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This page provides details of the tournament regulations used at the Ice Harbor Scholastic Event. These regulations are adopted from the USCF Scholastic Chess Tournament Regulations and help define the standards that all players can expect from the tournament organizer, tournament directors, players, parents, coaches, and spectators.
U.S. Chess Federations Official Rules of Chess, Sixth Edition
Play for rated and unrated sections of all Ice Harbor Chess Tournament events shall be governed by these rules and by all USCF procedures and policies. A player has a right and the obligation to know the rules of chess. The following significant features of the Ice Harbor Scholastic Tournament not otherwise specified in the USCF Official Rules are provided below.
Ice Harbor Scholastic Championships
Ice Harbor Scholastic Championships
Master/Expert Section: This section is restricted to players rated USCF 2000 or higher. Time Control is Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment (G/90 +30). The Master/Expert Section will be FIDE rated, too. Please see Tournament Regulations for the application of FIDE regulations.
K-12 Open, K-6 Open: Time Control is Game in 75 minutes with 5-second delay (G/75 d5)
K-3 Open, K-12 U800 and K-6 U800: Time Control is Game in 45 minutes with 5-second delay (G/45 d5).
Unrated Section Grades K-6: Time Control is Game in 45 minutes with 5-second delay (G/45 d5)
The Ice Harbor Scholastic Chess Tournament strives to provide an experience for the student and their family that meets or exceeds the standards of a national scholastic chess tournament. As such, we have adopted the most current version of the United States Chess Federation’s “National Scholastic Chess Tournament Regulations.” Not all of these USCF Regulations apply to this tournament, though, as many of the sections in the USCF regulations apply to specific national events including dates, lodging, transportation, financing, publicity, and entry fees, which are not pertinent to the playing standards of the tournament. Those applicable sections of the USCF Regulations are consolidated into this document for ease of use by the tournament participants. We have retained the same numbering system from the USCF Regulations so that the reader may refer back to those regulations more readily. Any additions or changes to the USCF Regulations adopted solely for the Ice Harbor Tournament are specifically highlighted within the text.
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Ice Harbor Blitz Chess Tournament
Ice Harbor Blitz Chess Tournament
Time Control: Game in 5 minutes, no delay G/5 d0 for all sections.
Time Control: Game in 5 minutes, no delay G/5 d0 for all sections.
K-12 Open
K-6 Open
K-12 Unrated
All sections of the Ice Harbor Scholastic Blitz Tournament will follow the USCF Blitz Rules in their entirety.
Click here to view the USCF Scholastic Blitz Rules
Ice Harbor Bughouse Tournament
Ice Harbor Bughouse Tournament
Time Control: Game in 5 minutes, no delay G/5 d0 for all sections.
Time Control: Game in 5 minutes, no delay G/5 d0 for all sections.
All sections of the Ice Harbor Scholastic Bughouse Tournament will follow the USCF Bughouse Rules in their entirety.
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