Announcing The 2023 US Collegiate Rapid & Blitz Championships
Chess.com is excited to announce that we will be hosting the 2023 U.S. Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships. The rapid championship will be held on October 29 and the blitz championship on November 5.
Registration is underway and continues until 12 a.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Pacific the day before each event. The games start at 12 p.m. Eastern/9 a.m. Pacific. The games will be US Chess online-rated.
Established in 2019, this event has quickly become one of the premier tournaments in the country for college students. Last year's individual champions were GM Benjamin Gledura from Webster in the rapid and GM Mikhail Antipov from Mizzou in the blitz.
Among those crowned this year will be the 2023:
- U.S. Collegiate Rapid Champion
- U.S. Women's Collegiate Rapid Champion
- U.S. Collegiate Blitz Champion
- U.S. Women's Collegiate Blitz Champion
Additionally, the top four individual performances from each institution will count toward team championships, and the top three individual finishers in each event will also be recognized as well as players below certain US Chess rating thresholds. Last year's team champions were Webster University in rapid and the University of Missouri in blitz.
The rapid event is a nine-round Swiss tournament with a 10+5 time control, while the blitz event is a 12-round Swiss tournament with a 3+2 time control.
Register here; it's free! Note that a .edu email address is required.
This November, new champions will be crowned as we head into 2024, which will begin with the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship in January and the Spring 2024 season of the Collegiate Chess League.
