2025 Winter Knights (1/18)

2025 Winter Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament

January 18, 2025

Winter Knights offers grade-level rated sections and a non-rated K-3 section. Rated players must register in their grade level section. Unrated players in grades K-3 can play in the non-rated section. Be sure to renew your MCCL membership for 2025 (if you haven’t already) in a separate order before you register for Winter Knights so you will receive $10 off your registration fee.

Tournament Details

Where: Columbia Elementary School, 667 Balch Road, Madison, AL  35758

When: Saturday, January 18th, 2025;  Players Meeting: 9:00 a.m.

Sections: 11^th- 12^th,  9^th- 10^th,  7^th- 8^th,  5^th- 6^th,  3^rd- 4^th,  K-2, and Non-Rated K-3

Round Times: Rated Sections (4 rounds):  9:15, 11:00, 1:00, 3:00;  Time Control: G/45;d5

Non-Rated K-3 Section (5 rounds):  9:15, 10:45, 12:15, 1:30, 2:45;  Time Control - G/30;d5

Memberships, Fees, And Deadlines

US Chess membership is required for all rated sections.  US Chess membership can be obtained online at https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess.

Entry Fee: $20 for MCCL members in all sections.  $30 for non-members.  (MCCL annual memberships expire at the end of the calendar year.)

Entry Deadline: Online entry (madisonchess.com) by 8:00 pm Wednesday, January 15, 2025. 

NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION

Awards

Rated:  Individual Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; Individual Medals for 4th, 5th, 6th and Top Female in each section. 

Non-Rated (K-3):  Individual Medals for 1st-6th and Top Female.