Play the Twelve Days of ChessKid Tournament Series

Celebrate the Holidays with ChessKid

Join us as we kick off our Christmas-themed Tournament Series we are calling "12 Days of ChessKid". The twelve day long series will include daily tournaments with the top player receiving 5 months of FREE ChessKid Gold Membership!

To kick off the tournament series, we'll be featuring a live show on December 19th at 4pm PT/7pm EST featuring FM James Canty!! Join us for the kick off on December 19th on the ChessKid Twitch channel or https://www.chess.com/tv for live commentary!

Play the Tournament To Win Gold

We were inspired by the lyrics of the song "12 Days of Christmas" as we named our tournaments after activities on ChessKid. You can probably hear the song lyrics in your head...On the first day of Christmas, ChessKid gave to me....

12 Holiday Tournaments
11 Puzzles a Playing
10 Games a Winning
9 Videos a Watching
8 Terms a Memorized
7 Games Analyzed
6 Workouts Practiced
5 GOLD Memberships
4 Bots Challenged
3 Coaches Coaching
2 Lessons a learning
and a Peshka in a PawnTree

To join, simply log in to your ChessKid account and make sure you're a part of the ChessKid Official Club. Then, starting Dec 19th, click on ‘Play vs Kid’ and look for the Tournament names on the right side menu. Make sure to click on “JOIN”. Remember, each tournament will use one of the names above!

Tournament Details

Join us to celebrate this holiday season and the new year with our “12 Days of ChessKid Tournament Series” starting Dec 19th (No matches on Dec 24th and December 25th). Join us for two tournaments each day at 6am PT/9am EST and at 4pm PT/7pm EST. Must be a part of the official club to join. The tournament top player of each match wins 5 FREE months of GOLD membership added to their account.

When: 12 days starting Monday, Dec 19th- Jan 1 (except December 24th and 25th).

What: 2 tournaments each day at 6am PT/9am EST and at 4pm PT/7pm EST

Time Control: 6 Round Swiss System with a time control of 5min + 3sec increment.

Prizes: The top tournament player will receive FIVE months of FREE GOLD membership added to their account. (Players who win more than one event will only received this prize one time)

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. Just make sure to join the ChessKid Official Club to participate!
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.

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