Chess In A Cave Tournament - Nov. 4th

Starts: Nov 4, 2017

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Interested in competing? Check out the requirements and what's involved.

The Huntsville Chess Club in Alabama is pleased to sponsor the first ever rated chess tournament held entirely in a natural cave Saturday
November 4th, 2017 at the Cathedral Caverns State Park. This scholastic event is a unique educational combination of North Alabama's vibrant chess community and its largest limestone cavern. Adventure, exploration, and good chess. All entries include a 90 minute cave tour, headlamp, and three rounds of dual-rated chess play. Who will be the historical first cave chess champions?

Here is the link for online registration: http://www.huntsvillecc.com/CHESS-IN-A-CAVE-2017/

Registration Information

A USCF membership is required in order to compete in any rated tournaments. Please use MCCL #A6040788 when completing the "Membership Appreciation Program Credit" box.

Click here to Register for a USCF #

Alabama Chess Federation membership is $15 per year, and is required for all non-scholastic tournaments and some scholastic tournaments in Alabama.

The United States Chess Federation rules require all competitors in rated sections to record their moves as they play. All tournaments conducted by MCCL enforce all USCF rules.If you are not familiar with how to record, read these articles (part 1 and part 2) and watch this video.

Online Tournament Registration Information

Most online tournaments are not rated and will only affect your ChessKid or Chess.com ratings in that system. If a tournament is RATED on Chess.com , it will be indicated in the tournament details.

ChessKid.com Tournaments: Here is an article telling you how to join tournaments on ChessKid. ChessKid Tip: Use a computer Browser to access Live Chess, not a mobile device of any kind.

To join tournaments, go to Play vs. Kid and click on the tournament you want to join to the right hand side of the screen (you can join a ChessKid tournament 15 minutes before start time--join early so you don't miss the first round!). The tournaments have various time controls and numbers of rounds, so be sure you can commit to playing for the duration before you join. When your round is over, you can watch other games still in progress. The next round will be paired when everyone has finished playing the current round, so stay online. Good luck!

Chess.com Tournaments: Join tournaments in Live Chess. Click on Tournaments to see which ones you are able to join. You can join a Chess.com tournament an hour before start time.

Parents should consider enabling SAFE MODE for any child's accounts who just wants to play chess and disable messages, chats, and comments (you can limit messages to friends in the settings). Read how to enable SAFE MODE here.

RATED tournaments on Chess.com : The USCF allows rated rapid and blitz tournaments to be conducted on Chess.com . The results will affect your Online Blitz or Online Rapid rating only. To play a USCF rated tournament online, you have to authenticate your US Chess membership by completing a Google docs form that Chess.com created. You can find the form here.

About us

MCCL is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes chess education for K-12 students in the Madison, Alabama area. Our purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

mccl.director@gmail.com

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