November 20th Chess Tournament and Bughouse Tournament

NMCO Secretary, Two Time NM Girls State Champion, and USCF certified Tournament Director, Willow LeTard will again serve as our Tournament Director!

Tournament starts at 1:30pm (please arrive be 1:20pm) and we will play three rounds. Eight player sections will be decided by the tournament director based on rating and known experience of unrated players. Each section will play it's next round 5-10 minutes after the conclusion of the previous round. The end time is estimated conservatively at 4:30pm (we usually end earlier). Trophies will be awarded to top finishing players in each section.

Bughouse will start at 4:30-4:45pm and we will paly as many rounds as we can fit in before 5:30pm and trophies will be awarded to top finishing teams.

Our tournament is a USCF Rated Tournaments for any chess players rated 1200 or below. Players will be grouped into sections of eight based on their rating. Unrated players will be grouped into the bottom sections.

The max number of players our space can hold with space for parents is 24.

Clocks will be set to G/25 minutes with a 5 second delay. Notation (writing down your moves) will be required.

Max number of players is 24.