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Chess Girls Empowerment Weekend
Submit payment for pairings here. Late registration after November 4, 2020 is $20.00
Weekend Schedule
3 Days of Chess Tournaments & Inspiration
- Cost: $15.00 per player for weekend.
- Late registration $20 after November 4 to 6.
- Registration ends Thursday, November 5, 2020 6pm Eastern Standard time.
- You must register below with Chess Girls DC first. You must provide your USCF membership and your Chess. com name also. Submit your payment below.
- Must have current USCF membership. Scholarships available must request before November 1, 2020
- Sections for Friday and Saturday are K-3,grades 4-6, grades 7-12.
- Open section on Saturday for women and girls cash gift cards. $100 first, $75 second, $50 third place. Mailed to player after anti cheating report from chess.com
- Awards for 1st through 5th place and class prizes.
- All participants will receive tournament gift mailed to address on file if you complete weekend.
- All players must register for free chess.com account.
- All players must have USCF Membership. Scholarships for new or renew but must request by October, 20.
- Tournament Director Judit Sztary. Email: judit.sztaray@gmail.com
- Chess Girls DC c/o Robin Ramson, Organizer. Email: chessgirlsdc@gmail.com for details.
- USCF /Chess.com online rating does not affect over the board rating.
- All times are Eastern Standard Time
- You must play your grade.
5 pm Chess.com Inspiration, Friday November 6 Fun Blitz
Join us for Chess Inspiration with WIM Ivette Garcia will present strategies to play chess online on behalf of Chess.com. Ask any question about online chess try out the platform with fun Blitz tournament. at 6pm Awards for 1st thru 5th place mailed to players.
Saturday November 7
If you had fun last year, you will enjoy a day full of 4 rounds of Chess tournaments and inspiring lectures between each round by high level female chess players about how to stay focused on what is important.
Sign on to Chess.com by 9:45 or 9:50 am just to be sure you connection works
- You will receive an all day link for Zoom party room.
- Tournament director link for questions will be available all day.
- All rounds on Chess.com
- Round 1 at 10am
- Round 2 at 12noon
- Round 3 at 2pm
- Round 4 at 4pm
- Zoom party room designed to Inspired students but not required for participation in tournament. There will be a live all day link. Player may want to utilize this time as a break.
9am Welcome & Chess Inspiration
- Salutations : Anna Miller, Chess Girls DC representative
- Womens Master Candidate Claudia Munoz presents a Chess inspiration on "How to Open with Confidence" in our Zoom Party Room.
First Round of Chess Tournament starts at 10am Chess.com
Zoom Party Room after round 1 is at 11:20 am to approximately 11:50 pm
Saturday 12 Noon Round 2
Round 2 starts at 12noon. Chess.com
Zoom Party Room starts at 1:20 to approximately 1:50p
WFM Sanjana Vittal presents How to Stay in the Game
Saturday 2pm Round 3 chess.com
Zoom party room starts at 3:20 to aprox. 3:50p
WIM Akshita Gorti presents " The Great Come Back"
Saturday 4pm Round 4
Last round. Sign in by 3:55p to Chess.com.
11 am Sunday, November 8. Kenya and US Chess Girls Confidence Workshop
- US and Kenya Girls Meet Through Chess Blitz at 11 AM EDT-12:30 EDT. Our initiative, Kenya and Us Chess Girls Meet Through Chess continues with our first blitz tournament, featuring live commentary by WGM Jennifer Shahade (contact jshahade@uschess.org for more info and to register to play- you can also register to watch the commentary). This is a partnership between Business Meets Kids Meets Chess, US Chess Women and the Lighthouse Chess Club.
1 pm Sunday, November 8. Virtual Awards Ceremony
- Alice Dong presents Chess Inspiration "How to learn from any game."
- Virtual Awards Ceremony
Information for parents
Supervision and Photography Disclosure
By registering for the tournament you agree and understand that you are responsible for your students etiquette online. All comments should be directed to host.
Occasionally, we will be taking pictures of the children or recording event. As parents or guardians students participating in the class and tournament you waive and release Chess Girls DC and it’s officers, volunteers, agents and employees from any claim or liability relating to the use of your name or child’s image or name in photographic images ,video images, oral or recorded statements in social media, news releases and photography.
You the parent agree to provide sufficient supervision of your minors and agree that the tournament organizer and Chess Girls DC Nonprofit organization it's officers, volunteers, vendors and staff have no responsibility or liability with respect to minors brought to the tournament. Parents and teachers are required to supervise their students during the entirety of the events and classes under all circumstances.
Email: Robin at chessgirlsdc@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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