Curro Chess Open Online Rapid – Term 1

When

15/03/2025

09:00 - 18:00

Bookings

Bookings closed

Event Type

Curro Chess are extremely excited about the Curro Chess Open online tournament taking place on Saturday, 15 March 2025.

This is a wonderful event where learners from all schools in the country can get together online and play against each other in the spirit of great sportsmanship.

CLICK HERE FOR THE TOURNAMENT BROCHURE

OPEN TO ALL SCHOOLS – open to learners from all schools

The tournament is NOT Chess SA rated

Sections:	Format	Time control
Primary school: Under 8	5-round Rapid Swiss	20 + 5 spm
Primary school: Under 10, 12 and 14	6-round Rapid Swiss	20 + 5 spm
High school: Under 16 and 20	6-round Rapid Swiss *(with compulsory Zoom video monitoring)*	20 + 5 spm

*Organisers reserve the right to add an additional round if needed, depending on the number of participants in an age group.

** Organisers reserve the right to merge and waive criteria in all the sections

SCHEDULES:

PRIMARY SCHOOL: 09:30 – 14:00

HIGH SCHOOL: 13:30 – 19:00

AGE CATERGORIES:
Section	Year of birth	Section	Year of birth
Under 8	2018 and later	Under 14	2012 and 2013
Under 10	2016 and 2017	Under 16	2010 and 2011
Under 12	2014 and 2015	Under 20	2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009

FAIR PLAY

Players may not receive ANY assistance whatsoever, including from computers/chess engines or from any other persons (i.e. parents, coaches, friends or siblings).
All under 16 and 20 players will be required to play under Zoom video monitoring and may be requested to share their screen. Prolonged absence from Zoom meeting may result default loss of match in question. Zoom meeting links will be provided in the booking confirmation email and shared via WhatsApp.
Primary school learners may be asked to join Zoom meeting for video monitoring by the Chief Arbiter.
Pairings are done as per the Lichess.org pairing system and all regulations in respect to using computer assistance will be strictly monitored.
Cheating will be monitored by Lichess.org. Any breaches of Lichess’ terms and services within 48 hours after the event will result in automatic disqualification and investigation.
Please inform the chief arbiter should you suspect your opponent of breaching the fair-play spirit. Please do not message the player or comment in the tournament chat.
Random games will be monitored by the arbiter and their findings regarding cheating are binding.
Please ensure that you have a good Wi-Fi/Internet connection on the day of the tournament to ensure that your tournament experience is a pleasant one.
Any person found guilty of cheating will forfeit their place in the rankings and will be banned from participating in future events.
The organisers reserve the right to cancel or reschedule this event should they consider this necessary.
Please use Google Chrome seeing that the Lichess.org platform is more effective while using this browser.
Players are not allowed to pause in-between rounds.
Players should not have multiple tabs open on the computer while playing the tournament.

OTHER REGULATIONS:

Players are only allowed to play in either Primary School or the High School section.
All players must be logged in to Lichess 60 minutes before the first round starts.
Pairings are done as per the Lichess.org pairing system.
Players must not log out of the tournament and must be committed to play all rounds.
Tie Break – Lichess Sonneborn-Berger

Contact details:

General enquiries:
Mercia Addinall mercia.a01@curro.co.za

Chess Hub & Lichess Technical support:
Paul Wilson paul@chesshub.org.za

Chief Arbiter:
Ricardo Minnaar ricardo.minnaar@gmail.com

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