This is an event for Berkeley Chess School students only.
The school team tournaments are the only BCS tournaments restricted to BCS students.
Time
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Please arrive by 9:45 a.m.)
Registration
Entry fee is $25 if preregistered and $35 the day of the event (must be received 30 minutes before the start of the event, by 9:30 am).
Rounds
This tournament is 5 Rounds (every participant will play 5 games of chess).
Round 1: 10:00 am
Round 2: 11:10 am
Round 3: 12:20 pm
Round 4: 1:30 pm
Round 5: 2:40 pm
Award Ceremony
Trophy Ceremony 4:00 - 4:30pm (please take lots of pictures & share them with us) 52 Trophies will be awarded! 10 trophies will be awarded to the top 10 Schools, another 40 to the top 4 players of each top 10 School! (1 special Trophy)
Team Scoring
This is a Team (Elementary School) tournament!
all players from the same school will play as a team together, top rated must play board 1, next highest rated must play board 2. all 4 players on a team must be from the same school.
Participants
Team(School) Roster advance entry list will be updated Weekly (Daily the week before the Tournament), and posted on the tournament List Page. (Please register your players early so they can see who is playing from their school, and who is on their team!)
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A TEAM TO PLAY FOR YOUR SCHOOL! YOU MAY PLAY INDIVIDUALLY IN A SEPARATE SECTION AND STILL COMPETE FOR A TROPHY.
Questions
Any team(school) Questions please Email [email protected]
Food
WE WILL HAVE SANDWICHES,PIZZA, CHIPS AND OTHER SNACKS FOR SALE AT THE TOURNAMENT!
Participants must currently be in grades kindergarten to 5.
Please contact The Berkeley Chess School if you have any questions.