In collaboration with the Virginia Commonwealth Games, the Virginia Chess Federation (VCF) is honored to host this ONLINE chess tournament.
This is a US CHESS RATED ONLINE CHESS TOURNAMENT.
It is open to any players who live in the United States of America.
ALL GAMES will be played on the LiChess platform (www.lichess.org).
Read more information about this tournament at the Virginia Chess Federation website, www.vachess.org.
- You MUST have an account on the LiChess site to play. If you do not have a LiChess account, create it for free at www.lichess.org.
- When you register (below) YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR LICHESS ID. If you are new to LiChess, please write down your LiChess Username and Password. The tournament organizer does NOT have the ability to change or edit your username or password.
- TO PLAY you also must be a member of the US Chess Federation. Join US Chess at www.uschess.org, There are age-dependent fees to become a member of US Chess, or to renew your existing US Chess membership.
ROUND TIMES and Time Control
- Rounds 1, 2 and 3 are on Saturday, Jul 20 at 10AM, 1PM and 5PM, Time Control is Game/60+10. "Game/60+10" means each player gets 60 minutes of "thinking time" to make all their moves, plus an additional 10 seconds is automatically added to each player's clock for each move made.
- Rounds 4 and 5 are on Sunday, Jul 21 at 10AM and 2PM, Time Control is Game/75+10.
PRIZES for this event are CASH and HUGE MEDALS (Olympic-style Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for 1st-3rd places). See details online at www.vachess.org.
TO REGISTER: Fill out the form below and submit payment using the secure PayPal payment website. You can either use your Credit Card or your PayPal account. Required information is indicated with a red asterix (*). Registration is complete and your information is submitted to tournament organizers as soon as your PayPal payment is processed.