The City Creek Chess Club hosts a monthly USCF quick-rated tournament! This tournament also hosts a free Community section for beginners and newcomers to practice under a tournament setting.
For 2026, we want to help players challenge themselves by playing opponents of a similar skill! We'll be hosting a Quad tournament to do just that!
A Quad tournament will put similarly skilled players into groups of four based on their rating. The groups will then play three rounds in a Round-Robin format, allowing each player to face every player in their group at least once. In the end, the player with the most wins is the winner of their quad!
The tournament will use the following format:
Both sections will play:
Using the United States Chess Federation Official Rules of Chess
Rounds: Three rounds (First round starts at 7:45 p.m., with each round starting once all games are complete for their round.) Time control: G/10; d/3 (10-minute games, with a three-second delay)
USCF: Entry Fee: $5 Prizes: 1st Place: $15 (If section is a Swiss: 1st: $15; 2nd: $10)
Community: Entry Fee: Free! Players in this section will play to earn or improve their Club Rating (CR). A great opportunity to practice against local competition
Additional Notes:
Registration Deadline: Online registration closed the night before at @11:59 p.m.; In-person registration closes @ 7:15 p.m.
Equipment: Please bring a chess set if possible. We may ask you to use it for your section.
Late entrants: Late entrants may be eligible for a two-round, cross-section Swiss with accelerated pairings, but this will depend on the number of late entrants. This section is free with no prize, but will prioritize pairing USCF players with other USCF player, then club players with other club players.
Possible Swiss-System: If quads have been paired and the last quad paired does not have enough for a full quad of four, that last quad may be combined with the last fully paired quad, and the tournament will become a Swiss-System tournament, with no changes to the rest of the format.
Odd Number of Players in Swiss: If there is an odd number of players, a player may need to sit out for a round. If both sections have a group with an odd number in a Swiss, then we may have both odd players play each other in a Club-rated game for that round.
In the USCF-rated section, unrated players have priority for pairing, followed by players with provisional USCF ratings, and then USCF-rated players. This is how USCF ensures unrated players earn a rating that reflects their skill level.
Annotation will be required: Failing to do so forfeits any claims for a win, loss, or draw that require a record of the game, even if your opponent did annotate. With this, players are still permitted to stop annotating once their time hits 5:00 minutes.
For 2026, we want to help players challenge themselves by playing opponents of a similar skill! We'll be hosting a Quad tournament to do just that!
To register: CCC Quad Registration Form
Currently Registered: CCC Quad Registered Players
City Creek Quads Tournament!
A Quad tournament will put similarly skilled players into groups of four based on their rating. The groups will then play three rounds in a Round-Robin format, allowing each player to face every player in their group at least once. In the end, the player with the most wins is the winner of their quad!
The tournament will use the following format:
Both sections will play:
Using the United States Chess Federation Official Rules of Chess
Rounds: Three rounds (First round starts at 7:45 p.m., with each round starting once all games are complete for their round.)
Time control: G/10; d/3 (10-minute games, with a three-second delay)
USCF:
Entry Fee: $5
Prizes: 1st Place: $15 (If section is a Swiss: 1st: $15; 2nd: $10)
Community:
Entry Fee: Free!
Players in this section will play to earn or improve their Club Rating (CR). A great opportunity to practice against local competition
Additional Notes:
Registration Deadline: Online registration closed the night before at @11:59 p.m.; In-person registration closes @ 7:15 p.m.
Equipment: Please bring a chess set if possible. We may ask you to use it for your section.
Late entrants: Late entrants may be eligible for a two-round, cross-section Swiss with accelerated pairings, but this will depend on the number of late entrants. This section is free with no prize, but will prioritize pairing USCF players with other USCF player, then club players with other club players.
Possible Swiss-System: If quads have been paired and the last quad paired does not have enough for a full quad of four, that last quad may be combined with the last fully paired quad, and the tournament will become a Swiss-System tournament, with no changes to the rest of the format.
Odd Number of Players in Swiss: If there is an odd number of players, a player may need to sit out for a round. If both sections have a group with an odd number in a Swiss, then we may have both odd players play each other in a Club-rated game for that round.
In the USCF-rated section, unrated players have priority for pairing, followed by players with provisional USCF ratings, and then USCF-rated players. This is how USCF ensures unrated players earn a rating that reflects their skill level.
Annotation will be required: Failing to do so forfeits any claims for a win, loss, or draw that require a record of the game, even if your opponent did annotate. With this, players are still permitted to stop annotating once their time hits 5:00 minutes.