Watch 2018 CONIC LIVE!

Hello ChessKid friends!

This is a friendly reminder that ChessKid.com is set to host the 7th Annual ChessKid Online National Invitational Championship (CONIC), June 1-3, 2018 featuring some of the strongest young Chess minds in the country.

For the first time, you can see live coverage of the event here! Join us as WFM Alexandra Botez and IM David Pruess give their analysis and insight.

Live coverage will begin on June 2 at 12:00PM EST. Be sure to come back to this article so you can watch all the coverage. You won't want to miss it!

CONIC is officially USCF rated and recognized by US Chess as the only national championship of its kind.

IM David Pruess' full recap of last year's event can be found here.

Future U.S. Championship players like GMs Kayden Troff and Jeffery Xiong both played in CONIC years ago. U.S. Women's Championship players have also played past editions, like FM Carissa Yip.