Saturday Online Tournaments

Saturday’s Winners (5/23):

The club wishes to congratulate NM Theo Slade (TheoSlade) for his clear 1st place win with a perfect score of 4/4 points in yesterday’s online tournament providing a nice $80 prize payout.

2nd & 3rd Place ($50 & $30) prizes were combined for farpecan1 and NM Larry Storch (Storchnoi) who both finished with 3.5/4 points and a prize payout of $40 each.

Other winners include Epicawsomeness with 3/4 points for the top U1800 $30 prize, there was a 3-way tie for the top U1400 $30 prize where agrimjax, oecooke, and SavageRival each had 2/4 points for a prize of $10 each, with Anderbot winning the top U1000 $30 prize with 1.5/4 points.

We look forward to next Saturday’s prize tournament on May 30, 2020 that starts exactly at 2pm EST!

Player Results Table (5/23)

Thanks to all the players who have joined our online chess club and participated in today’s event! We had 21 club players competing in today’s online prize tournament that includes a results table listing all the players and tournament pairings.

Next CFCC Online Club Tournament:

Saturday May 30, 2020

Exactly at 2pm

4 rounds @ 15 | 10

Entry Fee:
$15 if registered by midnight each Friday
$20 if registering on Saturday

Prizes:
($250 b/18, 50% guaranteed)
1st Place: $80 - 2nd Place: $50
3rd Place: $30 - Top U1800: $30
Top U1400: $30 - Top U1200: $30

Learn more about our Online Tournaments or check out the 3 easy steps to make sure you’re ready to play!

Reminder of Chess.com’s Fair Play Policies For Online Tournaments

Chess.com has strict Fair Play policies and advanced software analysis tools regarding players who appear to be using some form of electronic assistance (e.g. chess engines) in making their moves in tournament games played on their platform.

In fact, after a chess.com review process of our May 9th online tournament, two of our players in that tournament, who finished in 1st & 2nd place, were flagged by chess.com for their unrealistic accuracy rate in games against titled National Master players. As such, both players had their accounts closed by chess.com and were disqualified from winning their place prizes.

Fair & Square

The Central Florida Chess Club (CFCC) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1987 to organize and host USCF rated chess tournaments in the Central Florida area.

Having organized over 390 competitive USCF rated chess tournaments over the years, CFCC will not reward chess players who appear to be using anything other than their existing knowledge of the game when competing in any of our chess tournament events, whether online or over-the-board.

We encourage our online Chess Club players to provide us feedback about your online tournament experience and to pass along any ideas you may have about improving the dynamics of our online tournament events.