Mechanics' Institute Summer Chess Festival

Series of events suitable for everyone
Aug 29-30

 

Event Schedule:

Mechanics' Institute Summer Championship - Saturday, Aug 29 through Sunday, Aug 30. Both days 10AM - 6PM

Mechanics' Institute Summer Blitz Championship - Saturday, Aug 29 @ 7PM

Summer Fischer Random Championship - Sunday, Aug 30 @ 7PM - FREE

Mechanics' Summer Scholastic Championship - Sunday, Aug 30 @3PM

 

 

Mechanics' Institute Summer Championship  -  Pairings & Links to games are posted at the bottom of the page!

Date: Saturday, Aug 29 - Sunday Aug 30.
USCF online rated affecting US Chess Online regular rating
Round times: 10AM, 1PM, and 4PM on both days
Format: 6SS G/60+5 inc
Section: UPDATED: One Open Section!
Pairing method: manually paired by Chief TD on chess.com/live
Prizes: UPDATED: $500 b/20

Section	Open
1st Place	$200
2nd Place	$100
3rd Place	$75
1st u1800	$75
1st u1600	$50

 

Entry Fee: $30 MI member, $40 non-MI member 
Registration link: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2020OnlineTournament/MechanicsInstituteSummerChampionshipAug2930
What do to on the day of? Be on chess.com/live ready for your game to pop-up and play!

 

Mechanics' Summer Blitz Championship

Date: Saturday, Aug 29
USCF online rated affecting US Chess Online blitz rating
Round times: Round 1 starts at 7PM sharp, rest of the rounds are automatically starting after all games are finished in the previous round
Format: 9SS G/3+2 inc
Section: one Open section
Pairing method: automatically paired by chess.com based on chess.com blitz rating
Prizes: $200 b/40: 1st $100, 2nd $50. 3rd $25, Best under 2000 USCF OTB $25
Entry Fee: $10
Registration link: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2020OnlineTournament/MechanicsInstituteSummerBlitzChampionship
What do to on the day of? Join the tournament from 6PM onwards by click on the JOIN button on this page: https://www.chess.com/live#t=1526625

 

Summer Fischer Random Championship

Date: Sunday, Aug 30
Round times: Round 1 starts at 7PM sharp, rest of the rounds are automatically starting after all games are finished in the previous round
Format: 6SS G/5+2 inc
Section: one Open section for everyone
Pairing method: automatically paired by chess.com based on chess.com blitz rating
Entry Fee: FREE - no need to register.
What do to on the day of? Join the tournament from 6PM onwards by click on the JOIN button on this page: https://www.chess.com/live#t=1537402

 

Mechanics' Summer Scholastic Championship

Date: Sunday Aug 30 @ 3PM
USCF online rated affecting US Chess Online rapid rating
Round times: 3PM and ongoing
Format: 6SS G/15+5 inc
Section: 1200+ chesskid, u1200 chesskid, u600 chesskid
Pairing method: automatically paired by chesskid.com
Reward: Trophies to Top 5 players in each section, Top Girl in each section
Entry Fee: $25
Registration link: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2020OnlineTournament/MechanicsSummerScholasticOnlineChampionshipAug30SUN3PM
What do to on the day of? Join tournament on cheskid.com via the following link:
1200+: https://www.chesskid.com/play/fastchess#t=101361
600-1199:  https://www.chesskid.com/play/fastchess#t=101362
u600: https://www.chesskid.com/play/fastchess#t=101363

 

 

Eligibility - Players must have:

- current US Chess Federation membership
- chess.com account that is part of Mechanics' Chess Club (free account is perfectly sufficient) -- Don't have one yet? Easy to make, just follow the instructions below.
- chesskids.com account that is part of Mechanics' Chess Club (free account is perfectly sufficient) -- Don't have one yet? Easy to make, just follow the instructions below.

 

Rules:  standard USCF rules apply.

• Mouse slips count, no takebacks.
• If player is not logged in to live chess when pairings occur, we will assign a 0 point bye
• Section prizes will be awarded based on USCF standard rating

 

Fair Play

US Chess online rated tournament - most USCF rules and consequences apply.
Players should not use any outside assistance: not have other browsers open and not be talking to other people during their games
Parents are strongly encouraged to monitor their kids' activity during the tournament to ensure fair play.
All games will be carefully reviewed by chess.com and Mechanics' Institue Chess club staff during and after the event.
Players found or believed to be violating fair play are not eligible for a prize and their account will be removed from Mechanics' group.
Players who are confirmed to be using outside assistance will be reported to US Chess and restricted from future Mechanics' online and over-the-board events.

Parents - Please help us educate your child that IT'S SIMPLY NOT WORTH THE RISK!

For some helpful links regarding fair play, please check these out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHWnA9snAQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2UAZBQvHRyTlc1f7t9UtcwEJW43YmPOgb22fXeP_imQ4Nga07Knx2Dyws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knvySXCNfd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7PI9Q9uoSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5KaxBW7rlU

Fair play screening: all games will be screened by both Chess.com and by Dr. Kenneth W. Regan, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo. 

The Organizer and/or the Chief Tournament Director can require players to play their games with a camera that records the player playing with a view to the screen. Players should be prepared to provide this precaution if asked to do so.

Prize distributions and rating submission will take place AFTER all games have been screened.

 

 

Tournament Informaiton

What are the time controls mean?
Time controls are telling you how much time you have for each game.
G35+2 for example: Game in 35 minutes with 2 second increment. This means you get 35 minutes, your opponent gets 35 minutes and with each move every player gets 2 second added to the clock. So one game can last up to 70-80 minutes.

How many games/rounds?
The 6SS before the time control means how many rounds, i.e. how many games can a player play in the tournament. The tournaments are never elimination, so win or lose you can stay in the tournament.

Pre-requested byes: since we are pairing manually, based on OTB ratings, pre-requestd byes now available.
 

 

How to join us?

If you would like to play in our online tournaments, you must

1) Register for the event -- we need to know your full name, and chess.com ID

2) have an account on chess.com; -- don't have one? Sign up now!

3) join our club on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/club/mechanics-chess-club-uscf-online-rated

Join tournaments: two ways to join the tournaments: 1) log in to chess.com and click on the link above; or 2) log in chess.com --> Play --> Live Chess
For this tournament only: Tournament directors will be pairing players manually, so no tournaments to join!

 

For players who are interested in play in our online tournament,
PLEASE fill out our online Players database: https://forms.gle/X3hChCWbusHp4Ze56
to get email notifications about last minute changes and invitational opportunities.