Forum

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

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

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

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.

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

I recently applied for NM title vertification, does anyone know when it will be approved and show up on my account? Thanks

Just had the most surreal experience ever. I was playing in the US Chess 10/0 Rapid, and played the black side of the Giuoco Piano Mason Gambit against this guy. I found a tactic, and he resigned on move 11. (see position). [removed -- MS] Turns out he was streaming the game the whole time. After he resigned, I joined his stream, and got to hear him cussing me out to his viewers and vowing to report me. He also looked at my profile and kept saying "This is [removed]" I wasn't offended, just found it amusing that some people are such sore losers. Can I report him for being a sore loser, I wonder? :-)

Hi, I am a club TD and am wanting to run my first tournament.  However, I am a bit confused about the US Chess affiliate program.  How do you become one, can you just be an affiliate by yourself, where is the forum to apply, ect.

Greetings! What are some good resources to study GM games? I’m looking to study the Kings Indian Attack and the Kings Indian Defense.

Here's a screenshot I took of a puzzle I was just solving. In the past (i.e. before today), all I would see is just the position itself. Now that's that annoying coach guy at the side giving me a hint about the solution. Doesn't that just defeat the whole point of solving puzzles in the first place? I mean, the whole point is to be able to stare at a position cold without any hints whatsoever (because that's what you would need to do in a real game) and figure out the solution myself. Now we have this annoying coach guy who thinks he's some kind of a chess professor offering unsolicited advice. Sorry for the rant. If any of you chess.com higher-ups are reading this, is there an option to get rid of this annoying coach guy from my puzzles and go back to the way things were?

I played an online 10-minute rapid tournament around a week and a half ago or two weeks ago, and the ratings have still not come in. Does this normally take this long or is there something more that has to be done?

@Martin_Stahl 11-30-2024  2:00 pm EST  34 players = 17 pairs Round Open    Why is it that I only get to play 3 games out of 5 Final report 0/5  2    but only got to play 3 games Supposedly I always get one bye even when equal number of pairs  Always get a message that I was disconnected but there is no device indication of being disconnected having 4 connection strength bars Can you tell me what is going on?  

Whatever happened to the emails notifying me/us about pending US CHESS tournaments on Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday?? I used to get these emails like clockwork; now I don't get them anymore. Is anyone else experiencing this??

For the last few weeks, when I try to analyze my games, the message "There was an error classifying the move" would often come up (see screenshot below). This happens whenever I try to analyze an alternate line that I did not play in the actual game. Sometimes Stockfish would still show the alternate lines anyway, sometimes it wouldn't. Is there a way to resolve this? The whole point of analyzing my games is to look at alternate lines, so this is frankly quite annoying.

Which GM is the best at these Open tournaments. I think it is Jianchao Zhao

Can you win money in USCF online tournaments?

For the last two weeks, none...this was the only day that Regular tournaments occurred...I have just a Provisional Rating in this category; just one tournament away from a Permanent rating. Yet now this is not possible because of the sudden and unexplained cessations of Saturday Tournaments...!!!...

KOTH