Coming soon: ChessKid Ireland Championship!

Registration is now closed but we invite you to watch this fun event on Sunday, April 24 at 3pm Ireland Time/10am ET/7am PT. GM Alexander Baburin will call the action at twitch.tv/chesskid!

 

All of our Irish ChessKid's will be able to test their skills at the upcoming ChessKid Ireland Championship!

The first-ever ChessKid Ireland Championship will take place on April 24th, 2022 at 3:00pm Ireland Time/10:00am ET and will be open to all Irish scholastic players under the age of 12 years old. The event will feature two sections-- an U9 and a 9-12--over the course of G7+5. Players will play a total of seven rounds and at the end, top players will be crowned ChessKid Irish Champions! The event will be streamed on the ChessKid Twitch/YouTube channels, and will feature commentary from GM Alexander Baburin!

Tournament Details

When: Sunday, April 24th, at 3pm Ireland/10am EST

Entry Fee: €15 early entry by April 12th; €20 by April 19th. No entries accepted after April 19th. Note -- in order to play in the warm up events, you MUST register by the early deadline of April 12th. All players who register will receive two months of free ChessKid Gold!

Sections: This tournament will feature an Under 9 section and 9-12 section.

Time Control: All sections will play G7+5 (seven minutes per game with a five-second increment per move). There will be a total of seven rounds.

Special Prizes

In addition to being crowned ChessKid Irish Champions, the top player in each section will receive a sponsorship to one of GM Alexander Baburin's Chess Camps. Also, the top 10 players in each section will be awarded a year of ChessKid Gold Membership as well as well as an invite to a chess mini-camp featuring a top GM! 

Registration Information

Registration will take place here 

The early registration fee will be €15 if received on or before April 12th by 11:59 pm EST time.
Registration from April 13th-April 19th, 2022 will be €20. There will be no registrations accepted after 11:59 pm EST time on April 19th.
ChessKid will create a unique username for use in this event.
Everyone who registers by the early registration date of April 12th will be receive their username by Friday, April 15th and will be able to participate in a warm up event on April 17th.
Everyone who registers after April 12th will receive their username in time to play in the main event on Sunday, April 24th.

Fair Play

ChessKid expects that all children and their families will abide by the rules governing fair play. Both the child and the parent/guardian will have to agree to our fair play policies when registering for the event.

This is what will be agreed to upon registering for the event:

• 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 will 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.

Technical Details

• All games will be played on ChessKid.com's live server. No account is needed and if you already have an 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 a child joins 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 starting time.
• ChessKid highly encourages playing on a laptop/desktop computer and not a tablet. Wifi 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 with the world champion, is that Wifi failures can impact an online tournament.
• If you must play on a tablet, the web site version is the only way (opening a browser on your device). The app will not work for this.
• 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 and 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 live help desk on Slack that will open one hour before the first round.

For any questions about the event, please email us at [email protected]