5th Annual Kings Of Fast Chess Contest!

[Update: 202 ChessKids made it to 100 games or more! "Goblin" led the way with a whopping 603 games played in Fast Chess in April! Here's the full list of those who qualified for the drawing:

Goblin, EnergeticMan, EarnestMood, ScatteredWealth, ThirdYear, NeedlessLyric, SeriousDonkey, ManyClub, FreezingQueen, JerseyFox, HeadstandKing, OrangeFireman, SwimmingBarn, HighRoot, Jetpack80, MatureCoil, FirstCheese, BuzzyBishop, BossMonkey, DISCOVERYJackH, OnceAndFutureKing, Raggy, SourHatch, IRVING12124, LeilaBella, NatureLee, LevelColony, EmmaYang, cobwebb1, Polina_32, PositiveBoard, StrongCell, LikeableScissors, EJCA-Ethan, KineticNeck, FizzyAardvark, bluebird0123, TekTuner, TenthMachine, ShiveringRhino, SplendidShow, joshuazhang, AndriaVivi, SpookySpider2011, UkkoPekka1, FurrySpaghetti, MrSnow, championps, OmniscientBill, ElegantSong, SmartCookie1, SnoozingRailway, BrawnyNoodle, LikeableTempo, DeliciousJester, craydenceh, aadi64, chessAllen, FullDay, warriorsking, CuteSuccess, Howlingwolf18, minjalTM31018, 25jamesssun, RareTiger, RavenclawMaster, Malorees5, mahugege, BentWindow, MeltedQuark, NinthShow, MeekFarmer, GreatSpirit, CWK-Rushawn-W, LizardWheels, FragileMajor, alexsor, HeavenlyParsnip, FantasticPlatinum, CautiousHope, ComfyCopy, BraveHit, ThirdGlass, QuietColor, HummingIce, VivianAndy, HannahPitts, BaldEagleUSA07, jasiu1, DanielPitts, ProductivePorcupine, TopMonkey, Jace2015, OriginalNewt, BrilliantGarage, TalentedElectricity, KINGBOBIII, PlayfulJalapeno, EmeraldPeacock, FCNT_JacobW, AheadPlant, AthleticThrone, DJVKarthik, MeltingClementine, TerrificRaven, FumblingLobster, islemm, Paulo2015, PublicPear, SplendidGoalie, EvasiveGoat, DiscreetEngine, JuniorCostume, CrowdedGold, RijuBPS111, TrueMoney, MereFood, Dragon10127, GiftedCharacter, Kaushal2009, MellowBunny, shivamtiger, Cthulhu23, Joseadaikalam, TunaCankara, SoggyJazz, QuickIce, kingofspain1234, HangingDanger, PaleCow, DhirajKulkarni, MeanCookie, VariousMall, happyblink, 1170609967, PossessiveCrayon2, EncouragingHuman, ActiveFaucet, CovAcademyJude, ThickKnight, brownh, CeciliaChess, HealthyNumber, CapableWind, KiranR, WhisperingSnail, EasyContest, GoldenPiglet, Kev, ChattyGut, CrabbyArea, SneakyGrape, FranticKitchen, Muthuwins, SunnyPhone, DynamicMaterial, LearnedMetal, HurtArm, EJCA-Max, CleverAidenK, PresentDiamond, LucasChessnut, Haijj, ChessMasterAlexL, ActualClock, TheChessKing, DelicateAnswer, AvielUPS116, SprintingJuice, UptightBacon, PearlGuide, LHCJosephB, AndyCKM, RacingMaster, EvasiveWolverine, FreshBaker, StickyStork, Mapking1, BestBar, thanhthanh, LHCAndrewB, Gregory777, DragensPust, OriginalDot, CheckingBall, WholesaleChef, OnlyChance, rsr2009, SixthGrill, WryMusic, CopperLetter, FearlessPassenger, PlainPenguin, MovingReason, WiseLeopard, SpelingMastr, KnightSuhasB, BetterJet, FullIcon, NickTSysoev, baylors.

And the three winners, chosen at random, that get game and a video with FunMasterMike, are... MrSnow, SourhHatch, and 25jamesssun!

Thanks for participating everyone and we will have our King of Puzzles Contest in the Fall!]    

ChessKid's 5th annual battle for Fast Chess supremacy will take place in April, 2018 right here on ChessKid.com!

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!

More ChessKids than ever are playing in our live server, where you can now play 5-minute, 10-minute, or 15-minute games. If you are in a chess club or program, your coach may even set up a live tournament for you! And, don't forget there are two events every week in our new Tournament Tuesdays where you can play five games back-to-back.

The contest begins at 12 a.m. Pacific (Los Angeles time) on April 1, 2018 and ends at 12 a.m. Pacific on May 1, 2018.

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.)

Here are some additional rules (remember to join the ChessKid Official Club):

• The contest is only for games in April 2018.
• 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. Games against the computer also do not count.
• 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.
• 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!