Third Annual King Of Fast Chess In April!
[Update: The contest is over! Below we have listed all of the ChessKids who played at least 100 games. We had a record 168 qualify for the drawing!]
HandsomeHalf, Trenton123, CoolingPiece, DanielKing, StudiousFalcon, Timothy2009, DancingDeal, WideSuperstar, JoyfulChild, CHESSNYCPS11MAXIMILIANC, DrearyJaguar, Ninja06, FifthJar, OnerousRhino, Aggron, Extramagnet, ComfortableFight, GloriousHero, PetiteMap, LivelyStep, ElderlyMamba, RedCrayon, Dianhao, SameTortoise, FizzyBand, Tropius, Christopher2015, SunnyPlain, Raketa2009, CheckM8X, AncientSquash, AjarGovernor, BronzeStew, HaplessPollution, SleepyBand, SourTray, TKChess, DefeatedRaven, Andresl, SwimmingCollar, AfraidRadio, EnviousBobsled, MarvelousChange, PowerPawn2003, Antonplayzchess, TheRealKsi, Jabooty, CutBeauty, ObedientCannon, StandingPeanut, AquaQuest, RobustDuck, Tristan2015, ColorfulAgave, WindyOval, EqualTrex, MeatyTreasure, Forcey-SamV, ChessComet, Imovemyqueen, PCCCMatthew135, ScrawnyLawyer, Paxton2015, StormyEcho, Audreyl, KavinVenkat, SquareEngineer, SammyDai, DashingHuman, SingingPasta, Khoolou, Andrew_f, Yanoviz, GrubbySeed, KittyTalk, BrokenFeet, CheckingBall, BrokenJudo, SmileyPie, UpbeatRadio, PointlessCopy, FloatingMeteor, JazzyAnswer, TeamMkm, Abinavdinesh, BrightTent, UsedFlyer, KnowingCheese, MassiveAvalanche, Arav_B, AbleTree, Luis2015, Nimajneb, AttackingWildcat, JacobWildcat, PuzzledCrayon,, WizeAmazon, LovingKatydid, ListeningGopher, Ladyknightma, Bladen2015, AdorablePebble, AngelBunnies, ShockingDecision, UltraGrill, Halberd, HonestRhubarb, BrightTomato, MassiveArtist, LeapingMoon, Wildkrattshero1, Koko, EncouragingPearl, RollingDalmation, PluckyMolecule, TeamMmj, Joeseph2015, BrooklynNate, MovingAnt, SMPSJamieF, GeorgeTiger, Ethan2k7, Hamptonpark, Openrink, PleasantBanana, Aka64hallo, WackyRaccoon, FM BestestCat, ToweringFoxtrot, Primus1, GoldenYarn, InfamousPrincess, SunnyUnion, HockeyWolff, NinjaAztecTiger, Sarcasticfringehead, Presentchair, Chessmaster0929, Nizam555, Chloe2015, Raymondmb, Eitan28, MustangAshariaP, CobaltOatmeal, AromaticNest, AndrewPHCC, SharpFirecracker, SKYFLAKE10, CC_Joseph, MagneticShirt, Jongsung, Cmrkid, Newjam, Scooby9, UnweildyKite, Chess2005, CopyToad, SmileyMixer, Supergamer3eric, Captureyourking61, Charmingtomato, ArjunKPDS, Will2014, SABX2Abdur, Clareeberry, Galusina, Hamza110, InfiniteThroat, ChessNYCJamieG
For our random drawing to see which three lucky kids will get a ChessKid video made out of one of their games by FunMasterMike, the winner were: Ladyknightma, RollingDalmation, and ObedientCannon.
Our next contest will be in the fall so be on the lookout for an announcement once school is back in session!
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Our third annual battle for Fast Chess supremacy will take place in April right here on ChessKid.com!
Our Fast Chess numbers have more than doubled since last year, which actually helps kids in the contest since games are even easier to find than ever.
We're once again calling it "Kings of Fast Chess." Read below to see how you could become famous by having your game featured as an exclusive ChessKid video!
The contest begins at 12 a.m. Pacific (Los Angeles time) on April 1, 2016 and ends at 12 a.m. Pacific on May 1, 2016.
The contest gives everyone a fair chance to win. Every ChessKid who plays at least 100 games in Fast Chess in April will be entered into a drawing. Three of these ChessKids will be selected from a random drawing and FunMasterMike will record a video analysis of their best games, to be included in the videos section forever!
Is FunMasterMike making a video right now? Maybe! (Photo: David Llada)
You do not have any advantage from playing more than 100 games, except that you'll get better at chess, of course!
This contest is more about getting your kids actively playing rather than finding an overall champion.
But you'll only get better at chess if you play slowly, think your moves through, and try your hardest in every game!
You have plenty of time (an entire month) to reach 100 games, so use it! If your name is selected, ChessKid.com staff will look at your game history to make sure you played real, fighting games! If you're one of our three lucky winners, you'll get to select your best game that you want FunMasterMike to record into a video.
To enter the contest, join the ChessKid Official Club -- that way, we will be able to track who has played 100 games or more. (The old "Contest Club" where we used to use the leaderboard is no longer on the site.)
As a secondary prize, we will also randomly give out three of our newly designed ChessKid t-shirts to kids who get to 100 games, but we will not be able to ship outside of the continental U.S.
Here are some additional rules (remember to join the ChessKid Official Club):
- The contest is only for games in April 2016.
- You must have played 100 games in April to be included in the drawing.
- No games under 10 moves will count, nor will games where you've resigned in a reasonable position. Please play all 100 or more games to their fullest as you normally would on the site!
- You may only play under one account. (ChessKids should not be using more than one account anyway!)
For all competitors:
- To be eligible, ChessKids cannot play more than 10 games against other ChessKids under the same guardian. (So you should usually not be making direct challenges -- instead click the orange "new game" button to seek a game.)
- To clarify, though you can play more than 10 games against your friends under the same guardian as your parent or coach, no more than 10 of those games will be counted for your total wins or games played.
- You must play on your own account. (Do not have two ChessKids use the same account.)
- Slow chess games do not count -- this is only for Fast Chess.
- Adult accounts are not eligible.
- ChessKid reserves the right to disqualify any account that we feel has competed in an unsportsmanlike fashion or committed any ethical violations. (Ask your parent what that means.
) - Any cheating will lead to disqualification and account closure.
In short, we want everyone to be competing honestly and for everyone to be given a fair chance to qualify!
Join the ChessKid Official Club and you are all set!
Good luck and happy competing.
I can't wait to see the number of kids playing Fast Chess in April!