Solve Puzzles, Play FunMasterMike!

Here's a mind-blowing sentence ChessKids: If you solve puzzles in October, you may get to play FunMasterMike, AND we'll turn your game into a video with live commentary!

Is your head still on? Great -- read on very carefully for all of the details.

In October, 2015, ChessKid.com will be hosting its second King of Puzzles Contest.

So what's the deal with our new contest? We want to see which ChessKids have become the best puzzle solvers on the site. And we want to give kids a chance to play FunMasterMike, who is usually too busy to accept challenges!

Here's how it will work: Every kid that solves at least 100 puzzles correctly in the month of October will be entered into a drawing (we originally made the minimum 200 but this way kids without gold accounts can still qualify).

Three winners will be chosen at random to play FunMasterMike in a game in our Fast Chess server (at a time that is convenient to both). FunMasterMike will give live commentary on the game, and will record everything for a video. Those three kids will be famous forever on ChessKid.com, although their real names will still be secret for their protection.

This is the real FunMasterMike, age 6, after playing in his first national championship!

Please read the rules carefully and remember to compete in the spirit of good sportsmanship, which is the foundation of chess.

The contest will run from midnight (12 a.m.) Pacific time on October 1, 2015 until 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on October 31, 2015.
ChessKids wanting to compete will need to join the "King of Puzzles Contest Club" so that their puzzles can be tracked using the leaderboard. You can join the club now!
This was the old "King of Fast Chess Contest Club," so if you were a member of that club, you are already in the King of Puzzles Club -- we simple changed the name. You can check to see if you're in the club by clicking on "clubs" to the left to see if "King of Puzzles Contest Club" appears. If it does, you're already in the club!
There will be three winners of the contest, drawn at random using the website random.org. In order to be in the drawing, you must have solved 100 puzzles correctly in October.
Both gold members and free members are eligible to participate. Note that free members can only attempt five puzzles per day, so they must be sure to log in nearly every day to have the best chance to get 100 correct.
There is no advantage for being the ChessKid to have solved the most puzzles, although you will get a lot smarter by solving more than 100!
ChessKids may only compete using one account. (You should only have one in the first place !) Adults are not eligible.

You'll be able to follow your progress to 100 using the club leaderboard feature. If you are already in the club.

Again, ChessKid staff would like to stress that proper sportsmanship is expected for the contest. Resetting of puzzle ratings is not allowed, nor is any other method designed to give a ChessKid an unfair advantage.

The best way to prepare is to do all of our intermediate lessons on tactics. You can find them here!

ChessKid may conduct advanced and thorough cheat detection on any account. Anything not covered in the rules is at the sole discretion of ChessKid.com.

Don't forget to join the King of Puzzles Contest Club or we won't know you are competing!

PRIZES!

FunMasterMike would love to be able to play all of the kids that ask for a game, but he's simply too busy. This is your big chance to play him! Three kids will get to do so, and he will make you famous by recording the game with commentary to be released later in our videos section.

All kids solving at least 100 correct will be announced in the final article!

There are no other prizes this time. If you are one of the lucky three to be selected and do not wish to have a video made, you may still get a game with FunMasterMike. Good luck!