Are you ready for an exciting series of online chess tournaments?!
To help prepare our students to compete beyond Chess Rising Stars, we are delighted to announce the return of our Online Grand Prix.
This term, our free Grand Prix tournaments are to be held on our lichess team page. Chess Rising Stars students, parents, and friends are all welcome to take part.
Each tournament will have five rounds of 10+5. We have chosen this time control to mimic the playing conditions in the Junior Four Nations Chess League Online (J4NCLO).
Prizes
Trophies to be awarded in various categories (e.g. Top Girl, Rating prizes and Overall Champion). Your top 5 scores from the 7 Grand Prix events will count towards this.
Please note this a slight change from previous terms, as we are adding an additional tournament due to the longer term.
Chess Rising Stars students and coaches at the 2024 Mind Sports Olympiad
The online chess tournaments will take place on Sundays at 4 pm (GMT) in the Autumn Term 2024.
Tournament Schedule
22nd September = Warm-Up
29th September = Grand Prix 1
6th October = Grand Prix 2
13th October = Grand Prix 3
10th November = Grand Prix 4
17th November = Grand Prix 5
24th November = Grand Prix 6
1st December = Grand Prix 7
Fair Play
To ensure the integrity of the Chess Rising Stars Online Grand Prix tournaments, we will use the lichess cheat detection system alongside the observation and judgment of our experienced coaching team.
Register Now
Drop us a message on the Chess Rising Stars lichess team page or an email to london@chessacademy.uk to get involved.
