Chess Tournament at Nook

All skill levels welcome! Sign-up required on Eventbrite. Limited capacity.

Chess Tournament at Nook! $15 Entry fee. Prizes!

Two drink minimum or food order required. Please tip your baristas & bartenders!

There are two styles of chess tournaments

RAPID-Tournament

Rules:

• Registration Ends at 7:15. The tournament will start at 7:30
• Both opponents have 10 minutes on their respective clocks.
• You either lose by checkmate or by running out of all the time on your clock.
• There will be five rounds, and the tournament generally lasts 2.5hrs.
• Clock move, meaning a player’s move is locked in once they hit the clock. Players can touch any piece; they have no obligation to move it until hitting their timer.
• The tournament-style will be swiss, meaning there is no elimination. A win counts as one point. A draw is half a point, and a loss is zero points. At the end of the five rounds, whoever has the most issues, wins!
• If your opponent does not see they are in check and hits their clock, you are allowed to “take their king” thus ending the game.
• A tie for first place will be decided by a 3 minute blitz match. A 1-minute bullet match will decide the champion if that game ends in a draw.

BLITZ- Tournament

Rules:

• Registration Ends at 7:15. The tournament will start at 7:30
• Both opponents have 5 minutes on their respective clocks.
• You either lose by checkmate or by running out of all the time on your clock.
• There will be nine rounds, and the tournament generally lasts 2.5hrs
• Clock move, meaning a player’s move is locked in once they hit the clock. Players can touch any piece; they have no obligation to move it until hitting their timer.
• The tournament-style will be swiss, meaning there is no elimination. A win counts as one point. A draw is half a point, and a loss is zero points. At the end of the five rounds, whoever has the most points, wins!
• If your opponent does not see they are in check and hits their clock, you are allowed to “take their king” thus ending the game.
• A tie for first place will be decided by a 3minute blitz match. A 1-minute bullet match will decide the champion if that game ends in a draw.