Tournaments
Our Next Chess Tournament will be on February 20, 2020
2020 Tournament Dates
Regular Tournament Dates 3/6; 4/3; 5/1; 6/5; 7/3; 8/7; 9/4; 10/2; 11/6; 12/4
Quad Tournament Dates: 3/13; 4/17; 5/15; 6/12; 7/17; 8/21; 9/11; 10/16; 11/20; 12/11
Please add these dates to your Calendar!
LOCATION: Saint Petersburg Chess Club, 540 4th Avenue North. Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 (and is located in between Mirror Lake and the Coliseum, next to the Sunshine Center.) We are in Google Maps!
For the QUAD tournaments. After all the players have entered, they’re ordered from highest rating to lowest. Unrated players are placed at the low end. The top four players are placed into their own section (a “quad”), then the next four highest in another section, and so on down the list. The players in each quad play a round robin, one game against each of the players in their section, for a total of three games each. If there is not an even multiple of four players, the lowest section (usually) will have the few extra players and play a three round Swiss tournament rather than a round robin. The quad format is popular in one day events, and results in players of the most similar playing strengths being paired together for all three rounds. A Quad Tournament consists of the top four ranked players (#s 1-4) on the Chess Ladder playing each other, then the second top four ranked players (#s 5-8) playing each other, then the third top four ranked players(#s 9-12) playing each other, and so forth. Each group of four chess players is called a Quad.
COVID-19 SAFETY:
City Requires the following rules to play inside
1. Require staff and players to wear a face covering when within 6′ of others.
2. Players should also maintain social distancing when at the site.
3. Players will be required to self-screen for fever or any COVID-19 symptoms prior to attendance.
4. Building will be stocked with hand sanitizer and/or soap both in front of the front door and inside.
5. Building will be sanitized daily — wiped down or fogged with disinfectant.
6. Adults waiting on children must wait outside the Chess Club building with mask on or socially distant.
7. There will be no sharing of food (ie; buffet, open snacks on a tray) (Refrigerator Available)
Saint Petersburg Chess Club will be reopen only for members on 11/30. We are going and….