Montgomery County Chess Tournament 6/27

Montgomery County Chess Tournament 6/27Silver Knights Chess Academy in partnership with the Maryland Chess Association Grades K 12 Hilton Garden Inn Rockville Gaithersburg 14975 Shady Grove Rd Rockville, MD 20850 See who's playing This tournament is for scholastic players in grades K 12 with and without prior tournament experience. There are three sections: Unrated, recommended for players in their first tournament Rated, for tournament players rated under 1000 1000+, for players rated

Silver Knights Chess Academy in partnership with the Maryland Chess Association

Grades K-12
Hilton Garden Inn Rockville-Gaithersburg
14975 Shady Grove Rd
Rockville, MD 20850

See who's playing

This tournament is for scholastic players in grades K-12 with and without prior tournament experience.  There are three sections:

1. Unrated, recommended for players in their first tournament
2. Rated, for tournament players rated under 1000
3. 1000+, for players rated over 1000 USCF, or with a peak rating over 1000. This group is now full!

We recommend that players in their first tournament play choose the Unrated option, where they will be grouped by age and play 3 or 4 games.

Players who've previously done well in an Unrated section or have previous rated tournament experience should choose the Rated option, where they'll be placed in a group of 4 players according to their age and rating.  Each participant then plays one game against each of the other three players in their group. At the end of the third game, the winner of each group receives a trophy.

This event should typically finish in 1-2 hours, but can potentially take as long as 3 hours for more advanced players (although that is rare).

Everyone will use a clock!  We'll go over how to use the clocks on-site.  Unrated section players will play game in 10 minutes with a 5 second delay, and Rated games are 25 minutes with a 5 second delay for each player.  Players rated over 1000 can play in the advanced swiss, which starts at 10am is a three round tournament with a longer time control of game in 45 minutes with a 5 second delay.

Players can play in the morning at 10am, the afternoon at 1pm, or both!

* All sections are non-elimination, and all players participate in all rounds
* If you're playing in the Rated sections and have a US Chess ID# and membership, please include it.  If you don't have one, we will purchase it for you ($24 value!).  If you're not sure what your ID# is you can look it up here
* Please arrive 15 minutes before games start.  Players who arrive after that may not be placed in quads.
*Prices increase by $10 at noon the Tuesday before the tournament.