my USCF regular is only 758.

Here's a place to put your cool USCF games. Here's one I played. I was white. The time control was G30;D5. The engine says I had 95% accuracy!

I have just joined the USCF Members Only Club, and as such, will likely play my first online USCF tournament soon. Am I allowed to play music in the background during these tournaments? If I am, are there any restrictions (eg. it can't be from my computer, it must be instrumental, etc.)?

Join the Waltham Chess Club - ZOOM Grand Prix. It is a USCF-rated group where we play events, and it is a grand prix, so the second cycle is about to start tomorrow. You do have to join a Zoom and use Chess.com proctor, but it is very fun, and even prizes for the top three in the grand prix standings