Trophies to the top 10 schools!
Top 4 players from each of the top 10 schools receive a trophy
the School will also receive a Trophy to put on display.
Special Trophy for any player that achieves a perfect score 6/6
Best game trophy (As decided by a Berkeley Chess School Master)
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Please arrive by 9:45 a.m.)
Entry fee is $25 if preregistered/$35 day of event if received 30 minutes before the event
6 Rounds! (every participant will play 6 games of chess)
Round 1: 10 am
Round 2: 11:10 am
Round 3: 12:20pm
Round 4: 1:30pm
Round 5: 2:40pm
Round 6: 3:50pm
Trophy Ceremony 5pm -5:30pm (please take lots of pictures)
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! (2 special Trophies)
this is a Team(School) K-5 tournament! make sure you recruit other players from your school so you have a team of at least 4! (Trophies are only awarded to teams!,)
Top 4 scorers from a school are counted towards the Team Score. for example if you have 6 players from Cornell. and they score
6/6, 5/6, 4/6, 4/6, 3/6, and 2/6, Cornell Team Score would be 19/24. (bottom two scorers are not counted)
Special trophy awarded if you score a perfect 6/6!
up to two half point byes allowed (meaning you are allowed to miss up to two games, and still get draws for those games) No bye's for round 6!
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!) Any team(school) Questions please Email [email protected]
WE WILL HAVE SANDWICHES, SMOOTHIES, CHIPS AND OTHER SNACKS FOR SALE AT THE TOURNAMENT!
Please contact The Berkeley Chess School if you have any questions.