Info
Tournament type: Swiss-system
Time control: 10 min
Location: Mendenhall Valley Library
Date and Time: June 6 / 4pm – 7:45pm
Rules
- Do not interrupt ongoing games
- No cellphones during games
- If you touch a piece, you must move it
- Chess clocks sound off
- No eating or munching or drinking or making funny sounds
- Move piece with one hand and clock with the same hand
- Saying check is not mandatory
- Scoring:
- Win = 1 point
- Draw = 0.5
- Loss = 0
Prize
🥇1st: $75
🥈2nd: $50
🥉3rd: $25
gift cards for local venues
Funding for this program comes from the Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries. Become a member or donate at friendsjpl.org.
Other notes:
Please arrive early so that you are entered in the first round. We are not sure how many people will be attending, so if you own a chess board, please bring it to the event. Also, if you own a smartphone, please install a chess clock app on it. We recommend Chess Clock by chess.com for Android and iPhone.
First round opponents will be paired randomly.
Afterwords, opponents will be paired depending on their score.
All games must finish before the next round can begin.
If we have an odd number of players and you aren’t paired up, you automatically get 0.5 points.
No entry after 2nd round.
Late entries get 0.5 points.
Tournament starts at 4 o’clock.
Please check this page for any changes.
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Thank you!