ChessKid International Children and Youth Online Festival: “ChessKid Jets to the Cadets”
ChessKid is excited to announce the first ever ChessKid International Children and Youth Online Festival: “ChessKid Jets to the Cadets”! This event will take place on July 23 and 24, 2022. The festival consists of an online tournament, with the winners being able to take part in a special event at the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championships 2022 in Batumi, Georgia!
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
The tournament will be played on www.chesskid.com
Once players are registered, they will receive instructions on how to join the event.
The tournament will take place according to the below schedule:
|
Event |
Date |
Age group |
Style |
Duration |
Time |
|
1. |
23 Jul 2022 |
U8 (Girls) |
Swiss |
9 rounds |
09:00 UTC/ |
|
2. |
23 Jul 2022 |
U10 (Girls) |
Swiss |
9 rounds |
09:00 UTC/ |
|
3. |
23 Jul 2022 |
U12 (Girls) |
Swiss |
9 rounds |
09:00 UTC/ |
|
4. |
24 Jul 2022 |
U8 (Open) |
Swiss |
9 rounds |
09:00 UTC/ |
|
5. |
24 Jul 2022 |
U10 (Open) |
Swiss |
9 rounds |
09:00 UTC/ |
|
6. |
24 Jul 2022 |
U12 (Open) |
Swiss |
9 rounds |
09:00 UTC/ |
TOURNAMENT STYLE
The tournament's format will be played using an online 9-round Swiss System.
There are sections for multiple different age groups:
U8: Born on or after 1st of January 2014
U10: Born on or after 1st of January 2012
U12: Born on or after 1st of January 2010
To participate in the tournament, players must download and install Zoom. The application can be downloaded by clicking this link.
Players are required to turn on their webcams and activate the 'Share My Screen' feature in Zoom during each round. See the Fair Play section for more details.
The time control will be 5 minutes + a 5-second increment starting from the first move.
Tournaments will be streamed on the ChessKid Twitch channel with special guest commentary!
ENTRY PROCESS
Registration is open until July 20, 2022 through this link. .
- For all players who are registered for the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championships 2022 in Batumi, Georgia, participation is free. Please use the promo code 'CADETS22' to claim your free registration.*
- For all other players, the entry fee is $10 USD.
* If you want to play for free, you must register for the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championships tournament first. Otherwise, the participation fee will not be refunded! ChessKid reserves the right to ask for confirmation of registration in the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championships.
PAYMENT
After confirmation by the Organizing Committee, players must pay no later than July 20, 2022. All bank charges are paid by the sender.
Payments are accepted without commission on cards from VISA, MASTERCARD, Maestro, and PayPal. For more information on payments, follow the registration link above.
SPECIAL EVENT
All six winners of the online tournament will be able to participate in a friendly match between the ChessKid Team and Adjarian Chess Federation Team in Batumi during a free day of the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championships. Kids who receive prizes as part of the tournament must participate in this special event. This activity will consist of:
- A team match in rapid chess (10 minutes + 3 seconds), with six players from each team: U8, U10, U12, with one girl and one boy in each category.
Captains: ChessKid Team FM Mike Klein (FunMasterMike)
Adjarian Chess Federation IM Salome Melia
- Match in Giant Chess – each player will play a move one after the other.
PRIZES
Winners (1st place) in each age category (U8, U10, U12, girls & open) will receive a certificate for $400 USD to be used for participation in the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championship 2022 in Batumi.* If the winner is unable to participate in the championship, second place will receive this certificate; if second place can’t participate, third place, and so on.
* The winner will receive this certificate only on arrival in Batumi!
All tournament participants will receive electronic certificates of participation.
Winners and awardees (1st, 2nd, 3rd places) will receive electronic diplomas.
FAIR PLAY
By signing up for this tournament, all players agree to the fair play terms set up by ChessKid and tournament organizers:
- ChessKid will run this event with the highest level of integrity and ethics. All players must play fairly and use good sportsmanship.
- We strictly forbid cheating of all kinds. ChessKid will use its own algorithms to monitor games and also will manually analyze select games at its discretion.
- All of your moves must be your own. You can not get help from anyone or anything else, including coaches, friends, parents, chess engines, or any other software of any kind.
- You will also not have a phone, tablet, or any other electronic device in the same room.
- You are only allowed to have one browser tab open and no other programs running on your computer. Violating this rule is a “technical forfeiture” and you will be disqualified, with no chance at prizes.
- You agree that ChessKid will make the final determination on any fair play issue.
- If you violate the ChessKid Fair Play Policy, then ChessKid will close your account and label it as having violated the Fair Play Policy.
- If you are not willing to agree to the above policies, you will not be allowed to play in the event. Please take the time to read this!
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- All games will be played on ChessKid.com's live server. No account is needed to play. If you already have a ChessKid account, you won't need that either. Special one-time-use tournament accounts will be created for all players.
- Each section will be open for kids to join the tournament about 30 minutes before the first round. Here's a video on how someone can join a live tournament on ChessKid. If you try to join after the starting time, you may not be able to play. It is required that you join before the tournament's starting time.
- Tournament should be played on a laptop/desktop computer and not a tablet. Wi-Fi is usually stronger and the site functions better. If you can plug in to an ethernet port, that is best. The reality of online play, even for world champions, is that Wi-Fi failures can impact an online tournament.
- Preferred browsers are Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.
- Clearing your browser's cache before the tournament is another great protective measure.
- If you experience issues in the middle of the game or the tournament, clicking 'refresh' on your browser is the first thing to do. If you 'refresh' in the middle of a game, it will never kick you out of the game, so it can only help.
- Two kids cannot play at the same time on the same device.
- If a family has any issues with logging in, playing, etc, there will be a Zoom call that will open one hour before the first round.