3rd Saturday Free Online Tournament is organized by Chess for Unity, an online platform for scholastic chess players.
The tournament is a FREE, monthly scholastic event on the 3rd Saturday of each month, starting at 6 pm Central Time on chess.com. The tournament is ONLY for PreK-12 students.
Tournament dates in 2024: 1/20, 2/17, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 12/21.
The tournament has 3 SECTIONS: Open, U1200, U600. OPEN section has 4 rounds, time control G15+2; U1200 and U600 sections have 5 rounds, time control G10+5. It is not USCF rated.
Prize: 1st place-$20, 2nd place-$15, 3rd place-$10 in each section.
Please register at least two hours before the tournament starts.
The peak USCF rating including regular, quick, online regular, and online quick is used to assign sections ( playing up is only permitted by the organizer, and players who played up without permission or played down are NOT eligible for any prizes).
More tournament information is available on the website: https://chess4unity.com/3rd-saturday-free-online-tournaments/
For any questions, please contact us at chessforunity@gmail.com