BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:Africa/Johannesburg X-WR-TIMEZONE:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:779@chesshub.org.za DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220507T093000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220507T173000 DTSTAMP:20220503T110505Z URL:https://chesshub.org.za/events/curro-chess-league-2/ SUMMARY:Curro Chess League Tournament 2 DESCRIPTION:CURRO CHESS\nOnline League Tournament\n \nThis event is only f or learners of Curro Schools\nDate: Saturday\, 7 May 2022\nTimes: 09:30 – 13:00 (primary schools) | 14:00 – 17:30 (high schools)\nOnline platf orm: Lichess.org\n\n\n\nSECTIONS\nCRITERIA\nENTRY FEE\nTIME CONTROL\n\n\nP rimary schools\nFive/Six rounds Rapid Swiss\n\n(open to all Curro primary school learners)\nFree\n20 + 5 sipm\n\n\nHigh schools\nSix rounds Rapid Sw iss\n\n(open to all Curro high school learners)\nFree\n20 + 5 sipm\n\n\n\n ** LOC reserves the right to waive criteria in all sections\n** Tiebreak: Lichess (Sonneborn-Berger)\n\n \;\n\nREGISTRATION (If you are new to t he Curro Chess tournaments and have never played before)\n\nPLEASE NOTE: L earners do not need to register on Chess Hub again if they have participat ed in the previous tournament held on 5 February 2022.\n\nBefore you start the entry procedure you need to sign up with Lichess.org if you do not al ready have a Lichess account. There are no costs involved in obtaining a L ichess account. See detailed instructions below.\n\nClosing date for entri es –3 May 2022  at 17:00\n\nSTEP 1 (All participants):\nLearners need t o make sure that they are registered on the www.lichess.org website and th at they have a username. Many of our learners have already done this last year\, so they should already be registered. If they haven’t done so yet \, they still can.\n\nSTEP 2 (If you are new to the Curro Chess tournament s and have never played before or if your Lichess username has changed):\n Ensure that you are logged into your SA Chess Hub account. If you do not h ave an account\, register for FREE.\nCarefully read the event details and register below. You just need to register once to make a booking for a who le family.\n\nSTEP 3:Joining the team (new participants and if you have ch anged your Lichess username)\nYou will receive a booking confirmation emai l from Chess Hub a short while after completing registration. This email w ill take you to the Lichess platform to ensure that you join the team\, an d you can then sign up for your age group’s tournament.\n\nSTEP 4: Joini ng the Tournament for your age group (All participants)\nOnce accepted in the team\, the player must click on the tournament link in the booking con firmation or return to the Lichess team and click on the appropriate tourn ament/section.\n\nSTEP 5:Whatsapp groups have been created for communicati on (parents\, staff or learners)\nOn the booking confirmation email from C hess Hub you will be provided with links to WhatsApp groups for the Primar y School and High School to join as soon as possible.\n\n\nSTEP 6:\nYou ar e done! You will receive an email a day before the tournament to remind yo u to sign up for the tournament but this can be done beforehand.\n\n \ ;\n\nOTHER REGULATIONS:\n\n Players may not play in a higher age group.\n All players must be logged into Lichess60 minutes before the first round starts.\n Pairings are done as pertheLichess.orgpairing system.\n Playe rs must not log out of the tournament and must be committed to play all ro unds.\n Tie Break –Lichess Sonneborn-Berger\n\nFAIR PLAY\n\n Players m ay not receive ANY assistance whatsoever\, including from computers/chess engines or from any other persons (i.e. parents\, coaches\, friends or sib lings).\n Pairings are done as per the Lichess.org pairing system and all regulations in respect to using computer assistance will be strictly moni tored.\n Cheating will be monitored by Lichess.org. Any breaches of Liche ss’ terms and services within 48 hours after the event will result in au tomatic disqualification and investigation.\n Please inform the chief arb iter should you suspect your opponent of breaching the fair-play spirit. P lease do not message the player or comment in the tournament chat.\n Rand om games will be monitored by the arbiter and their findings regarding che ating are binding.\n Please ensure that you have a good Wi-Fi/Internet co nnection on the day of the tournament to ensure that your tournament exper ience is a pleasant one.\n Any person found guilty of cheating will forfe it their place in the rankings and will be banned from participating in fu ture events.\n The organisers reserve the right to cancel or reschedule t his event should they consider this necessary.\n Please use Google Chrome seeing that the Lichess.org platform is more effective while using this b rowser.\n Players are not allowed to pause in-between rounds.\n Players should not have multiple tabs open on the computer while playing the tourn ament.\n\nLOC contact details:\nProject Lead: Mercia Addinall (mercia.a01@ curro.co.za)\nTechnical support &\; Registrations: Paul Wilson (WhatsAp p: 083 461 8742 or  paul@chesshub.org.za)\nChief Arbiter:  Ricardo Minna ar\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chesshub.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/ 02/CH_CS_2077_Logo_CurroChess_LG_Final-01.png CATEGORIES:Lichess - Rapid END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg X-LIC-LOCATION:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20210507T093000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR