Tournoi Chesskid de la Francophonie: Coming June 24th!

The first-ever Tournoi ChessKid de la Francophonie will take place on June 24, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. CET/9:00 a.m. ET and will be open to all French-speaking scholastic chess players under the age of 12 years old. The event will feature seven rounds using a time control of G5+1 and at the end, the winner will be crowned the ChessKid Francophonie Champion!

 

 

Tournament Details

When: Saturday, June 24, at 3 p.m. CET/9 a.m. ET.

Sections: This tournament will feature one section of players under 12 years old.

Time Control: All sections will play G5+1 (five minutes per game with a one-second increment per move). There will be a total of seven rounds.

Registration Information

Registration for this event can be found here:

https://www.events4chess.com/events/?event_ID=1843

• The registration fee for this event is $10 and must be received on or before June 20 by 11:59 p.m. ET. 
• All players who register will receive one free month of ChessKid Gold Membership!

Prizes

The top 10 players in the tournament will receive an invite to an exclusive mini-camp with GM Laurent Fressinet. They will also receive six months of free ChessKid Gold Membership!

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.