It will be held on 3/14 and will start at 3:30pm pst (Enough time after our Weekend G/75 finishes)
Requirements: Must have a discord account, and 1 account on either lichess.org or chess.com
How it will work: For this event, games can be played on any chess site. It's not a requirement for you to have accounts on all of them, but it's recommend. Players will be played in a knockout format like the speed chess championship. Each player will play 2 games of 5+2 with their opponent. If that's a tie, they will play 3+2 games until there is a winner. Alternate colors each round. All games are USCF online rated.
Pairings will be made on a google sheet and all players must challenge your other opponent
Since it's a knockout event, any players who lose their match will be done with the event.
You MUST join out discord for communication & reporting results
Seeding is by March published USCF Online blitz rating!
Winter Grand Prix Knockout Championship!
Note to play please have around 1-2 hours
Registration CLOSES at 16 players
It will be held on 3/14 and will start at 3:30pm pst (Enough time after our Weekend G/75 finishes)
Requirements: Must have a discord account, and 1 account on either lichess.org or chess.com
How it will work: For this event, games can be played on any chess site. It's not a requirement for you to have accounts on all of them, but it's recommend. Players will be played in a knockout format like the speed chess championship. Each player will play 2 games of 5+2 with their opponent. If that's a tie, they will play 3+2 games until there is a winner. Alternate colors each round. All games are USCF online rated.
Pairings will be made on a google sheet and all players must challenge your other opponent
Since it's a knockout event, any players who lose their match will be done with the event.
You MUST join out discord for communication & reporting results
Seeding is by March published USCF Online blitz rating!
Check out our previous knockout event
Prizes:
Grand Prix Points:
1st (Winner): 45, 2nd (runner up): 30, Semi Finalists: 20, Quarter Finalists: 15
Participation: 5
Note: Registration is only limited to 32 players
We will be using discord for all communication, it is required to join. https://discord.gg/ECChv46
Forfeit time for each match is 15 mins and 10 for the finals
All game links will be accessible so you can view other games!
Register Here: https://forms.gle/eBVi71F1aTKUYopS9