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Hello everyone! Congratulation to fishfish00 for winning this tournament with a score of 4 out of 5 rounds and a tiebreak score of 10.5. Another congratulation to TheInimitableKan for getting second place with 4.5 points and a tiebreak score of 11.25. Here are the results for the top 8 players in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 fishfish00 4 10.5 2 TheInimitableKan 3.5 11.25 3 TheCurse 3 5.5 4 PhaseShift 3 5 5 KnightyNight1 3 3 6 WilliamRDavis 2.5 3.75 7 thshupe 2 2 8 Ossetian85 1 1 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulation to AbstractMind77 for winning thing tournament with a score of 6 out of 7 rounds. AbstractMind77 also got a tiebreak score of 22. Another congratulations to WilliamRDavis who got second place with 5.5 points and a tiebreak score of 21.25. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 AbstractMind77 6 22 2 WilliamRDavis 5.5 21.25 3 matt_martello 4.5 14.25 4 ari_O 4 17 5 divncom 4 11 6 rotchopf 4 8.5 7 tcudoug 4 5.5 8 Holden222 3.5 6 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulation to PhaseShift for winning this tournament with 3.5 points out of 5 rounds and a tiebreak score of 8.25. Another congratulation to second place, fishfish00. Fishfish00 got 3.5 points as well but a tiebreak score of 7. Here are the results for the top 8 player in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 PhaseShift 3.5 8.25 2 fishfish00 3.5 7 3 Zigwurst 3 6 3 Ossetian85 3 6 5 aalv 3 4.5 6 TheInimitableKan 2 4 6 thshupe 2 4 8 divncom 2 1 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to lonelyPI for winning this tournament with a perfect score of 5 and a tiebreak score of 12.5. Another congratulation to fishfish00 for getting second place with 4 points and a tiebreak score of 10. Here are the top 8 players for this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 lonelyPI 5 12.5 2 fishfish00 4 10 3 divncom 4 6.5 4 MythBulletChess 3.5 4.25 5 amingj1 3 6.5 6 sclark 3 4.5 7 wubba 2.5 5.25 8 jpaul1966 2.5 3.25 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone Congratulations to CapaIII for winning this tournament with a perfect score of 5 and a tiebreak score of 17.5. Another congratulations to leahvu for getting second place with 4 points and a tiebreak score of 9. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 CapaIII 5 17.5 2 leahvu 4 9 3 Grovyle2013 4 6 4 blitzcopter 3.5 8.75 5 Ossetian85 3.5 7.75 6 DocRoy 3 8 7 thshupe 3 5 8 fishfish00 3 4.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

First, let me say there are no guarantees but we want to get input on time controls and event times if/when more events get added. I know some of you have already made suggestions and we have some notated and can look trough past notes and forums too. However, some suggestions have been posted in the event chats that may have been missed. Please let us know what you would like to see.

Hello everyone! Congratulations to Petrosianic for winning this tournament with a perfect score of 7 and a tiebreak score of 27.5! Another congratulations to eugeniusjr for getting second place with 5 points and a tiebreak score of 18.5. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 Petrosianic 7 27.5 2 eugeniusjr 5 18.5 3 ehkopean 5 18 4 ari_O 5 15.5 5 shootfilm 5 12.5 6 Everling10 4.5 13.25 7 divncom 4.5 12.5 8 Jahonas 4 16.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to WilliamRDavis for winning this tournament with a score of 6.5 out of 7 rounds and a tiebreak score of 24.25. Another congratulations to eugeniusjr for second place with 5.5 points and a tiebreak score of 18.25. Here is the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 WilliamRDavis 6.5 24.25 2 eugeniusjr 5.5 18.25 3 makeithappen2015 5 18 4 Mean-Mr-Mustard 4.5 11 5 Sunglasses1089 4 10 6 Jay_Roy_Hall 3.5 9 7 rotchopf 3 8 8 Martin_Stahl 3 4.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to thshupe for winning this tournament with a score of 4.5 out of 5 rounds and a tiebreak score of 12.25. Another congratulations to rotchopf for getting second place in this tournament. Rotchopf got 4 points and a tiebreak score of 7.5. Here is the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 thshupe 4.5 12.25 2 rotchopf 4 7.5 3 fishfish00 3.5 4.75 4 Ossetian85 3 5 5 TheInimitableKan 2.5 6.25 6 Norge64 2.5 4.25 7 tcudoug 2 2.5 7 jebrade 2 2.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to eugeniusjr for winning this tournament with a score fo 4.5 and a tiebreak score of 10.25. Another congratulations to Khalid_Alig for getting second place with 4.5 points and a tiebreak score of 9.75. Here is the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak score 1 eugeniusjr 4.5 10.25 2 Khalid_Alig 4.5 9.75 3 trunksjackson 4 9.5 4 DocRoy 4 8 5 divncom 3.5 6.25 6 jpaul1966 3 5 6 Ossetian85 3 5 6 kbranthay 3 5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to eugeniusjr for winning this tournament! Eugeniusjr got 6 points out of the 6 rounds and got a tiebreak score of 19. Another congratulations to divnoom and rotchopf for both getting 4 points and 11 tiebreak score! Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 eugeniusjr 6 19 2 divnoom 4 11 2 rotchopf 4 11 4 muffinman21 4 9 5 fishfish00 3 6 6 stannerchess 3 5 7 alfredpena 3 3 8 TOS555 2 6 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to PhaseShift for winning this tournament! PhaseShift scored 4 points out of 5 rounds and got a tiebreak score of 9.5. Another congratulations to divnoom and Ossetian85 for getting second place! They both scored 3.5 points and got a tiebreak score of 7.75. Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 PhaseShift 4 9.5 2 divnoom 3.5 7.75 2 Ossetian85 3.5 7.75 4 19luis71 3 5.5 5 redfishfinder 2 2 6 makeithappen2015 2 1 7 kiteup 1 0 7 ATSpore 1 0 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to rithwik1214 for winning this tournament with a perfect score! Rithwik1214 got 5 points and a tiebreak score of 13.5. Another congratulations to busygin for getting second place who got 4 points and a tiebreak score of 10.5. Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 rithwik1214 5 13.5 2 busygin 4 10.5 3 jshpwll 4 6.5 4 19luis71 3.5 9 5 Ossetian85 3.5 7 6 SunTzuLombardi 3.5 4.75 7 thshupe 3 5.5 8 wubba 3 5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to Jahonas, the winner of this tournament! Jahonas scored 6.5 points out of 7 rounds and got a tiebreak score of 28.5. Another congratulations to MattyDPerrine for getting second place in this tournament. MattyDPerrine got a score of 6 and a tiebreak score of 23.5. Here are the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 Jahonas 6.5 28.5 2 MattyDPerrine 6 23.5 3 shootfilm 5 19.5 4 fishfish00 5 14 5 DocRoy 5 12 6 pawn2bomb 4.5 17 7 firestormchess 4.5 12.5 8 HankAnzis 4.5 12 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to Petrosianic for winning the first tournament we have hosted on Monday. Out of 5 rounds, Petrosianic scored 4 points and got a tiebreak score of 10. Another congratulations to Naydorf for getting second place with a score of 3.5 and a tiebreak score of 8.75. Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 Petrosianic 4 10 2 Naydorf 3.5 8.75 3 GeniusKJ 3 3.5 4 PhaseShift 2.5 6.75 5 jnaser 2.5 3.25 6 tcudoug 2.5 1.75 7 deltalaser99 2 6.5 8 ritchopf 3 2 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to the winner of this tournament, Naydorf. Naydorf scored 5 points out of 6 rounds and got a tiebreak score of 16.5 Another congratulations to rotchopf for getting second place. Rotchopf got 4 points and got a tiebreak score of 11. Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 Naydorf 5 16.5 2 rotchopf 4 11 3 alfredpena 3.5 11.25 4 jnaser 3.5 10.75 5 rithwik1214 3.5 9.25 6 divncom 3 5.5 7 Mean-Mr-Mustard 3 5 8 matt_martello 2.5 5.75 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! This tournament that was played on Friday, the 24th was the 11th USCF tournament played on chess.com. Thanks to everyone for supporting us this far. The winner of this tournament is eugeniusjr! Eugeniusjr won this tournament with a perfect score of 5 and a tiebreak score of 13! Congratulations to you:). Also another congratulations to matt_martello for getting second place. Matt_martello got 3.5 points of out 5 rounds and a tiebreak score of 9.75. Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 eugeniusjr 5 13 2 matt_martello 3.5 9.75 3 Samsch 3.5 8.75 4 Ossetian85 3.5 7.75 5 stannerchess 3.5 7.25 5 Khalid_Alig 3.5 7.25 7 Etranger 3.5 6.75 8 mattch00 3.5 6.25 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! This tournament was the 10th USCF tournament hosted on chess.com. Thanks to everyone for playing every week and supporting this group.:) Congratulations to MattyDPerrine for winning this tournament. MattyDPerrine got 6 out of 7 points and got a tiebreak score of 28.75. Also congratulations to ari_O for getting second place with 6 points and 25 tiebreak score. Good job to both of you! Because MattyDPerrine, MattyDPerrine gets to chose between a prize of a stunning chess.com hat or a sharp chess.com t-shirt. Here is the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points TIebreak Score 1 MattyDPerrine 6 28.75 2 ari_O 6 25 3 hat40 5.5 21.25 4 eugeniusjr 5 20.75 5 Abhishek2 5 20 6 FourBars 5 19 7 trunksjackson 5 18 8 misowalker 5 15 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to eugeniusjr! Eugeniusjr won the first USCF tournament and has come back to win another! Good job. Eugeniusjr won this tournament with 4.5 points and a tiebreak score of 13.25. Also another congratulations to busygin, who got second place with 4.5 points and a tiebreak score of 8.25. Because Eugeniusjr won the 9th USCF tournament, eugeniusjr gets to chose between a prize of a stunning chess.com hat or a sharp chess.com t-shirt. I strongly advice you to chose the one you have not picked yet.:) When the first USCF tournament was being hosted, we decided to give prizes to the winners of the first ten tournaments. This tournament is the 9th. The tournament on 4/22/15 will be thelast tournament we will be giving a prize for. Good luck everyone! Place Username Score Tiebreak Score 1 eugeniusjr 4.5 13.25 2 busygin 4.5 8.25 3 hazy13 3.5 8.75 4 Thomaspn 3.5 7.75 5 matt_martello 3.5 6.25 6 jshpwll 3 5 7 Jay_Roy_Hall 3 4 8 Xen1227 3 3 Remember the weekly schedule:USCF Wednesday Blitz:Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants)3|2 blitz time control USCF Friday Rapid:USCF Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern5 rounds15|10 time control

Hello everyone, Congratulations to Jahonas for winning this tournament with a score of 6.5 out of 7. Jahonas got a tiebreak score of 26.75. Also give a congratulations to Abhishek2 for getting second place with 6 points and 26 tiebreak score. Good job both of you.:) I would like to thank everyone for supporting and participating in these events. I know many of you really want to get the games to be rated and see the final results. However, please be patient. These things can take a long time and sometimes there are errors that will slow us down. Thanks for waiting. Good things come to those who wait. Top 8 people in this tournament-- Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 Jahonas 6.5 26.75 2 Abhishek2 6 26 3 arti_O 5.5 16.25 4 WilliamRDavis 5 18.5 5 Grandmasta23 5 15.5 6 firestormchess 4.5 13.75 7 hat40 4.5 13.25 8 Vannatar 4.5 12.75 Remember the weekly schedule:USCF Wednesday Blitz:Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants)3|2 blitz time control USCF Friday Rapid:USCF Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern5 rounds15|10 time control