2024 Registration

21AMICT Registration and Tournament Instructions

21AMICT will be held on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at Edith Landels Elementary School, from 10am to 4pm. 

Summary of Registration Requirements:

You must meet all of these requirements to register:

1. Enrollment in the Mountain View Whisman School District

2. Attendance for all 5 rounds of play

3. Knowledge of chess rules and how all the pieces move

4. Ability to checkmate opponents without assistance

5. Bring your Chromebook and make sure it's fully charged (it is required to participate - it will be used to review pairings before each round and as a digital chess clock during play)

Full Registration Instructions:

1. Registration ends at 11:59 pm on April 20.

2. Players will be expected to follow all district COVID-19 protocols in place on the day of the tournament.  We will have hand sanitizer available.  Note that matches will be played indoors.

3. Players must check in between 10:00am and 10:30 am on Sunday, April 30, 2023.  Latecomers will only be allowed in at the tournament director's discretion.

4. Players must bring their fully-charged school Chromebooks to use as chess clocks.  Please load a tab with chessclock.org with the following settings:

   • 15 minutes per player

   • 0 extra seconds

   • Sounds (Notifications sonores) turned off

Please load another tab with this website (https://sites.google.com/site/mvwsdchess/)

5. Players are required to play all 5 rounds.  Do not register if you cannot be attend the entire tournament (play is estimated to end around 4:00).  There is no open section; all registrations are competitive.  

6. There are two sections.  Junior Section for TK through 3rd grade.  Senior Section for 4th through 8th grade. Talented juniors (TK-3) may register for the senior section.

7. Between now and April 21, we strongly suggest players play a few games with the chess clock to get used to the interface.  Note that the hand that moves the pieces is the same hand that moves the clock.  We suggest keeping your non-playing hand behind your back.

8. The kickoff meeting will begin at 10:30.

9. Pairings and results for each round will be posted on this website.

Proceed to the registration form.