Online Chess Tournament with Money Prize!
Dear Chess Friends!
This is FM Victor Neustroev.
You know many chess tournaments all over the world are cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak… It is very sad. Honestly, this is a terrible situation. However, I hope everything changes for the better by the end of this summer.
What may chess players do in such a case when almost all tournaments are cancelled? Of course, the answer is to play online. But if you want to get progress, you should play not only blitz or rapid, but longer classical games. However, it’s difficult to find where, while all popular chess platforms offer only tournaments with short time control.
That’s why I decided to run an online chess tournament with classical time control: 45 minutes + 30 seconds increment. And I’m glad to welcome you to participate.
It’s an online chess tournament with a real money prize!
7 rounds!
1 game per week!
No registration fee for my students! Only $5 for others!
Register now! I accept only 20 players.
Players with FIDE (or USCF) rating under 1800 are allowed.
Chess Tournament "Chess Spring - 2020"
Start: 29th March 2020 (last day for registration).
Finish: 17th May 2020 (approximately)
Online chess tournament with money prize, 1 game each week, 7 rounds. Swiss pairings. No registration fee.
Time control: 45'+30"
Prizes and distribution
1st prize: $100 (USD)
2nd prize: 1.5-hour training session with FM Victor Neustroev
3rd prize: 3 Chess courses devoted to 3 groups of tactical motifs (about 5.5-hours of educational video)
Tie-break for the 1st place in case if 2 or more players score the same total number of points after the last round.
Playing procedure
1) I make pairings and publish them in our Chess.com group & Facebook page
2) During the week your task is to negotiate with your opponent, schedule the game and play it on lichess.org or chess.com (45'+30")
3) Send me the link to this game (I have to check it for cheating)
What to do to participate in the tournament
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TricksofChess/
- Be a member of our Chess.com group: https://www.chess.com/club/tricks-of-chess
- Subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfk1bxCgvfhNRPtUZs0FWOw
- Submit this form: https://clc.to/ChessTournament
- Have a FIDE (or USCF) rating under 1800 (or no official rating)
- Pay a fee of $5 (if you are not my student): https://www.paypal.me/cmgertsog/5
- Play fair! All games are subjects for anti-cheating control
What do you get from the tournament (if you don’t win a prize)?
- Experience & Practice
While almost all OTB tournaments are cancelled this tournament is a good opportunity for you to get practice and keep fit in chess. We play with a long time control (45'+30"), closer to real OTB tournament conditions. This is a way for you to prepare for future OTB tournaments or just to improve your skills. When you play rapid or blitz, you don’t have enough time to calculate. With 45 minutes on your clock you can do this and this is where your calculation skills improve.
- I’m going to analyze a few top games of every round and publish the analysis on Youtube
This is a way for you to learn where you made mistakes, not just blunders, but strategical mistakes that took you to the wrong direction. This is what chess engine doesn’t show.
- Every player will get personal recommendations about what to improve and how
After the tournament I will be in touch with every participant to explain his (her) strong and weak sides and I can also give some recommendations.
See you at the tournament!
FM Victor Neustroev